Council member warns against overpaying for fire station site
City Council member Don Karr questions paying above assessed value for the Emerald Knights site between First and Second avenues SE and Seventh and Eighth streets SE. He cites recent costly downtown purchases and urges keeping an option open until price clarity emerges, noting the assessed value around 1.37 million before demolition.
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Branstad Opens Campaign To Promote Summer Education Summit
Gov Terry Branstad launches a series of town hall meetings ahead of a July 25 26 education summit in Des Moines. The gathering stars Arne Duncan Linda Darling Hammond and Chris Christie and will shape a 2012 education reform package addressing teacher pay standardized testing and workforce preparation.
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Panetta says al Qaida defeat within reach in Afghanistan
During his first Afghanistan visit as defense secretary, Leon Panetta said al Qaida's defeat is within reach and that eliminating as few as ten top figures could cripple the group's ability to strike the West, potentially fueling debate on U S withdrawal timing.
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