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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 2002
Page
10
Marion faces potential delays to the new City Hall as uncertainty over local option sales tax revenue and a possible tax levy increase may push construction to 2005. City Council meets at 7 p.m. to weigh timing and financing with two main options including a bond referendum.
Marion council weighs timing and funding for a new City Hall at Econofoods site. A 60 percent vote is needed for a 1.4 million bond with 3 million expected from Linn County sales tax share. Referendum may shift to December 2004 with construction planned May to November 2005.
Teachers and administrators retired early to spare layoffs. districts like Marengo Belle Plaine Vinton West Branch and North Linn cut only by attrition while facing 1 percent growth limits under state law. Governor Vilsack and lawmakers capped spending delaying restoration of positions and funding, leaving districts wary of future funding.
May spot rhubarb and asparagus while garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata spreads from Europe into Iowa. Experts warn it crowds native plants despite Roundup being used, with control led by Johnson County official Harry Graves.
Debra Sue Wierck 38 faces first degree murder in the stabbing death of boyfriend Robert Dale Taylor 38 at their Independence home. Judge Stephen Clarke denied a venue change and moved the trial from May 15 to July 17 to allow time for toxicology and autopsy reports.
Cedar Rapids district plans another look at the busing policy for Gibson school as infrastructure and sidewalk concerns prompt a call for temporary free bus service within two miles. City and county engineers say Blairs Ferry Road lacks sidewalks and is unsafe for pedestrians, delaying sidewalk construction.
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