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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 2001
Page
4
The Gazette urges joint development of Lowe Park by Marion and Linn-Mar Community Schools, noting tax and boundary complexities. It favors clarifying property use or merging districts to avoid cross boundar y issues and improve efficiency. Proposes petition drive and election to resolve long standing district lines.
The Independent reports Holy Cross Catholic Girls Primary School pupils aged four to eleven faced loyalists as troops and police escorted them to class on the first day of term. The Red Hand Defenders warned parents not to bring children along Ardoyne Road.
Ecologist Andy McCollum rails against Linda Schmidt’s Aug. column advocating bulldozing Rock Island Preserve for Highway 100. He argues habitat loss imperils butterflies and other species, noting Iowa’s 0.01 percent wild land remains and urging conservation over rapid development.
A Cedar Rapids reader laments Linn County Trails and Parks Commissioner Dale Todd for bulldozing most of Cedar Lake sanctuary to lay an asphalt road for bikers. The writer notes loss of muskrats mink owls groundhogs rabbits songbirds ducks and a beaver and questions the claim it serves wheelchair users.
A reader from Farmington urges returning tax rebate checks to reduce national debt and fund a prescription drug law, while criticizing Washington leaders and local politicians for pork, pay raises, and ongoing rising living costs. The letter notes aging populations, potential underfunded social services, and growing medical needs in Linn and Johnson counties, ending with a veteran's plea for concessions.
A letter laments Cedar Rapids City Council and Linn County Supervisors for using public funds to back a baseball park and Hy-Vee, calling for proof of authority and warning of a ballot box revolt. The writer urges funding from Hy-Vee and a local college while arguing most residents are shafted.
The Gazette invites public letters and guest pieces while noting not all can be printed. Submissions must include full name, signature, street address and daytime phone. addresses are not published. Email or mail details provided for submission and editing access.
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