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Supes haggle on AOB vs. Juvy Courts
Linn County will submit two projects to the state I-JOBS board for funding, and lines were drawn Monday on which of the two is most important. Supervisor Jim Houser said the county’s Administrative Of… more →
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Supes haggle on AOB vs. Juvy Courts
wrote 5 months ago: Linn County will submit two projects to the state I-JOBS board for funding, and lines were drawn Mon … more →
Building new or renovating flood-damaged public buildings? Linn's Barron weighs in on the S word -- sustainability
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wrote 7 months ago: Advocates for returning city government to the flood-damaged and iconic Veterans Memorial Building/C … more →
More on bonding, county buildings
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wrote 7 months ago: Feeling the need to post something, so here’s a draft of a story that will go in tomorrow … more →
A supervisor emerges from judges chambers? Might not be far off.
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wrote 9 months ago: The Linn County Supervisors toured the federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, trying to env … more →
City, county contributing to one private-sector effort on flood recovery while private sector contributes to second effort in City Hall
wrote 9 months ago: The private sector’s interest in helping with flood recovery got another boost this week. The Linn C … more →
Brand-new congressional 'earmark' of $950,000 is intended to get the long-delayed Highway 100 Extension finally built
wrote 9 months ago: Cedar Rapids would already have a dazzling new $200-million federal courthouse and a new, $100-milli … more →
What was behind Westdale's ultimatum?
wrote 11 months ago: After the flood, the mall donated office space to Linn County for nearly six months. Since November, … more →
Building choices on Friday agenda
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wrote 11 months ago: Don’t expect a decision any time soon. The Supervisors will look at six building options Frida … more →
Where does each supervisor stand on salaries?
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wrote 12 months ago: Revised 5:15 p.m. to add comment from Langston below: The Compensation Board will meet Feb. 3 at 4 p … more →
Get on the train, folks
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wrote 12 months ago: Yesterday was a slow day on County Supervision (i.e., no new content), because I had to fill in on t … more →
County building survey poo-poos downtown
wrote 1 year ago: The Board of Supervisors heard a presentation this morning from Lynn Manternach, a representative of … more →
Salaries not on Tuesday agenda
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wrote 1 year ago: The Linn County supervisors will not discuss their salaries at tomorrow’s meeting. After dispe … more →
Supervisor expenses surprisingly low
wrote 1 year ago: The blog post a couple weeks ago about Jim Houser’s threat to charge mileage for his drive fro … more →
The supervisors' side of things
wrote 1 year ago: To be fair to Supervisors Linda Langston, Jim Houser and Lu Barron, there is a coherent argument for … more →
Supervisors: Merry Christmas to us!
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wrote 1 year ago: The Supervisors will on Tuesday decide whether to repeal a March resolution that turned them into pa … more →
A dunk tank for the supervisors
wrote 1 year ago: Representatives for the Linn County Fair Board complained Monday that people don’t think to at … more →
Barron says no to Cary J. Hahn emceeing Memorial Day service
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wrote 1 year ago: For several years, former KGAN-TV “Iowa Traveler” Cary J. Hahn has emceed the Cedar Rapi … more →
