I hate to drive my car on the streets of Cedar Rapids. Our city is investing umpteen millions of dollars …
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I hate to drive my car on the streets of Cedar Rapids. Our city is investing umpteen millions of dollars …
Not raising property tax? That’s a laugh. This next round (of local-option sales tax) took a tremendous leap. I’m not …
Be sure to vote May 3, Marion needs the 50 percent of the local option sales fax funds to pay …
My reason for this is that the current city council cannot be trusted to do what they say. They waste …
Forget Lake Macbride has sailboat storage and private docks for pontoons. (Private Lake Macbride). Forget the economic impact from the …
I recently read about World War II in the World Book Encyclopedia. Regarding the financing of the war: “In the …
The Gazette’s April 25 article, “Patient advocates criticize hospice oversight in Iowa,” failed to convey the many crucial steps hospice …
On April 22, the residents of Arlington received a letter announcing that the lease on the Arlington Post Office would …
I take issue with the clouded attempt to lure us into voting yes for the extension of the option sales …
Before the flood of 2008, Cedar Rapids was, in fits and starts, slowly becoming a pretty city. With the rolling …
My wife and I were both born and raised in Cedar Rapids. It is home for us and our three …
LOST is a perfect acronym for the extension of the sales tax requested by our spend-happy City Council. Giving a …
If the local-option sales tax extension is approved, a baby born today will be paying it until he’s at least …
We in Cedar Rapids have an even larger issue than flood protection. It is water quality. Our previous flood director, …
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