The Gazette Leadership Roster Listing Executives
The Gazette Communications Inc announces its leadership team including Mark Bowden as Executive Editor Jerry Elsen Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Dave Storey Vice President Advertising Scott Swenson and Peg Schmitz as Circulation Director Also listed are Joe Hladky Chairman and Publisher Chuck Peters President and COO Ken Slaughter Executive VP and CFO.
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Mark Bowden
Jerry Elsen
Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
Weather woes cross state lines drought grips western states
The piece contrasts heat and drought across Kansas Iowa and Missouri with warnings of rising prices and potential farming impact. It notes eight heat related deaths in Missouri including two in Kansas City and Governor Graves seeking federal drought relief for 43 counties. It references an exceptional drought now hitting several states and the potential effect on bread cereal and flour prices.
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University of Nebraska
Iowa
Greenspan cites infectious forthrightness amid 1990s greed
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan warns greed gripped the business world as CEOs who confront auditors excelled in revealing earnings truth. He argues honest accounting is essential for evaluating corporate strategy and future recovery, hoping forthrightness becomes contagious.
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Alan Greenspan
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Federal Reserve
Cedar Rapids District Cuts Staff to Preserve Instruction
Cedar Rapids Community School District reduced its 2002-03 budget with 50 teaching positions and four central administrative posts eliminated. Early separation incentives drew 113 teachers and 15 administrators to depart without layoffs, while some vacated posts were not filled and others reassigned. Student learning remains the focus amid reallocations and new duties for remaining administrators. Lew Finch oversees the district.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community
Corporate Scoundrel of the Week
Opinion piece condemns corporate criminals as parasitic arsonists of the economy. It brands executives as immoral, financed by defense lawyers, and calls for universal exposure in newspapers. It laments endless political and legal hurdles while questioning reforms.
Where did the money go says Iowa lawmakers squandered funds
The author argues the Republican Legislature spent state money and gave back a surplus to the wealthy. It cites nearly 3 billion in general fund tax breaks, 31 million in corporate tax cuts, and 170 million lost from capital gains and inheritance tax cuts. It blames Branstad’s policies and Bush era cuts, cites education and aid cuts, and urges a vote for Tom Vilsack.
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Doug Gross
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Treasury
George W. Bush
Iowa
Tom Vilsack
The Gazette invites public letters and guest columns
The Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns addressing public business. Letters must include writer’s full name, signature, full street address and daytime phone number. addresses are not published. No anonymous submissions. Up to 300 words for letters, one per writer every 30 days.
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Cedar Rapids
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Coolidge’s Quiet Pragmatism Echoes in Modern Times
A columnist reflects on Calvin Coolidge, noting his restrained, steady leadership and 14 famous words during a Boston strike. The piece traces his path from Vermont origins through Massachusetts governance to the presidency, and contrasts his economic policies with the Great Depression era that followed.
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