Iowa editorial calls Culver to face budget crisis and truth
The Gazette Editorial urges Gov. Culver to drop political rhetoric and confront a looming budget gap. It warns a potential $1 billion shortfall for 2010, notes dwindling tax revenues, and calls for a special legislative session if needed to explain service cuts and required sacrifices.
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Yer
Cedar Rapids
Terry Branstad
Culver
Iowa
Letters to the Editor on crashes and justice issues
A Cedar Rapids reader laments a drunken driver injuring her grandson and delays in the suspect’s trial. She notes injuries to Officer Tim Davis and other officers, with arrests in jail but the uninsured driver still at large and repeatedly delayed court dates. She questions priorities and justice and expresses frustration with political rhetoric.
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Tim Davis
Dorothy Krivanek
Cedar Rapids
Athletics renovation and budget cuts clash at Iowa campus
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics must cut 45 million from its budget while Athletics opens a 47 million Carver-Hawkeye Arena renovation. The project adds 650 premium seats and new practice facilities as 200 hospital staff face layoffs.
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University of Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Mark Jennings
Athletics Department
Public Option Debate and Religious Motifs in Health Care Letters
A reader argues that government run care is not utopian and questions universal payment. The letter denounces socialism and praises opt out choices while a second writer denounces abortion and calls on believers to embrace traditional gender roles and pregnancy. The exchange reflects ongoing ideological clashes in public health discourse.
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Michael Mallie Kalona
Solitude and the American impulse to be alone
A reflective column on the craving for personal space. The author contrasts social overload with the solace of solitary moments in New York cafes, home, and nature, exploring PMSS and the value of leaving others to find quiet time, with anecdotes about family, Updike, and urban life.
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Remembering Ed Thomas a community beacon in Parkersburg
A tribute to Ed Thomas and his impact as Parkersburg coach and leader. The piece honors his ethics and mentorship as students cope with his murder by a former player, while the town navigates grief after the town’s tornado recovery.
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Ed Thomas
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Thomas
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