After the flood Cedar Rapids debates bold postdisaster civic options
The Gazette urges exploring a corridor arts complex away from flood zones and shared government facilities for Linn and Johnson counties. It questions re locating city services from May's Island and tallies potential benefits of centralized, flood proof sites while stressing no endorsement.
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Poll Sparks Cedar Rapids City Hall Move Debate
The Gazette readers weigh in on moving City Hall to May's Island with 54 percent favoring the move. The letter also covers flood impacts on Harrison Elementary and Taylor, local housing challenges, and long-running Discovery Living fundraising for a new facility.
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Should Polk and Taylor schools return to year round schedule
Cedar Rapids flood damaged Polk and Taylor schools. Public poll asks readers if they favor a year round calendar for the 2009-10 school year. Readers vote at GazetteOnline.com daily after 4:30 p.m.
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New Yorker Obama cover sparks debate over satire and truth
The Obama caricature on The New Yorker cover provokes strong reactions among readers and critics. Editor Remnick defends it as a mirror to distortions about the Obamas while supporters urge fact based scrutiny and voters to seek the real story amid online polling and fact checking sites.
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