Peer court needs peer money in Linn County
The Linn County Peer Review Court operates on about $45,000 annually and bets on volunteers to train youths as defense attorneys prosecutors jurors and court attendants. The program handles 90 percent of nonviolent offenses with 120 to 160 yearly referrals and 90 to 110 cases while promoting reform over punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Peer Review Court
Bruce Kittle
6Th Judicial District
American Youth Policy Forum
Linn County Decategorization Board
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
Linn County Bar Association
League of Women Voters
Rotary Clubs
Kittle
Johnson
Iowa
Benton
Jones
Tama Counties
Iowa City and Nationwide Health Care and Energy Debates
Readers critique MidAmerican Energy’s door to door campaign against a municipal option and expose alleged rate bias. A health care reform letter supports the Health Care Accountability Act while condemning employer cost shifting. A reader condemns The Gazette for headline misdirection and front page placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid- American Energy
Iowa City
MidAmerican
Ames
Cedar Falls
Muscatine
Omaha
Iowa
Procter & Gamble
Mid- American
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
America
Wal-Mart
Massachusetts
Georgia
Oregon
Wisconsin
Pennsyl
Safe Schools Forum
The
Gazette
Iraqis must bind to form a shared constitutional future
The piece argues a durable Iraqi constitution hinges on Sunni participation and a peaceable federal arrangement. It highlights Shiite demands for regional power, Kurdish autonomy, oil revenue shares, and the risk of civil war if consensus fails. U.S. troop drawdown depends on Iraqi unity and statecraft.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
America
John Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Ism
U.S
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Supreme Council For the Islamic Revolution
Hakim
Iran
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Nancy van Allen
Vania
Wal- Mart
Roger Grobstich
Hiawatha
Fed
Federal Reserve
Yahoo News
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Myself
Cee
Hether
United States
Bush
Trudy Rubin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Toree
Mark Bowden
Doug Neumann
Dave Storey
Kim Hefley
Peg Schmitz
Scott Swenson
Gazette Communications
Joe Hladky
Chuck Peters
Ken Slaughter
Cedar Rapids
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