Surrender TIF? County and city clash over Cedar Rapids plan
A Cedar Rapids dispute over tax increment financing pits County Auditor Merle Kopel against City Auditor-Controller Robert McMahan. Kopel calls to remove TIF from the Iowa Code, citing shifted county and school levies, while McMahan argues TIF reduces overall city taxes and funds major improvements like the Five Seasons Center. The piece defends TIF as benefiting the whole community after bond debt is paid, notes Cedar Rapids dominance in Linn County, and urges local legislators to oppose eliminating TIF.
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Courthouse South
City Hall
Merle Kopel
Robert McMahan
McMahan
Cedar Rapids
Kopel
Tif
Kirkwood Community College
Five Seasons Center
Kirkwood
U.S
America
Linn County
Iowa
Reckoning day for mass transit subsidies 1985 outlook
The 1974 federal subsidy to cities for mass transit is ending may 1985. Fares jump toward or beyond $1 in many cities as Reagan targets the $1.1 billion annual subsidy. Rising car costs and updated pricing raise questions of fairness and affordability for riders.
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Congress
Reagan
U.S
Unity
Truly Needy or Pseudo Have Nots in Reagan Discourse
An opinion piece argues against a simple haves versus have-nots divide, labeling college students, welfare mothers, welfare bums, and culturally handicapped individuals as pseudo have-nots. It calls for accountability by the so called haves and suggests that many so called truly needy are protected by government programs.
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New York
Reagan
Letters raise concerns over McKinley Junior High closure
Readers urge keeping McKinley Junior High open highlighting Unity the swing choir as a unifying multiethnic group with strong practice routines and social value. They stress educational importance and warn against shutting the school, while other letters discuss morality, history week displays, and drunk driving penalties.
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McKinley
Unity
Letter to the editor questions DeVere Hirt on faith
A reader criticizes DeVere Hirt and his Outlooks column for denying the possibility of moral standards without God. The writer argues that true morality comes through Christ and faith, asserting Christians triumph through divine power.
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DeVere Hirt
God
Christ
Mr. Hirt
McKinley Hosts Peer Group Leadership and Counseling Program
About 35 eighth and ninth grade students were recommended for leadership and counseling potential. Advisors Carolyn McMann and Carree Harder coordinated a year of activities at Kirkwood including a mini course on counseling and self discovery. The group then mentored seventh graders, sharing lessons learned and promoting school adjustment. Students praised the activities and emphasized diverse, special contributions to the school. McKinley remains the only junior high with such a program.
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McKinley Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Unity
McKinley
Carolyn McMann
Sequence
Carree Harder
Gwaena
Kirkwood
Eroding distinctions in usage a Des Moines lead
A Des Moines report questions whether six people or six persons should describe bank robbery suspects in a federal indictment. The piece discusses shifts in usage among people persons party and among between and other preposition choices.
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Des Moines
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