Rail-trail study boosts trail advocates in Iowa debate
The National Park Service study The Impacts of Rail-Trails shows recreational trails on abandoned railbeds bring new money to communities and win over many initial opponents. It highlights three trails and notes low reported negative impacts while stressing economic and aesthetic gains to landowners and planners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Kurt Rogahn
Dyersville
Dubuque
St. Marks
Tallahassee
Fla
Lafayette/Moraga
San Francisco
Park Service
Iowa
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Parks
Milwaukee
Yahoo
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Peace dividend or defense spending paradox in Washington
The piece questions U S defense outlays after the Cold War and notes Democrats and Republicans clash over seizing a peace dividend. It cites a 3 billion vote to fund two Seawolf submarines, with seven Republicans joining 45 Democrats to block or retain funding, and questions whether politics trump national security.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Senate
House
Questioning Federal Spending and Local Pork Barrels
A column critiques federal pork barrel spending under President Bush and Congress. It highlights $101,000 for Meyersdale playground renovation and calls for honest answers on necessity and urgency of federal outlays, urging restraint amid a large national debt. The piece argues for local accountability and a halt to wasteful subsidies.
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Bush
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Vidalia
Vidalia Onion Growers
Georgia
Meyersdale
John Murtha
Paul Fuller
Fuller
White House
Pentagon
Election fantasy for year when anything's possible
A speculative piece by Paul Starr envisions a chaotic 1993 election path from Gulf War popularity to Perot Schwarzkopf ticket, Bush Quayle fallout, and a stalled House deadlock. It ends with Vice President Quayle poised to become president if stalemate persists and Powell's possible inauguration.
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Bush
Norman Schwarzkopf
Colin Powell
Perot
Schwarzkopf
Dan Quayle
Powell
Senate
House
Is Anybody Worth 3.3 Million A Year In Pay
A guest column questions CEO salaries and the high pay gaps while citing Iowa State University figures including Pat Swan and Mary Peffer. It notes Goizueta and Industry Week stats, compares U.S. and international pay, and suggests cap and charity redistribution as possible fixes.
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Mary Peffer
Pat Swan
ISU
Beardshear Hall
Chrysler
Iacocca
Ford
Poling
Stempel
Coca Cola
Roberto Goizueta
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J.F. Hladky Jr
Joe Hladky III
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Bob Byrd
Oregon
Idaho
Maine
Michigan
Byrd
Nicaragua
James J. Kilpatrick
Universal Press Syndicate
Paul Starr
America
Persian Gulf
Los Angeles
Ross Perot
Clinton
Tom Foley
Electoral College
Tional and Political Criticism
GOP
Lay
Quayle
Gen. Powell
Princeton University
The
Washington Post
Itwe UC
Nergon H
Berlin Wall
Iowa State
Mary
James Clifton
University of Iowa
Belize
Industry Week
U.S
Avon
James Preston
Preston
Goizueta
Robert E. Buckley
of Marion
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