Fertilizer Plant in Iowa Seen as Economic Win
The Iowa Fertilizer Company, backed largely by private funds, will build a nitrogen plant in Lee County opening in 2015. It promises thousands of construction jobs and 165 permanent positions, with tax revenue and increased business confidence for the Midwest. The announcement also notes Orascom’s acquisition of The Weitz Company, boosting Iowa’s economy and attracting futu re investment.
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Iowa Economic Development Authority
Orascom Construction Industries
Weitz Company
Des Moines
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Weitz
U.S
Letters reveal voter views and political endorsements
Letters discuss Obama Romney opinions with calls to vote for Goode and critiques of low information voting. Writers cited include Patrick Riley Gary Kellogg Steve Johnson Beth Hieronymus, with references to Goode and Goode for president 2012.
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Obama
Mitt Romney
A Alleged Socialist Additive Shapes Voter Viewpoints
The text argues that two bottled water brands represent competing socialists with an additive that makes users clueless and submissive about politics. It claims a powerful organization and its allies manipulate distribution to influence elections, with CFR influence over media and policy, leaving the public powerless regardless of the outcome.
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Council On Foreign Relations
CFR
Fat cat Romney clueless to challenges to face
Opinion reflects on Mitt Romney and perceptions of moochers among seniors workers and the poor The writer argues Romney lacks understanding of real struggles caused by environment schooling and the Bush recession and asserts many Americans have sacrificed more amid hardship.
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Fat Cat Romney
Mitt Romney
Romney
Art Staed Aims to Move Iowa Forward Across Aisle
A local appeal urges voting for Art Staed to restore trust in government and reduce apathy. Describing Staed as an educator with a history of pushing for high achievement, the piece frames his election as needed to bridge the Iowa House and Senate and improve discourse in Des Moines.
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Staed
Beth Hieronymus
Iowa City
Iowa House
Senate
Des Moines
Art Staed
Lown
Political cartoon questions White House beer idea and moral concerns
The writer questions President Obama installing a White House brewery. Elizabeth Warren is cited describing a nation in misery. The piece asks if Satan or the church influence the administration and wonders about beer stands on the White House lawn.
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White House
Elizabeth Warren
Satan
Joyce Edmondson Washington
Alliant Energy criticized for tree loss in city parks
Hal Sondrol laments passing trees in city parkways as Alliant Energy trims branches to protect transmission lines. He accuses the utility and city forestry officials of approval, calling the impact on beauty and symmetry of the streets unacceptable.
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Hal Sondrol
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids weighs ordinance to ban disruptive critics from city facilities
City leaders consider a measure allowing the city manager, with police input, to ban unruly individuals from City Hall or other sites for 30 to 90 days after a hearing. Critics view it as unconstitutional and contrary to open government rights.
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Jeff Pomeranz
Jerry Vander Sanden
Vander Sanden
Iowa
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