Editorial: Rural Voice in Linn County Board Debate
The Gazette urges a five member Linn County board for broader view but notes urban dominance. It argues a district vote won't guarantee rural reps and calls for urban rural understanding to reduce conflicts across social services transportation and tax policy. It acknowledges Lumir Dostal's rural perspective and notes recent ward-to-at large history. The piece supports voting on the Farm Bureau idea while warning the outcome may still favor urban areas.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Johnson County
Lvin County Farm Bureau
Ate
Lumir Dostal
Linn
Lu Barron
Gephardt Farm Forum draws Iowa audience in 1985 clash
Readers report on a Kirkwood Community College agriculture forum where Dick Gephardt outlined trade policy critiques including NAFTA and farm price supports. The piece links farmer protests to broader debates on subsidies and global markets, with voices from Missouri and Iowa.
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Lynn Daft
Carter
Kirkwood Community College
Mechanicsville
Washington
Daft
Peace Corps
Colombia
Peru
Capitol Mall
Washington City
Dick Gephardt
NAFTA
Harkin-Gephardt
Congress
Missouri
Cheney’s elusive public image and shifting influence
The article deconstructs Dick Cheney’s recent public appearances and sound bites. It notes misspeaks about Iraq and nuclear weapons, contrasts his stance with Bush’s steady unilateralism, and questions his health and political future including a potential 2008 running mate role for Sen. Bill Frist.
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Washington
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White House
Israel
Ariel Sharon
Yasser Arafat
Russert
Cheney
Dallas Morning News
Ford
Wyoming
George W. Bush
Donald Rumsfeld
Colin Powell
Condoleezza Rice
Sen
Bill Frist
Tennessee
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