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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 2005
Page
4
Forum coverage shows 14 candidates across two sessions for Cedar Rapids City Council in the transition to a city manager form. Most likely only a minority would fit the full-time commissioner model being replaced. The piece highlights voter choice and local political transition.
The controversy over Iowa's pink Kinnick Stadium locker room drew national ridicule while a US professor facing death threats highlights broader intolerance. Ely, Iowa restricts sex offender housing within 2000 feet of public spaces, library and parks amid state-law displacement fears. Coralville bids open for a grand entrance monument and clock tower fountain in the Iowa River Landing District with four bids starting at 1.5 million.
A reader praises the A Avenue floral beds by St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids and suggests planting flowers on boulevards citywide, noting Wellington Heights has some efforts and proposing Fifteen-in-5 as a model.
Margaret Haro Marion argues against appointing a judge who avoids answering questions on important issues. She says the position’s power over decades requires transparency about the nominee’s thinking and past actions.
A letter questions intelligent design and the idea that the world is tailored for humans. It pivots to a debate about adaptability, then fights over Erin Buzuvis and a rainbow colored locker room at Kinnick Stadium, urging change of color and criticizing inclusivity.
A reader rejects the Sept. 25 letter urging support for President Bush arguing the president is elected by the people, not chosen by God, and condemning his impact on the environment and casualties.
David Barash argues that dogmatic thinking leads to cognitive errors like Brahe’s geocentric retreat. He links this to modern debates on intelligent design, political dogma, and public policy, urging recognition of human bias and openness to evidence. He notes his own awareness of Brahean tendencies.
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