Purple Heart should stay in Cedar Rapids for Sgt. Kelly
The Cedar Rapids community praises returning Sgt. Leonard L. Kelly's Purple Heart and urges permanent loan and display at local memorials. Volunteers funded a granite marker and full military honors, ensuring no veteran grave is unmarked in Linn County. The medal now tours the Eastern Iowa Veterans Memorial Museum with calls for a permanent Cedar Rapids home.
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Eonard L. Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Kelly
Normandy
U.S
Sgt
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Gold Star Military Museum
Cedar Memorial
Linn County
Gold Star Museum
Eastern
All Veterans Memorial Museum
Second Avenue Bridge
Community Letters and Opinion on Clinton and Local Issues
Readers discuss Hillary Clinton's upbringing and empathy for the poor, calling for open-mindedness across parties. A wedding anniversary gratitude note thanks a stranger who paid their bill. A third letter criticizes the University of Iowa focus on social justice and cites Marcus Owens’ alleged binge drinking and its impact on race relations.
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Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Dorothy Rodham
Chicago
Cook County
Dorothy
California
Hillary
University of Iowa
Marcus Owens
Self identity and fakery in a changing world
Syndicated columnist Walter E Williams argues that identity labels are fluid in modern society. He cites Rachel Dolezal Elizabeth Warren and his own World War II era race concealment, noting the absence of tax or legal consequences for self-identified traits and urging cautious interpretations of identity claims.
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Springboks
U.S. Department of Justice
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Rachel Dolezal
Dolezal
Spokane, Wash
NAACP
Eastern Washington University
Elizabeth Warren
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Warren
One Park Place towers over Cedar Rapids downtown
Cedar Rapids City Council weighs a 28 story mixed use project on city owned land with 60 apartments 30 condos 100 hotel rooms a grocery store and rooftop restaurant. The developer seeks 23 million in upfront public cash backed by bonds risking the city rating. A third party analysis will gauge feasibility incentives risk and impact on the convention district and DoubleTree hotel. Public reaction mixes optimism with caution as a bet on downtown renewal.
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Park Place
Cedar Rapids
Kris Gulick
Ann Poe
Pat Shey
Westdale
Third Avenue SE
First Street SE
Allianz
CRST
Smulekoff
Justin Shields
Donald Trump
Second Avenue
PCI
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
Clay Bennett
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Postwritersgroup
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