Homers - What's going right

TEXT A TIP: Linn County's Crime Stoppers made a great call by creating a way to use text messaging to report possible criminal activity. Crime Stoppers expects that the new texting option will boost the number of tips received over the current 15 to 20 calls per month to its 1-800-272-7463 number. Users with text-capable phones can send a text to CRIMES (274637), placing the number 5227 on the message or subject line and then type in a text message. An officer on the receiving end can reply back in real time.

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NEW USE FOR SCIENCE STATION: We're glad to hear that a prominent piece of riverfront property downtown will have a new tenant. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic alliance announced last week that it's moving into the former Science Station. The Economic Alliance, created by the merger of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cedar Rapids Downtown District and Priority One,

plans to transform the building into a “beacon of economic growth.”

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BACKING OFF BAN: House Speaker Kraig Paulsen says a legislative drive to ban traffic enforcement cameras is running out of steam. That's good news for those of us who think the call on cameras should be left to local officials.

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