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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 2005
Page
4
The city braces for the final game of a championship series at 7:05 p.m. in Cedar Rapids featuring the RoughRiders after 13 years since a city title game. Sioux City tied the Clark Cup Finals on Saturday before a 4,000-strong crowd.
City budget line items show higher spending on property tax funded services and postponed projects, with no net taxpayer impact. Veteran budget guide Bob McMahan calls the move routine housekeeping, while Linn County delays open a health center and federal funding shifts to May 2006. Public advocates warn on potential Medicaid and food stamp cuts and reduced voices for the vulnerable.
The Times notes Moussaoui admitted to a separate undisclosed plotting while rejecting death penalty and contends no Sept 11 connection in the indictment. The piece discusses coerced pleas, legal rights, and broader Sixth Amendment implications. It also bundles civic notes on Social Security reform and a local Iowa housing shelter site amid concerns over proximity to a day-care and a school bus stop.
Reader asks why The Gazette continues to publish Mitch Albom's columns after Jacquelyn Mitchard's allegations, asserting the writer's credibility is eroded. The letter calls for stopping the column and cites concerns over journalistic integrity.
In a guest column the author argues compassion erodes as budget cuts threaten Supplemental Security Income. The piece notes SSI aids seven million Americans including 43,000 Iowans, most with disabilities, and highlights proposed 18.7 billion in cuts impacting the elderly, disabled, and the poor.
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