Home code sparks rent fears and privacy concerns
Owner Ron Boyer and Chamber of Commerce representative Steve Feder challenge a proposed housing code. Boyer warns rents could rise 20 to 50 percent annually, that the code is retroactive, and inspectors could gain police-like power amid privacy and liability worries. Feder notes budget and inspection rate questions for Sioux City's Housing Department.
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Ron Boyer
Plainview Drive
Olson
Ford
Boyer
Steve Feder
Surrey Drive
Chamber of Commerce
Housing code hearing stirs debate on costs and protections
Cedar Rapids residents weigh costs of inspecting housing units and enforcing a proposed local code. Marilyn Whitmore of Tenants for Fair Housing supports enforcement but notes conflicts with the Iowa Tenant Landlord Act, especially rent increases for repairs. Luther Trent criticizes landlord blame and urges low income speakers to attend the next public hearing as Mayor Canney schedules a continuation at Ambroz Recreation Center.
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Sioux City
Feder
Citizens Committee
Marilyn Whitmore
19Th St. SE
Fair Housing
Whitmore
Iowa
Luther Trent
Ninth St. SE
Trent
Oak Hill
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Ambroz Recreation Center
Mount Vernon Road
C R officers sue driver and Village Inn over crash
Two Cedar Rapids police officers and the wife of one sue driver Wynn P. Nothoff, owner Esther Marie Howard, and Village Inn Corp. in Linn District Court for 350000. They allege Nothoff was served alcohol to intoxication and crashed his car into a patrol car on First Avenue East near 19th Street on Oct 5 1977. The officers seek 100000 for injuries, 50000 for loss of consortium, and 200000 in punitive damages.
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Cedar Rapids
Mark S
Jesse A. Fischer
James R. Noonan
Linn District Court
Wynn P
First Avenue
19Th Street
Fischer
Consortium
Oelwein Teen Injured In Motorcycle Collision
Neil Fuller 18 of Oelwein is in satisfactory condition at a Waterloo hospital with a broken leg after his motorcycle struck the rear of a car driven by Shelby Cummings 35 of Oelwein in Oelwein about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Oelwein
Neil Fuller
Waterloo
Shelby Cummings
Cedar Rapids Firefighters Negotiations Reach 7 Percent Offer
Cedar Rapids city negotiators offered firefighters a 7 percent salary increase for next year, 13 percent below the union’s earlier 20 percent demand. The second of two open sessions with IAFF Local 11 set a later Oct. 11 meeting in closed session.
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Cedar Rapids City
International Association of Firefighters Local 11
F.R. Nordegren
Barger resigns Prairie Elementary principal post
James Barger, a 22 year College Community School District veteran, resigns as Prairie Elementary principal effective year end. He cites desire for broader opportunities, more family time, and personal time, with no immediate new job planned.
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Prairie
James Barger
College Community School District
Barger
Board of Education
The
Gazette
Edie
Ely
Prairie Elementary
Prairie Intermediate
Cedar Rapids
Police to crack down on jacked up vehicles
Capt. Louis Stepanek of the traffic bureau said officers will crack down on cars with jacked up rear suspensions using air shocks and extended springs. He warned such mods are unsafe and illegal under Scope and Effect of Regulations and that arrests will be pursued.
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Louis Stepanek
Police Department
Traffic Bureau
Stepanek
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