Cedar Rapids considers outdoor amphitheater for downtown revival
Gazette editorials push a major outdoor amphitheater as part of riverfront redevelopment. At one fifth the cost of a new indoor arena, supporters say it could attract major acts, host smaller events, and complement riverwalk plans, while critics warn about weather, noise, and location.
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Public debate on Iowa public employee bargaining law and university alert
Readers weigh in on Gov Culver's stance with 30.7 51.3 18 percent results and a poll question about a Hawk Alert at the University of Iowa. The letter mentions budget cuts, rainy day funds, and debates over education funding, tuition, and local taxes. It includes comments from readers on government spending, accountability, and a resident criticizing tax credits for Four Oaks housing projects.
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Marines Shaped Odd Jobber into Sergeant and Bus Driver
In a March 16 letter Joe Denemark of Monticello recalls growing up in Chicago with detentions and a runaway youth. He lies about his age to enlist in California, serves four months in Korea, rises to sergeant, and later works as a truck builder and application engineer before buying a business for 12 years. Now retired, he has driven a school bus for about a decade and credits the Marines with pride, a stable marriage of 46 years, and hope. He contrasts former legislator Bill Dix with Democrats over Iowa fiscal policy, rebutting claims of past GOP fiscal irresponsibility.
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Mamet Declares End to Brain Dead Liberal Label
David Mamet announces in the Village Voice he is no longer a brain dead liberal embracing a free market view influenced by Sowell Friedman and Steele. Critics warn he may lose nuance if he hardens into a rigid ideology and locks into political extremes.
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