Gazette leadership and editorial team roster
The Gazette lists its executive leadership and editorial board, naming Mark Bowden as Executive Editor, Jerry Elsen as Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman, Dave Storey as Vice President Editorial, Advertising Scott Swenson, Peg Schmitz Circulation Director, GAZETTE COMMUNICATIONS MNC Joe Hladky Chairman and Publisher Chuck Peters President and COO Ken Slaughter EVP and CFO.
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Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
UI faces questions over Johnson stuttering experiment apology
The 1938 39 study at an Iowa orphanage used negative reinforcement on 11 children to prove stuttering originates in the listener. Five of 11 normal speakers deteriorated, and three of five stutterers worsened. The control group showed limited harm. Now UI weighs compensation and therapy for victims.
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California
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Mary Tudor Jacobs
Mary Korlaske Nixon
University of Iowa
Gazette Readers Letters Policy Summary
The Gazette states it does not vouch for letter accuracy or judge opinions. It invites corrections or contradictions from readers and offers equal opportunity for publication.
Scalia Updates Fourth Amendment for a High Tech Era
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Larry Eichel praises Justice Scalia for a unanimous-leaning ruling updating Fourth Amendment privacy in light of high tech policing. The Oregon case used thermal imaging to detect indoor marijuana growth without a warrant, prompting a new standard that a device not in general public use can constitute a search. The decision balances police needs with privacy, limiting fishing expeditions and requiring warrants when high tech surveillance reveals previously unknowable home details.
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Antonin Scalia
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David Souter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Oregon
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Supreme Court
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Power plans in Iowa push for limited deregulation steps
In Iowa a special session may revisit electric power deregulation focusing on enabling local power plants and joint municipal financing. A simple bill could ease construction barriers, while broader issues like contracts and renewables deserve extended debate. Citizens urged to contact legislators.
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Gazette Letters Policy and Submission Guidelines
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns but notes not all can be printed. Submissions must include the writer’s full name signature full street address and daytime phone number with addresses not published. Anonymous contributions are not accepted and letters are limited to 300 words with one letter per writer every 30 days.
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Iowa City Cab Scandal and Local Governance Friction
Readers critique state and city leaders while condemning high cab fees and smoking bans in Cedar Rapids vehicles. Frustration targets Governor and Mayor amid calls to curb liberal officials and limit council terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Harkin’s Iowa roots defended in letter to The Gazette
Paul McAndrew Jr. of Iowa City argues in support of Sen. Tom Harkin, defending his Cumming, Warren County home and Iowa credentials. He rejects charges of being un-Iowan and urges sticking to issues like agriculture and senior services.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
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U.S. Senate
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Paul McAndrew Jr
Iowa City
Not above the law for president’s daughters critics say
The speaker questions why the president’s daughters are treated differently for underage drinking. They argue the twins' actions were wrong and demand equal accountability, urging help programs rather than leniency.
Whitetail Lodge project costs clarified in Marion note
Tom Lammers of Marion disputes media inflation of a $39 million estimate for the Whitetail Lodge project. He clarifies the lodge price as $5 million and an outdoor water park at $6 million, with the full $39 million figure covering the entire development from East Post Road to Tama Street.
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