Regents budgets spark tax hike ire in Iowa
The Iowa General Assembly and Gov. Branstad end a long budget process with a 3.4 billion spending plan and a tax increase. The editorial slams the Board of Regents for a 1 billion budget, argues state agencies face cuts, and warns voters may respond in November. It condemns high salaries at universities amid an austere economy.
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Iowa General Assembly
Terry Branstad
Treasury
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Iowa
Sanders loyalty praised as Deion weighs baseball over football
The piece lauds Atlanta Braves outfielder Deion Sanders for sticking with baseball amid offers from football and cites Bo Jackson as a cautionary example. It highlights a reported six thousand dollar per game baseball contract and argues football injuries make baseball the safer, longer career path.
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Atlanta Braves
Deion Sanders
Sanders
Atlanta Falcons
Bo Jackson
Jackson
Andrew is urged to deploy military for domestic needs
Column argues the military can handle disaster logistics after Hurricane Andrew and questions how to use armed forces at home. It cites Andrew Bush administration decisions and suggests Medivac, Corps of Engineers and neighborhood patrols as potential applications while noting political constraints and civil control.
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Jeff Greenfield
New York
Kate Hale
Dade County
Andrew
Los Angeles
Army Corps of Engineers
Cheap food policy costs and farm losses across rural America
A reader recounts a 1962 Gazette letter opposing the Committee for Economic Development plan to eliminate 2 million farmers. The piece argues family farms declined, jobs vanished, crime rose, government debt grew, and the nation deteriorated toward third world levels as consolidation favored large interests over small farms.
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Gazette
Committee For Economic Development
CED
America
Freedom Fest Drum Corps Fail to Get City Backing
Front-page critique against Cedar Rapids for not supporting eight visiting drum and bugle corps in the Freedom Fest. The 10.5 minute performances by Casper Wyoming Grand Rapids Michigan Omaha Rockford Loves Park Quad City LaCrosse and Nite Express drew larger attendance yet received no official recognition. The writer urges 1993 officials to provide support for these youths who enhanced the parade.
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Cedar Rapids
Casper
Wyo
Grand Rapids
Mich
Omaha
Rockford/Loves Park
Ill
Quad City
LaCrosse
Wis
Family values Mam is used to sway young voters
A 21 year old critic argues that politicians weaponize family values to divert the public from real issues. The piece notes repeated cycles from Dukakis to Bush and contends such rhetoric fuels political disengagement among youth.
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Michael Dukakis
George Bush
Re-Elect Ron Olson to Cedar Rapids School Board
In the national election year a local school board race in Cedar Rapids urges voters to re elect Ron Olson to a second term. The appeal cites budget challenges and Olson s experience with youth programs and diverse student needs.
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Ron Olson
Cedar Rapids
Guardian of pronoun style sparks right left debate
A reader criticizes widespread use of pronouns in informal writing claiming should be nominative case after linking verbs. Examples include This is me and That frightened my sister more than I argue for preserving me and I in certain clauses while noting easier forms like He is the loser avoid pronoun drift.
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Mary
You
Carl
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J.P. Hladky Jr
Joe Hladky III
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Universal Press Syndicate
Dick Pike
Central City
Linn County National Farmers Organization
California State Line
Jethro
Carl Kane
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