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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 2015
Page
5
Editorial guidelines for letters published in The Gazette specify a 250 word limit. They provide a mailing address Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and a contact phone number 319 398 8469 for questions. The note serves as reader guidance rather than a news item.
The Gazette urges voters to participate in today’s school board elections across Linn and Johnson counties. It highlights large district budgets, especially Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, and notes low past turnout. Readers are urged to study candidates, use online resources, and vote at their polling place or bring absentee ballots to the polls.
The writer laments Cedar Rapids becoming an All-America City while prioritizing a costly downtown medical complex and Greene Square changes, with no funding for seniors and doubts about downtown revival. The second letter stresses climate change, highlighting methane from animal agriculture as a major greenhouse gas and urging rapid methane reduction alongside carbon cuts.
Angela Rachidi argues the CPS ASEC poverty data will frame candidates' anti poverty plans. She notes the official and supplemental measures differ, with safety net programs lowering poverty and work-based reforms needed to reduce it further. She cites EITC and SNAP impacts and urges a clear presidential stance on government supports for low wage workers.
John Westefeld discusses National Suicide Prevention Week and how to reduce self harm. He cites 2013 U S crisis data and explains risk factors and steps to intervene including asking the challenging question and connecting to treatment.
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