Public affairs expert debates Cedar Rapids council manager plan
A guest specialist described at a Montrose Hotel meeting that ample time is needed before deciding on Cedar Rapids adopting a council manager government. About 300 residents attended the Cedar Rapids Taxpayers Association event, where discussion covered the proposed plan and the manager profile likely to be hired, with a projected salary near twenty thousand dollars.
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Conflict of Interest in Millers Pond Land Purchase Proposal
A Cedar Rapids letter urges ethical review of a city plan to buy Millers Pond land for park use at 165000. It cites Robert Gardner as city agent and Board of Adjustment member, arguing Iowa law bars an officer from profiting from city deals and raises concerns over potential political favoritism and avoidance of tax dollars through in-house legal handling.
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Millers Pond
Robert Gardner
Willie Coon
Gardner
Board of Adjustment
Robert M. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
State of
Iowa
Johnson For Mayor
Cedar Rapids Firefighters Seek Supreme Court Review
Cedar Rapids firefighters plan to appeal a district court ruling upholding suspensions for three Local 11 members over a gag rule issue. Vernon Cook of the International Association of Firefighters urged the Supreme Court appeal and a state arbitration process to review wage and working condition grievances. Legal counsel says the appeal will be filed soon.
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Tom Kund
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Vernon Cook
International Association 04
Cook
Firefighters Union Local 11
Citizen Times
Warren Reese
Civil Service Commission
Charles Schmitt
Gordon Scott
Donald Klien
Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
Jess Hunter
District Court
Reese
Citizen-Times
Supreme Court
International Firefighters Assn
Fire Department
International Organization
International Union
Local 11
Robert C. Nelson
Mental Tests For Teen Assailant By William Marks
Cedar Rapids police juvenile bureau says a fourteen year old boy who assaulted Mrs Hyacinth Herman at 126 22nd avenue S W will undergo psychiatric examination. He approached from hiding in her bedroom wearing a Halloween mask and struck her with a fence latch. She fired twice with a pistol, wounding him in the leg as he fled. Action awaits psychiatric test outcomes.
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William Marks
Cedar Rapids
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