North Liberty candidates tackle traffic amid costly plan
Four City Council hopefuls including incumbent Gerry Kuhl debate how to ease chronic congestion on Highway 965 as a 37 million, ten year widening plan looms. Two newcomers David Grex and Jonathan Waller recently moved to town. Kuhl and Brian Wayson are longtime residents. Federal funds will fund Cherry Street traffic lights due next spring while bids for turn lanes are sought later this year.
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Advertising Exec David Grex Named Family Man
David Grex, 30, an advertising sales manager, is married to Sarah and has two children. He earned a BS in finance from Arizona State University and a BS in business accounting from the University of Phoenix.
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Voter guide and highway plan updates for 965
The Gazette and KCRG-TV9 online voter guide highlight improvements at intersections Ashley Court Lions Drive Hawkeye Drive Fairview Lane and Golfview Drive. Kuhl recalls a 1999 plan and says the spring will use that approach while seeking user-paid widening solutions after a failed sales tax referendum.
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Kuhl Grex Waller Seek City Commission Seats
Gerry Kuhl 66, CPA, University of Iowa graduate, supports growing city revenue via commercial expansion to fund infrastructure. Grex emphasizes business over communication to aid council. Waller, Kirkwood student and trail user, pushes more trails and cross-city transit to ease congestion.
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Residents split on Highway 965 reroute through streets
Community figures Jonathan Waller Brian Wayson and Sheila discuss traffic plans near Dubuque Street Jones Boulevard and North Liberty. Wayson opposes funneling 965 traffic through homes, citing property impact and long-standing residents. He proposes testing North Liberty bus routes to Coralville. Mayor Tom Salm faces no opposition on Tuesday.
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Holocaust survivor to speak at Grinnell College
International relations expert and Grinnell alum John Stoessinger will discuss his Holocaust survival Monday at 8 p.m. on campus. He traces his family's journey from Czechoslovakia through the Soviet Union and Japan to Shanghai, recalls a Grinnell graduate’s role in bringing him to the college, and notes his 1950 political science degree, UN Peace Corps Training Program leadership, and nine books.
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