I take issue with the clouded attempt to lure us into voting yes for the extension of the option sales …
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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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, …
I live on the northwest side and am voting yes Tuesday to extend the local-option sales tax. While I was …
I believe we all, on both sides of the river, are important, needed and valued as residents of Cedar Rapids. …
Rural people, vote yes Tuesday on the proposed local-option sales tax extension. Remember the vote on Cedar Rapids swimming pools? …
Here we go again, an election to see if the voters want to raise the sales tax. There is an …
Recently, we listened on the radio to two people giving their reasons for not supporting the local sales-tax extension and …
How do you want to pay for better streets? Do you want to raise property taxes and have the entire …
It seems that the Federal Emergency Management Agency fields teams on 60- to 120-day contracts. The teams that came in …
I recently retired from Iowans for Tax Relief after 30 years as vice chairman. During those years, I was known …
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