Waste transfer station plan stirs Cedar Rapids debate
The Rink Cedar Rapids southwest project proposes a Valley Transfer Systems waste transfer station to accept waste and move it elsewhere. The Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment granted a conditional use permit, with worries eased by enclosed handling. Bluestem may gain time for siting a new landfill, while critics fear future costs and regional waste flow.
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Valley Transfer
Bluestem
Dave Hogan
Linn County
Valley
Iowa
Besvece
Banishing Dornan: House Votes to Bar Visitation Rights
The U S House voted 289 to 65 to temporarily banish Rep Bob Dornan from the chamber amid a confrontation with Rep Robert Menendez after Dornan called him a liar and coward and challenged the 1996 election results.
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House of Representatives
House
Dornan
Robert Menendez
D-N.j
Menendez
Loretta Sanchez
BD Coc
Bob Dornan
California
Fast track debate pits Clinton plan against Washington insiders
Kevin Phillips argues that fast track trade legislation concentrates power among elites and insiders, with Republicans among Clinton’s allies. He notes rising influence of lobbyists, commissions, and large sums shaping policy, while public turnout and trust in democracy erode. The piece, from the Los Angeles Times, critiques elite governance and tobacco settlement deals.
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Washington
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Social Security
Bad omens if it doesn't pass
Editorial from the Chicago Tribune argues that granting President Clinton fast-track negotiating authority is essential to secure more free trade deals. It cites Mercosur Europe trade over 40 billion dollars and Chile’s growing ties as proof the United States must act to avoid economic decline and expand the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
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Uruguay
Paraguay
Chile
Mexico
Venezuela
Colombia
Peru
Bolivia
Canada
European Union
U.S
Latin America
Americas
Knight-Ridder
Tribune News Service
Technology's price for family life and control
Bill Wagner of Marion, customer service manager for Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids, reflects on how rapid tech growth reshapes families He asks what the cost is to parenting and suggests balancing love with firm boundaries as society speeds toward gadget rich life
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Marion
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
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