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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 2003
Page
1
Cedar Rapids faces a six week deadline to revise its RiverRun redevelopment plan or lose a 10.5 million Vision Iowa grant for a project valued at over 100 million. The plan will drop the 8 million white water course and scale back the 16 million City Market, with the rest subject to private development.
Cedar Rapids will study a local-option tax to fund RiverRun related school and city projects in Linn County and provide property tax relief. A tax vote seeks the local match needed to keep the Vision Iowa grant of 10.5 million dollars. Hanson says Mayor Pate will meet with area superintendents to discuss a joint city county school sales tax proposal.
Cecilia Irene Hoyt was born Sunday an hour before her father Shannon Hoyt landed home from National Guard duty in Iraq. He called Rebecca from Cincinnati after a three day journey. Cecilia weighed 10 pounds 14 ounces and was in Mercy Medical Center NICU.
The FCC said it will seek fines up to 120000 dollars for each call to numbers on the national do not call registry as a second federal agency enforces the program. The move follows a court block on FTC enforcement and aims to curb telemarketing pitches for over 50 million registered numbers.
The FTC says people can still sign up for the list which goes into effect Wednesday. Complaints about telemarketer violations can be filed at donotcall.gov or by calling 1-888-322-1222.
The Gazette reports that Iowa lawmakers may study selling portions of the Iowa Communications Network to private buyers in 2004 without harming distance learning or homeland security. Governor Vilsack backs exploring private capacity while a panel reviews potential structures for the sale. Legislative leaders say they are drafting bills to permit such sales.
The Iowa Communications Network provides two way video voice data and high speed Internet over 6600 miles of fiber optic cable. It connects 770 classrooms including 400 K 12 schools and over 34 colleges and universities every county the Capitol complex and about 50 libraries. About 6000 Iowans use a ICN classroom daily and over 45000 sessions occurred in fiscal 2003.
Iowa Values Fund board members fear Internet sales tax revenue may not meet expectations, risking two year funding gaps. President Holmes Foster doubts the $5 million current year receipt and the planned $75 million annual stream by 2006 will materialize, urging lawmakers to find a reliable funding source.
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