Quotes of the Week spotlight on care, protest and surveillance
A Cedar Rapids parent questions service changes for mentally ill children and adults while a protest outside a Cedar Rapids ICE office unfolds. A West Liberty native detained and deported prompts talk of protest. A Coralville resident warns plate reader cameras track private lives. Project AWARE founder touts another year as volunteers target washing rivers of trash.
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Barbara Kalm
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office
Cedar Rapids
Pascual Pedro
West Liberty
Guatemala
Coralville
Tara McGovern
Citizens Debate Federal Spending and Tax Policy
Letters critique endless federal funding for solar, conservation, and health programs while the national debt nears 36 trillion. Contributors propose funding plans, tax increases, and accountability, with some readers targeting Trump policy and governance plus local open garden support efforts by Project GREEN in Iowa City.
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Juergen Bruckner
Cedar Rapids
Project Green
Iowa City
Project Green Gardens
Ashton House
Park Road
Sion
Diane Allen
Cindy Parsons Beth Cody
Farm policy rhetoric and Farm Bill failures in Iowa analysis
Guest column by Brad Wilson critiques GOP farm policy since the 1980s, arguing repeated cuts to price supports and subsidies, inflation miscalculations, and ARCPLC shifts hurt farmers and the environment. He cites 1985, 1996, 2014 2024 reforms, and CAFO impacts, urging restored New Deal style supply management.
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Agriculture Committee
PLC
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
Brad Wilson
Iowa CCI
National Family Farm Coalition
Springville
Insight Books Mission and Submission Details
Insight and Books invites Eastern Iowans to discuss their communities and the world. Submit letters up to 250 words and guest columns up to 500 words to editorial thegazette com or 116 Third St SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401.
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