Land offer on 130 acre plan rejected by school board
Developer Curt Hames proposed a 15 acre school site within his 130 acre manufactured home project in Cedar Rapids. The board rejected the offer, citing risks to city policy, bond needs, and a six year deadline that could revert land to the developer, while emphasizing careful, deliberative action over rushed terms.
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Curt Hames
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Susan McDermott
E Board
Lew Finch
Linn County Board of Supervisors End Vending Concession Pact
The Linn County Board of Supervisors ended a 30 year vending concession with the Department for the Blind amid ongoing complaints of poor service and questionable product quality. They warned current vendors over a year ago to improve. State law requires first consideration for blind department concessionaires, but the county chose to sever the contract, declaring the decision correct.
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Iowa Department For the Blind
Department For the Blind
HACAP
Linn
Jim Houser
Te Lvin County Board of Supervisors
Daylight Saving Time Critique and Time Standards
The writer argues for year round standard time calling DST a nuisance. They oppose changing clocks twice yearly and favor central standard time and universal time used by astronomers and government signals from Boulder Colorado.
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Government
Boulder, Colo
YouR TURN The Gazette Letters Policy
The Gazette invites letters under 300 words and requires full name street address and daytime phone number. Submissions should be sent to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via FAX 398 5846 or email gazette fyiowa com with full contact details for publication consideration.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Ruth Larson's musings on tense quirks and flat Iowa views
Ruth Larson writes about grammar puzzles and usage debates. She laments a crossword clue that used lain for set and shares notes on would not've and couldn't've. She praises Iowa's rolling flatness versus Kansas, explaining glacier lore and prairie horizons.
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Ruth
Andy Williams
Iowa
Kansas
Cow decorates soccer fields sparks debate in Seminole Valley
Parks Commissioner Dale Todd assists in removing the decoration while readers wonder if his actions meet today’s political standards for higher office. Cedar Rapids letter writer Joe E. Miller weighs in on the issue.
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Seminole Valley
Dale Todd
Not Guilty for Cedar Rapids Official Munson in Iowa Case
In Manchester two weeks ago a Cedar Rapids city official Ole Munson was found not guilty by a jury, not acquitted. The trial raised concerns about his conduct and the potential risk when he admitted making hang up calls and loading a weapon before officers arrived. Local writer William D. Werger notes the verdict reflected a legal technical ambiguity and predicts Cedar Rapids voters will judge him in 1999.
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Delaware County
Ole Munson
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Munson
Riley
Editorial dispute over Ole Munson case at the Gazette
Attorney Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids challenges The Gazette's Oct 21 editorial on Ole Munson. He argues the piece rests on erroneous facts about Gunnar Munson, Ole’s sister in law, and a confidential witness, insisting Ole was acquitted and that the gun charge was a technicality tied to protecting a child.
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Lake Delhi
Delaware County
Linn County
Jean Munson
Munson Lake Delhi
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