Gazette reviews Linn County overtime and staffing
The Gazette analyzes Linn County Sheriff Office overtime costs exceeding 400000 since July 1 with 1.2 million planned for next year. It notes 19 deputies earned over 20000 in the last fiscal year and a deputy nearly doubled annual pay via overtime while underscoring safety and staffing concerns. The piece discusses understaffing, hiring constraints, and potential alternatives such as civilian jail staff to reduce reliance on overtime.
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Linn County Sheriff's Office
Gazette
Linn County
Cers
Brian Gardner
Gardner
Patrick McGinn
Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association Board
McGinn
Pottawattamie County
State Law Enforcement Academy
Pottawattamie
Veterans Affairs hospitals provide excellent care claim
A reader letter defending VA hospitals argues the U S military medical corps offer top care, cites Iraq and Afghanistan wounded, rehabilitation, and the Iowa City VA Hospital run with University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. It asserts VA records rivals private systems and costs about half, urging readers to recognize quality service.
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Michael J. Schneider
West Liberty
Department of Veterans Affairs
Schneider
U.S
Iraq
Afghanistan
Iowa City
University of Iowa
University Medical School
Gazette
Readers Letters on Taxes and Nobel Prize Spark Debate
A Cedar Rapids resident argues against a wheel tax and criticizes government spending while praising Barack Obama for earning the Nobel Peace Prize and promoting diplomacy. The letters reflect national and local viewpoints on taxes, federal debt, and presidential recognition.
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Cedar Rapids
Barack Obama
Obama
United Nations
George W. Bush
Iran
North Korea
United
Gwen Hammond
Could Sutliff Bridge West End Be Moved By Airlift
Kurt Suchomel suggests airlifting the west end of Sutliff Bridge to the east end to restore usefulness with lower costs than full restoration. He notes the bridge’s emotional value and its 1981 closure, and proposes a barrier at the new end to prevent access.
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Sutliff Bridge
Sutliff
National Guard
Rip Rap
Kurt Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
Inside the mind of homegrown terror and its echoes
The piece examines the inside story of Michael C. Finton and other alleged solo terrorists. It links their unremarkable exteriors to dangerous ambitions and notes how domestic threats, not only al Qaida, pose ongoing danger. It recalls Timothy McVeigh and Najibullah Zazi while reflecting on radicalism, psychology, and the lure of notoriety.
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Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
al-Qaida
Najibullah Zazi
Denver
Zazi
Pakistan
Colorado
New York
Afghanistan
Lower Manhattan
America
McVeigh
Mohamed Atta
Finton
Atta
Boston
Logan
City leadership duel fuels Cedar Rapids mayoral race
A columnist frames Cedar Rapids mayoral contenders as rival cops in a buddy film, contrasting Brian Fagan’s by the book, process driven stance with Ron Corbett’s hands on, results oriented approach. The piece notes voter appetite for advocacy versus policy, and ponders outcomes. Todd Dorman writes.
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Cedar Rapids
Brian Fagan
Ron Corbett
Corbett
Fagan
Botany Affairs
P.T. Larson
Jim Prosser
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