Cedar Rapids should exit city golf to boost private enterprise
Steve Andersen of Cedar Rapids argues the city should divest from golf, proposing private management or sale. He calls for selling Twin Pines, closing Jones, keeping Gardener and Ellis as leased private courses, and returning land to parks, asserting public golf created a $2.5 million 10 year deficit and urging bold leadership.
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Community Letters on Hawks Threaten Neighborhood Pets
A resident thanks KCRG TV9 for fair coverage of hawk activity in their neighborhood after June 13. They describe hawks swooping near their yard while they played outside with a small dog and condemn harsh online remarks urging harm to the dog, lamenting a lack of community empathy.
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Glass Road repairs drive Cedar Rapids road fixes
Steven C. Carfrae addresses Mary A. Craig with details on Glass Road improvements. He confirms new curbs were installed to widen the street and allow more traffic due to 42nd Street work, notes resurfacing from Edgewood Road to Wenig Road, and explains lack of bike lanes due to insufficient width.
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Edgewood Road
Wenig Road
42Nd Street
Cedar Rapids
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Trump assumptions risk democracy in Orlando comment
Kathleen Parker argues Trump misuses the Orlando massacre to attack Obama and press freedom. She condemns Trump for suggesting Obama resign and for threatening libel law changes, warning such steps echo tyrants and threaten democratic norms and press independence.
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Local wage hodgepodge sparks Iowa debate on wage rules
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett defends local minimum wage actions while urging statewide raises. Johnson County moves to 10.10 per hour with opt outs. Polk and Linn study higher local rates. Branstad era restraint cited. author argues for local control within a democracy, cautioning against uniformity.
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