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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1990
Page
6
The editorial notes Tax Freedom Day arrive earlier that year, then cites Washington budget talks likely to bring tax increases. It argues Congress has ignored Bush's 1.2 trillion spending plan, warns of higher taxes to close deficits, and predicts Tax Freedom Day could slip into May 1992 if attitudes don’t change.
The editorial urges Don Avenson and Tom Miller to declare a truce in their dispute over blood alcohol limits. It notes Miller favors lowering the limit from 0.10 to 0.05 while Avenson opposes it, and argues both candidates aim to curb drunken driving though their methods differ. The piece condemns sleazy innuendo and calls the issue a nothing burger needing fresh focus.
The Gazette editorial argues the federal debt is huge and unproductive spending stalls funding for education health care and infrastructure. It calls for federal control of monetary policy, criticizes the Fed's private influence, and urges a unified monetary fiscal policy to restore government integrity.
Jim McNeish criticizes the National Endowment for the Arts and its director Peter Alexander for a campaign against what he calls distortion in cartoons by Wayne Stayskal. He denounces nude and sexual imagery as child pornography and urges abolishing the Endowment to reallocate funds, while lamenting Van Gogh’s possible modern reception. He signs from Iowa City.
A Christian couple with four children, after selling their mobile home, faces repeated rejections from landlords citing their large family. They plead for fair housing, noting they have funds for a decent home and asking why children are a barrier to good neighborhoods and schools. Sandy High, 1903 Western Dr. SW.
George W. Kunzman Jr. denounces intolerance after KCCI-TV in Des Moines refused abortion issue ads. Kate Michelman, NARAL executive director, defends station discretion and asserts the issue is choice and free speech.
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Burington of 2575 M Ave NW urges voters to back Russ Nading in the Linn County Board of Supervisors primary in June. They praise his dedication, listening ability, fairness, and enthusiasm for public service.
In a May 1 editorial and this response letter Ed Sears objects to criticizing Sen. Alan Cranston for opposing renaming the Peace Corps to the United States Peace Corps. Sears argues citizens could focus on current needs instead.
A reader criticizes a May 4 Noriega assets editorial as in poor taste and insulting to readers. Another reader notes the Prairie Meadows race track chaplain has resigned and asks who will monitor activity there.
Denise Leubka of Springville commends Ken Schriner Linda Langenberg and Frank Reynolds for honesty and integrity and hopes for more such officials to bring liberty and justice for all in the country.
A man found shot to death near the Oakland Coliseum was unidentified. The city debated crime cleanup methods and the public tone in reporting. Optional remarks contrasted terms implying and inferring in cultural discussions around athletics.
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