Complaint about airport minority goals sparks FAA complaint
Cedar Rapids Airport faces a formal complaint over minority business participation in a $735,206 construction project. Russell Collins alleges the 4 percent MBE target was not met, while airport manager Roy Jameson says the 4 percent goal was surpassed, possibly 4.02 percent, and that the lower 2.3 percent bid target was rounded to 4 percent. An FAA review and potential further action are anticipated.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Aviation Administration
Russell Collins
Cedar Valley Corporation of Waterloo
Airport Commission
Gene Jackson
Equal Employment Opportunities Officer
the Gazette
Minority Contractors Association
NAACP
Federal Office of Civil Rights
FAA
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Jameson
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Gazette
Cedar Valley
Howard Jennings
Jennings
City contracting letters framed as threats, not threats say official
Cedar Rapids Equal Employment Opportunity officer Gene Jackson says a recent city letter to 34 contractors urging compliance with goals for women and minorities was not a threat. He notes only seven minority and two to three women were hired in non traditional jobs last year.
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Cedar Rapids
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Kenneth R. Lewis
Des Moines
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Lewis
Ground Transportation Center
Grand opening of Linn County trail proceed despite injunction threat
Rails to Trails head Mary Combellick says the Cedar Valley Nature Trail opening from Hiawatha to the county line will go ahead September 18 even if the Jordans win an injunction over the abandoned right of way on their Robins farm. A detour may route riders around the disputed land to avoid safety risks on dusty county roads. The march from Cedar Rapids to Center Point is unaffected.
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Linn County
Cedar Valley
James
Mildred Jordan
Jordans
Linn District Court
Robins
Mary Combellick
Rails To Trails
Hiawatha
Black Hawk
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Solon man gets five years for bogus state checks
Milton Feeney 44 was found guilty of false use of a financial instrument for cashing phony state checks worth 425.95 at Hy Vee Coralville and Randall's Iowa City. He received a five year suspended sentence and five years probation. Judge William Eads denied a new trial. Feeney plans an appeal.伴
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Johnson County
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Milton Feeney
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William Eads
Eads
Hy-Vee
Coralville
Randall's
Sycamore Mall
Earl Davis
Dubuque
State Comptroller
Davis
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Woman charged with kicking 80 year old purse theft
A 19 year old Cedar Rapids woman, Kathy A. Oliver, was charged with first degree robbery and second degree robbery after allegedly knocking down an 80 year old woman and taking her purse. A citizen held her until police arrived. A second attempted snatching near Third Avenue SE is cited. Oliver is jailed in lieu of 550 dollar bond.
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Linn County
Kathy A. Oliver
Fourth Ave. SE
Oliver
Third Avenue SE
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