Kucinich and Edwards to chat on GazetteOnline today
Online chats with Ohio Rep Dennis Kucinich and former North Carolina Sen John Edwards will be featured on GazetteOnline com. The Kucinich chat begins at 7 30 a m and the Edwards chat at 1 p m. The sessions are part of a presidential candidate series sponsored by The Gazette washingtonpost com and The Concord Monitor.
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Cedar Rapids Maintains Westdale Moratorium Despite Requests
The Cedar Rapids City Council kept the Westdale Mall development moratorium in place denying Ditman Partners LLC and CRSC LLC a relief request. A Chicago bank holder also lost a bid for relief and filed suit claiming the moratorium illegal. Council members Swore and Henderson opposed the moratorium while Prosser urged it to aid redevelopment planning.
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At large Cedar Rapids council candidates discuss issues
The second in a League of Women Voters forum series for the metro area presents Cedar Rapids at large city council candidates from 7 to 8 30 p m tonight at Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library 500 First St SE Nancy Bruner P Thomas Larson incumbent Tom Podzimek and Larry Sharp are listed as candidates for the seat.
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Rainy spell eyeing more totals in Eastern Iowa
Meteorologist Joe Winters of KCRG TV9 says as showers move through Eastern Iowa, about an inch already fallen in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Wednesday, close to a half inch in Dubuque, with another inch possible today and scattered showers into Friday.
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New director named for Summer of the Arts in Iowa City
Mary Duncan of Marion is named executive director of Iowa City's Summer of the Arts. The 28 year old previously worked for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, guiding events like the Iowa Arts Festival and Jazz Festival.
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Iowa City
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Cedar Rapids Library seeks early budget influence before vote
Tim Hill library board president Lori Barkema and trustees met Cedar Rapids city officials to press for input ahead of the 2009 budget process. They cited reduced staff from 67 to 53.2 full time equivalents since 1998 and a rising circulation from 1.03 million to 1.21 million items, arguing the library is below average among peers.
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Rick Smith
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Cedar Rapids
Tim Hill
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Barkema
Ben & Jerry founders call for defense cuts in Iowa City
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield urged cutting the U S defense budget to foster peace during a Caucus 4 Priorities stop at the Iowa Memorial Union. They argued nurses and students should back reduced military spending, while noting the Pentagon devotes Cold War era levels of funding to larger nuclear weapons. The event drew over 75 attendees amid a Giuliani rally downstairs and aims to influence caucus voters with a three point credo Do right Be Strong Spend Smart.
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Iowa City
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Terry McCoy
Owa City
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Greenfield
Giuliani
Steve Fugate
Tiffin
Des Moines
Davenport
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Experts urge cutting oil dependence with biofuels and tech
At the University of Iowa a national energy expert urged reducing foreign oil reliance by expanding viable alternatives such as corn based ethanol plug in cars and higher efficiency vehicles He said American technology can bolster national security and bargaining power amid a panel on biofuels energy policy and security.
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United States
University of Iowa
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Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C
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Iowa
Washington
America
Iowa City bar age up to 21 debated by voter ballot
Todd Dorman weighs the November 6 vote to ban entry to bars for anyone under 21 after 10 p.m. He critiques the measure, notes Harvard data on student binge drinking, and argues the age limit should be 21 while acknowledging counterpoints and potential consequences for students and nightlife.
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