Older workers key resource for Iowa's future
Iowa promotes older workers as a vital resource during National Employ the Older Worker Week. DES and Elder Affairs urge employers to use mentoring and flexible options, noting a graying population, rising service jobs, and many small firms that can benefit from experienced staff.
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Iowa
National
Woods & Poole
Department of Employment Services
DES
DES Data Center
Data Center
DES Labor Market Information Unit
Iowa Department of Employment Services
Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
DEA
Overpaid Iowa university administrators prompt reader letter
A reader questions high university administrator salaries in Iowa, citing a March 1 chart showing wages up to 240000 and 90000. The letter argues for pay cuts funded by layoffs, criticizes restructuring, explains candidate etymology, and calls for ethical, candid legislators.
Why we need mandatory car insurance in a local letter
A resident rebuts a claim that auto insurance is unnecessary arguing the inconvenience of carrying a card is minor. He recalls paying for insurance and receiving two cards and notes his rear-end collision caused $16,000 in medical costs and months off work, underscoring the need for insurance.
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Mr. Haskins
Layden
Bowling St
Wilson Avenue
Buchanan's Un-American Way Critique Highlights Diversity
A reader commends the paper for including TV listings and condemns Pat Buchanan as intolerant. The letter argues America grows through diverse populations and criticizes divisive rhetoric as un-American while calling for harmony and inclusion.
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Pat Buchanan
Temporary tax nostalgia echoes in bill debate
The speaker recalls a "temporary tax" once common in memory and argues for a more fitting measure, suggesting a head tax on lawmakers as a reform idea. The remark frames ongoing dissatisfaction with long standing fiscal levies.
Community notes on heritage and youth role models
A letter praising The Gazette for Black History Month coverage. It urges all ethnic groups to know their heritage and emphasizes the need for local and national role models for youth. It calls for collective effort to solve man made problems.
Fisher Committee critique echoed by Monticello writer
James J. Robinson recalls a Feb 17 editorial condemning the Fisher Committee suggestion to end the swimming pool inspection program which yielded more revenue than it cost. He notes a prior agency, the Food Products Control Division of Agriculture, survived state reorganization only to be dismantled through layoffs in 1991 with duties now contracted out, and revenues no longer into the general fund.
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Fisher Committee
Food Products Control Division
Department of Agriculture
General Fund
Department of Inspections and Appeals
State Treasury
James J. Robinson
Monticello
Condemnation Debate Over Recreation Trail Sparks Property Rights Alarm
Opinion letter warns that interurban trail condemnation threatens private property rights. Advocates cite due process and privacy, referencing a Benton County farmer case and Supreme Court safeguards. Opponents warn of costly battles and government seizure for recreational use.
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U.S
Cedar Valley
Ponderous label warns of occasional cherry pits
The piece notes a bag warning that despite efforts to remove pits readers may still find occasional pits and mentions industry standards for pit tolerance. It questions the logic of single versus multiple standards and parallels this with cryptic musings on therapeutic misadventures and mortality rates in medical studies.
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Amanda Noble
Amanda
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American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
National Council of Senior Citizens
NCSC
Green Thumb Inc
Des Moines
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Betty Grandquist
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the Gazette
Candidus
Rome
Mr. Layden
Buchanan
Mike Royko
Gazette
Carl Kane
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