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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 2002
Page
6
The Gazette Corporate leadership roster lists Joe Hladky as Chairman and Publisher Chuck Peters as President and Chief Operating Officer and Ken Slaughter as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
The editorial argues Iowa's immigrant history spans Southeast Asians and Hispanics, but INS presence remains inadequate. It notes a Des Moines satellite office, Omaha district office, and field agents in Sioux City and Cedar Rapids, with calls from Senators Grassley and Harkin for more personnel and a Quad Cities office to ease naturalization processing and enforce immigration laws.
The SEC chairman Harvey Pitt asked Congress to raise his office to Cabinet rank, boosting salary from 138200 to 166700. He previously took a large pay cut when joining the SEC in 2001, and the proposal faces likely rejection.
The piece argues that Operation TIPS seeks civilian informants to report suspicious activity, warning it could blur lines between protection and policing. It notes concerns over privacy, potential misuse, and the burden on workers, with Postal Service declining to participate.
The House Select Committee on Homeland Security proposes a bill to bar any federal program that encourages citizens to spy on one another. Critics warn this reflects a slippery shift toward a government that treats people as potential informants or enemies.
Iowa Department of Human Services reduces nonessential services due to budget shortfall. The move ups the burden on families to assume more responsibility for care and daily needs. The department focuses on essential programs, hoping to preserve core support.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words with required name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown will be published. Each writer may submit one letter every 30 days. Include full contact details for identification. online handles are not sufficient.
A reader condemns a July 18 safety check on Melrose Avenue in Iowa City as akin to a police checkpoint. They argue that such measures erode constitutional rights, fear over safety, and urge resisting random street stop-and-search tactics while upholding innocent until proven guilty.
An 11 year old girl who skates at Cedar Rapids Ice Arena shares how she started last winter and now treats skating as a hobby. She takes Monday lessons and hopes to keep both rinks as they are to grow figure skating and hockey in Cedar Rapids.
A reader letter urges pride in the Cedar Rapids Community School system and rebuts claims of financial impropriety by comparing CRCS to national cases. It calls for support through volunteering, fact gathering, and engagement with teachers, administrators, the school board, and the superintendent.
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