Local Leaders Share Stakes in Regional Elections
Cedar Rapids council member Wade Wagner and Linn County supervisors Jim Houser Lu Barron and Linda Langston reveal their positions on the gambling referendum. Eighth graders including Michael Mayes raise funds for Iraqi children. Robert Sossalla to be Iowa district court judge. Peg Burke described as a Red Cross volunteer aiding wildfire evacuees in California.
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Cedar Rapids
Wade Wagner
Linn County
Jim Houser
Lu Barron
Linda Langston
Iowa City
Michael Mayes
Robert Sosalla
Iowa
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Peg Burke
Red Cross
Burke
Coralville
California
Local leaders mum on referendum as riverboat debate simmers
In Linn County both gambling supporters and opponents fault local leadership while forums and media debate the gambling referendum. Cedar Rapids officials like Paul Pate Lyle Hanson David Zahn and Don Thomas declined to share views. Governor Villace proposes tax hikes amid Iowa's budget crunch and the University of Iowa weighs a 5.6 million budget cut with vague administration plans.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pate
Lyle Hanson
David Zahn
Don Thomas
University OF Iowa
David Shorton
Letter writers clash on tax cuts and deficits in Gazette
A Belle Plaine reader argues Reagan tax cuts boosted federal revenues while praising them, criticizing Congress spending. Another letter blasts Ashcroft plea bargain policy, urges trial by jury, warns against mandatory minimums, and calls for rehab over punishment to reduce costs.
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Clinton
Republican Congress
Chuck Grassley
Brian Decker
Belle Plaine
John Ashcroft
Why are farmers poor despite farming being lucrative
The Gazette Outlook on agriculture questions how petro-chemical farming's industrialization yields cheap food yet leaves farmers needing off-farm work to survive. It notes persistent income struggles and asks why farming alone cannot sustain a living.
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Gazette
War and borders amid a broad critique of cultural bias
The piece argues that wartime reality forces border closures and strict immigration limits from the Islamic world. It contends criticism of Muslims is misused as bigotry, calls for decisive action, and urges the American Muslim community to cooperate openly in counterterrorism while avoiding hysteria.
Suburban sprawl tests rural values in Montana memoir
The narrator recalls growing up on a family farm in Michigan and Montana and confronts how neighbors and conservation clash with supposed rural freedom. He cites conflicts over dirt bikes, water use, pasture size, and community standards, noting a conservative past and a changing landscape. Richard Manning of Montana is highlighted as author of Against the Grain with ties to The Land Institute.
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Michigan
America
New Jersey
Montana
Richard Manning
Manning
Lolo
Mont
The
Land Institute
Prairie Writers Circle
Salina
Kan
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