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City Hall puts cost of "A Season of Progress" report and mailing at $31,444; mayoral challenger Corbett sees report as incumbents using tax dollars to respond to criticism
Mayoral candidate Ron Corbett says it figures. It’s just four months from the November city election, and the City Council — six of the nine members’ seats are on the ballot — is out… more →
Eye on the Island
City Hall puts cost of "A Season of Progress" report and mailing at $31,444; mayoral challenger Corbett sees report as incumbents using tax dollars to respond to criticism
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Rick Smith wrote 4 months ago: Mayoral candidate Ron Corbett says it figures. It’s just four months from the November city el … more →
Rushing to the Microphones
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tdorman wrote 5 months ago: You don’t need to be a high-paid flood consultant to understand the significance of Tuesday … more →
If "The Fifth Season Is Progress," it better be a long season
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Steve Buttry wrote 5 months ago: This will be my column for Monday’s Gazette. “The Fifth Season Is Progress” procla … more →
Lone mayoral candidate Corbett, a Republican, gets backing of Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: Ron Corbett is still out there running for mayor all by himself, though word is that council incumbe … more →
Bloomsbury Heritage monographs debut at Woolf & the City
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Paula Maggio wrote 6 months ago: Reading the Skies in Virginia Woolf Two Bloomsbury Heritage monographs, including one of my own, wil … more →
Past council candidate Bates back with profanity-tainted yelling; but a criminal charge from an earlier episode in September was dismissed
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: One of the last times Robert Bates — a City Council candidate in 2005 who is open about his cr … more →
Wellington Heights' president invites council for an awareness walk; castigates suggestion that garbage crews wear bullet-proof vests
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: Terry Bilsland, longtime president of the Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association, this week inv … more →
Why did mayoral prospect Monica Vernon change from Republican Party to Democratic Party?
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: First it was U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. Now it’s Cedar Rapids council member Monica Vernon. In recent … more →
Corbett not bashful about letting would-be mayoral-race foes know that he's beating bushes for bucks for the coming match
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: This year’s mayoral race looks like it will be richer than the 2005 race in which Kay Halloran, a re … more →
Hot Topic! Global Warming Discussion at Yavapai College
pbandjyavapai wrote 7 months ago: Get in on the hot topic of the 21st Century with Brian Fagan, PhD, one of the world’s leading author … more →
State lawmakers from Cedar Rapids see to it that owners of abandoned flood-damaged homes don't louse up a return to life for neighbors
Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: A common lament in flood-hit neighborhoods here comes from those fixing up their homes while neighbo … more →
Fargo mayor steps to the plate
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adambelz wrote 8 months ago: FARGO, N.D. — With his towering 6-foot-5 frame, steady calm and wise-cracks, Fargo Mayor Denni … more →
Council majority repels 'overthrow' of city's government; questions remain about possible strings attached to private-sector help
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Rick Smith wrote 8 months ago: City Council member Tom Podzimek last night said he wasn’t going to let three of the nine members of … more →
Mayor and five possible mayoral candidates have one thing in common: All support the local-option sales tax
Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: There have been local-option sales tax elections in years past in which elected officials and would- … more →
Alliant COO Protsch talks about life after low-cost downtown steam, about the new world with Obama, about a proposal for a $200-million biomass plant
Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: It was a little telling when Brian Fagan, mayor pro tem of the City Council, quickly looked into the … more →
Mayor's speech downtown is a reminder that all is not well there
Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: A mayor’s annual address on the condition of the city is generally an upbeat affair with a focus on … more →
Halloran and Fagan bring Condition of the City speech downtown; city needs sales tax, they say; Alliant exec has few hopes for downtown steam
Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: Mayor Kay Halloran and Brian Fagan, mayor pro tem, told an audience of about 300 at Friday’s Conditi … more →
Water-filled bladders and sand-filled baskets to provide temporary flood protection; but cost too great to protect New Bohemia/Oak Hill
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Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: The City Council moved ahead to purchase a temporary flood control system to protect many of the flo … more →
Stealth 'Condition of the City' address has Halloran assuring city is 'open for business;' Fagan says city's flood recovery will be a model for the nation
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Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: Without prior promotion, Mayor Kay Halloran and Brian Fagan, mayor pro tem, last night gave a Condit … more →
