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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1990
Page
5
The piece rails at both parties for partisan posturing over deficit reduction. It argues Congress bears responsibility for delaying budget action and calls voters to punish in response to fiscal stalemate and Bush vetoes.
The Oct editorial argues support for recreation trails remains strong despite the slow Interurban project four years after the Northeast Cedar Rapids land deed. With a May 1991 deadline approaching, organizers are urged to push. The editorial notes Cedar Valley and Sac and Fox trails reduce demand but urges energetic effort to realize the Interurban. The editor pledges a waterless long run if the project succeeds, pending a 2000 deadline and age milestones.
Editorial urges Cedar Rapids Community School District residents to approve the Instructional Support Levy. It argues the levy funds essential programs, reduces class sizes, adds computer labs, expands library materials, and maintains all day kindergarten and other services while limiting tax impact to under 1 percent initially.
Letters from Dorothy Barnes and Dale Yocum of Iowa City urge shared fiscal pain and smaller government while criticizing tax shifts. They discuss deficits, interest rates, and Medicare costs, and call for independent candidates as political reform. Linda Brennan adds questions on gasoline taxes and elderly affordability amid budget proposals.
Delores McDowell of Cedar Rapids condemns Rep Tauke for only talking about correcting the Social Security notch. She praises Sen Harkin for backing Sanford's bill offering gradual benefit increases and a lump sum to address past inequities.
A reader urges voters to evaluate Tom Harkin on his ties to labor unions and his stance on the Boren amendment and Taft-Hartley 14B repeal. The letter accuses Harkin of taking over 500000 dollars from labor and warns against liberal candidates, citing a Beck Supreme Court ruling and calls for informed voting.
The Safe Place Foundation operates 721 Fifth Ave SE Cedar Rapids as a cost effective AA driven transitional home for homeless recovering from addiction. An open house is planned for October 14 from 2 to 4 PM to attract community interest. Nina Bappe secretary Late Place Foundation Board of Directors 1215 F Ave Marion.
The city traffic engineer considers energy savings by optimizing flow at the 24th Street Johnson Avenue NW intersection. The proposed signal would halt 12 cars to allow 1 or 2 vehicles to pass, aiming to reduce idling. Random checks may verify traffic impact and efficiency.
Mike Mrkvicka profiles Jeff Renander editor of Campus Review in Iowa City. The piece describes Renander using satirical posters depicting Bart Simpson and the controversy over alleged hate speech. It notes leftists filed human rights complaints while Renander gains publicity and attention from the dispute.
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