Rigid penalties urged after cyclist killed in Iowa crash
The Gazette Editorial urges harsher penalties and heightened awareness to curb distracted driving after Daniel Lehn a Coe College professor and North Liberty resident was killed riding a recumbent on Highway 965. It calls for stronger laws for passing bicyclists and primary enforcement of penalties.
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Vote for Hillary Clinton Voice Your Choice
Community letter endorses Hillary Clinton and criticizes Donald Trump while urging voters to support constitutional conservatives. Shirley Burnett of Cedar Rapids laments Ted Cruz’s withdrawal and calls for lawmakers to honor their oaths and uphold the founding principles amid Democratic protest actions.
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Shirley Burnett
Cedar Rapids
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Letters Defend Second Amendment and Deny Race Claims
A Cedar Rapids reader rebukes Gail Coleman for distorting a June letter about gun rights and crime. The writer asserts universal Second Amendment rights and argues parental neglect and lack of supervision fuel crime, not race, insisting his comments were not racist.
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Gail Coleman
Evan Vulich
Cedar Rapids
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Challenges for black people Part I
Walter E Williams argues the prospects for a better future look bleak for about 20 percent of blacks in troubled urban neighborhoods. He cites high unwed birth rates, calls for internal community rebuilding, and urges black churches and organizations to lead educational and moral reform while opposing government subsidies.
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John Conyers
Charles Rangel
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Alice Hastings
Maxine Waters
Iowa GOP eyeing Senate grab sparks Wisconsin echoes
The Iowa GOP hopes a unified legislature could shift policy, with delegates citing Wisconsin as a model. While Governor Branstad and House Republicans back reform, debates focus on public sector union bargaining and how far Iowa would move from current norms.
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Clear Lake
Upmeyer
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