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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 2000
Page
4
The Gazette editorials contend Cedar Rapids 1998 changes to sexual orientation wording did not create widespread impact. Opponents push hearings again, but editors say public good and protections for gays against firing or housing discrimination are already evidenced. No clear benefits from reopening the issue exist.
Democrats call a discontinued Republican TV spot featuring the word rats a subliminal cue aimed at attacking Al Gore’s Medicare plan. The Bush team brushes it off as a visual drumbeat, noting rats is part of bureaucrats and even a Texas accent term.
The August Gazette notes a 10.4 percent national drop in violent crime from 1998 to 1999, driven by men but not women. It cites BJS victimization data from 1973 onward, highlighting home-based violence and the need for targeted strategies, including education, policing, and stronger domestic violence convictions, with Professor Christopher Carlson of Cornell College quoted.
A reader denounces an Aug 25 editorial on store rezoning, accusing investors, realtors, and council members of exploiting loopholes to push developments like a SuperTarget. The letter recounts decades of fights to keep single family homes amid industrial shifts and apartment approvals on Blairs Ferry.
A 1999 Kennedy High School graduate commends Rich Boston as a rigorous AP World History teacher who treated essays as real work and did not rubber-stamp assignments. The writer notes Boston is no longer teaching social studies and praises the challenging but valuable curriculum and discipline he fostered.
Local notice provides contact details for Your Turn 511 in Cedar Rapids Iowa with a fax number and email address for submissions and inquiries.
Paul Erlich warned of widespread breeding collapse in The Population Bomb, a claim echoed by critics about overpopulation. By next year over 70 countries will be below replacement rate 2.1, with Europe and Japan projected to lose half their populations by 2100, amid aid-linked pressure on Third World nations.
Sharron L. McElmeel thanks 4,171 Cedar Rapids residents for voting in the school board election. She laments low turnout under 5 percent while noting a $100 million budget and ongoing literacy efforts planned for March 2001.
On WMT AM representatives of ALOT say they support the needs behind the school bond but oppose endorsing the measure due to its high amount. They fear the community cannot afford another funding vote and may not vote for the referendum, yet hope it passes.
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