Cedar Rapids area school tax hike fuels meeting clash
At a crowded board session critics challenged the 0 growth plan and questioned the extra retirement package. The district debated a 3.33 per 1 000 levy rise to 16.28, noting bonds and one year costs while forecasting later levy relief as retirements pay down.
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Grassley Maintains Long Record of Consecutive Votes
Senator Chuck Grassley has cast 10 252 straight votes over 22 years and shows a near perfect attendance, missing only 35 of 7 718 roll calls since January 1981. He notes the string as evidence he is on the job and plans to run again in 2004 at age 71.
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