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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2000
Page
6
The Five Seasons Center will be renamed the U S Cellular Center to raise funds for maintenance and improve marketing. The five year deal includes 700000 dollars in cash plus equal in kind support and services. U S Cellular will aid promotions through billing inserts retail displays and ticketing links.
Iowa House Speaker Brent Siegrist rebukes Gov Tom Vilsack after the governor calls Republican platform writers clowns. Siegrist labels the term derogatory and demands better rhetoric from state leadership amid a broader debate on political rhetoric and clown ministry in the church.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include your name street address and daytime phone number. only your name and hometown will be published. Send to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via FAX and email at gazedit tyiowa.com.
A ribbon cutting marks the start of The Music Man Square in Mason City adjacent to Meredith Willson's boyhood home. The 30,000 square foot center, slated for completion in 2002, will include a museum a reunion hall a theater and a life size River City street scene with seventy six trombones from residents. The project costs 10.2 million with Willson's widow Rosemary providing about five million in matching funds and a 250000 Iowa grant supporting the effort.
Reader letter argues gas price rise is caused by OPEC and policy, criticizing an Iowa DNR analyst for blaming consumers. The writer accuses the administration and media of liberal spin, cites taxes and EPA fuel standards, and denies a consumer liability in the crisis.
A reader argues that weighing benefits against costs is essential in gun control policy. Using CDC 1997 child death data, the piece contrasts gun fatalities with fatalities from drowning cycling and pedestrian risks, warning against overemphasizing benefit without considering societal costs and freedoms.
Residents question the mayor and Bluestem City Council after she argued against retroactive ruling on delaying the Bluestem landfill citing ongoing city plans. Critics warn of potential airline birdstrike risks and lost lives versus sunk costs.
A polemic questions seat belt laws citing The Gazette pieces on January and May and argues health, chastity belts, and bullet proof vests would curb harms. The writer claims traffic safety shifts blame to victims and alleges big business funds media and lawmakers to push safety mandates.
The author questions the cost and fairness of naming rights for a city owned site. They argue pre selection favors sponsors and could exclude others. They worry about a slippery slope to naming public assets and urge clear rules while noting U S Cellular could still bid for the Five Seasons Center.
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