Quotes of the Week Highlight Cedar Rapids Growth Debates
Community leaders clash over a Cedar Rapids casino plan with Steve Gray praising regional progress while Dan Kehl opposes funding. Local objections also arise to a new recreation center in Cleveland Park and a major Iowa City building project. Rich Patterson touts a nature center’s restorative solitude.
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Steve Gray
Cedar Rapids Development Group LLC
Cedar Rapids
Dan Kehl
Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
Gaylon Heetland
Cleveland Park
Mark McCallum
Iowa Coalition Against the
College and
Gilbert Streets
Iowa City
Etheredge Wins Johnson County Supervisor Seat in GOP Upset
John Etheredge, 28, becomes the first Republican on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors since 1958, defeating Democrat Terry Dahms by 192 votes amid weather and turnout challenges. Republicans credited grassroots organizing while Democrats faced staffing and engagement gaps in Iowa City's liberal county.
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John Etheredge
Terry Dahms
Iowa
Etheredge
Dahms
Johnson County
GOP
Deborah Thornton
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City Federation of Labor
Dave Loebsack
Lori Cardella
Janelle Rettig
Linn County
Justice Center
Iowa City
Obama
People’s Republic
Steve King
Terry Branstad
Rettig-Cardella
Terry
Stop a Senate blank check to Israel
Dennis Lamb argues against a Senate resolution committing the United States to unconditional support of an Israeli strike on Iran. He references AIPAC influence, cites studies predicting extensive U.S. involvement, and urges readers to contact Iowa Senators Harkin and Grassley to oppose the legislation. Lamb notes his CIA background and that views are his own.
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D-N.j
Israel
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Serbia
Germany
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
AIPAC
Washington, D.C
Noah Shachtman
Doug Mataconis
Iraq
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
United States
Soviet Union
al-Qaida
Sens
Tom Harkin
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Dennis Lamb
Chelsea
CIA
Directorate of Operations
Lambden
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Dennis Rodman
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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