Gazette leadership team and inked titles listed
The Gazette presents its leadership with Mark Bowden as Executive Editor and Derry Elsen as Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman. Dave Storey serves as Vice President Advertising, Scott Swenson as Circulation Director, Peg Schmitz as Vice President Print Operations, Joe Hladky as Chairman and Publisher, Chuck Peters as President and COO, and Ken Slaughter as Executive VP and CFO.
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Bush’s Health Drive Highlights Pure Fitness Politics
Editorial weighs George W. Bush's brisk runs and the Healthier U.S. push. It questions the merit of fitness as a criterion for Secret Service promotion and contrasts Bush's regimen with Vice President Cheney’s sporadic workouts.
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Oprah editor recalls constant complaint about sentences
A collage of reader notes on grammar errors highlights readers flagging redundancy tense subject agreement and pronoun usage. Examples include redundant combines and together misused phrases and a preferred corrected form.
Dick Morris predicts 2008 Democratic edge and Bush strategy
Dick Morris predicts Hillary Clinton as 2008 Democratic nominee and possible president. He argues independents will split in 2008, aiding Clinton while noting Bush will run a limited domestic agenda and rely on daily event staging. Morris cites Rove as effective and foresees environment and genetics themes dominating future politics.
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Yucca Mountain chosen as spent fuel storage likely in Senate vote
IBEW 204 chief steward Bill Spence urges a yes vote with Sen. Tom Harkin and Sen. Chuck Grassley to back Yucca Mountain as the permanent repository. The House approved the measure 306 to 117 as nuclear energy supplies about a quarter of Iowa and national power.
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Nellis Air Force Base
Campaign law arguments misfire on liberal critique
Matt Shaffer argues that calls for more laws misfire since existing statutes already prohibit the conduct. He likens proposals to past political stunts and questions the logic of outlawing behavior that is illegal anyway, criticizing campaign finance, corporate, and gun control measures. Cedar Rapids.
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Gazette invites public letters and guest columns
The Gazette calls for letters and guest columns with focus on public business. Submissions may be edited and cannot be returned. Include full name address and phone number. online submissions require contact details.
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Museum as tool in recruiting minorities to Cedar Rapids
The editoriaI note urges using the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa to aid recruitment of minority staff and teachers. It highlights Iowa as a very white state, credits donors for supporting community quality of life, and calls on administrators to partner with the museum rather than reinventing approaches.
Yard waste bins too heavy for Cedar Rapids seniors
A Cedar Rapids resident writes that the new yard waste bins are too heavy for people 70 and older to use. They describe difficulty moving the bins to the curb and back after pickup and suggest marking older residents for alternative containers.
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