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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 2002
Page
4
Joe Hladky chairs as publisher and chairman, Chuck Peters serves as president and chief operating officer, and Ken Slaughter is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Gazette Communications, Inc.
The Gazette notes Iowa cities celebrate native stars like John Wayne and Bob Feller while Davenport eyes a Buffalo Bill amphitheater. The piece recalls past editorials and letters debating marketing Buffalo Bill and Aldo Leopold, and praises using local pride to attract visitors without high costs.
Cedar Rapids writer Melinda Swezey Tomsic vents at length about three hours of weather maps and Doppler radar dominating TV in May. She questions the value of nonstop meteorology and jokes about weather coverage, Highway 30, and the TV weatherman's influence on leisure time.
The piece argues that taxation in the United States should stay under domestic control with representation in Congress. It recalls the Stamp Act and Townshend Act, notes the 16th Amendment, and warns that proposals like Tobin-style global taxes could erode sovereignty, urging voters to demand fiscally responsible representatives and question international tax schemes.
A reader raises two language questions and notes errors in a local column. The discussion includes hepatitis C phrasing, the use of continue versus constantly, and a misprint in a headline about a New York bush crash injuring students.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words with full name address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown appear in print. One letter per writer per 30 days. No anonymous submissions. letters may be edited. Include full contact info.
Observances mark May 12 to May 18 as Police Memorial Week with Peace Officer Memorial Day on May 15. Congress authorized half staff on May 15 to honor over 15 000 officers who died in the line of duty, including 70 at the World Trade Center on 9 11. Communities urged to display flags at half staff and praise officers for their dangerous service.
The Gazette explains it prints readers letters without vouching for accuracy or endorsing opinions. It invites corrections or contradictory views from readers to be published in future issues.
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