By Mike Deupree — Election Day (a quaint term still in common use, mostly because of nostalgia and tradition) is history. This means we have a few weeks before the start of the next campaign when we can turn on the television without seeing political commercials; answer our phone without being asked for [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — For some Iowans, voting can be as quick and simple as filling in one little oval. For people who want to vote a straight-ticket — vote for all the Democrats or all the Republicans on the ballot — they can simply fill in one oval near the top of their ballot [...]
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Cedar Rapids residents will cast their votes March 6 on extending Linn County’s one-percent local-option sales tax (LOST) to fund flood protection, but what’s in it for other county residents? The current one-percent LOST brought in $31.9 million in the fiscal year that ended last June 30. Cedar Rapids’ share came to $19.1 million. Voters [...]
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Carl Cortez, a retired IBM service technician and member of the city’s River Recreation Commission, is running for the at-large City Council seat on the Nov. 8 election ballot. The 66-year-old Cortez, of 4118 Paradise Ct. NW, says the main reason he is running is because he thinks the city has gone downhill “severely” and [...]
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Contrary to what Marion residents may have heard, their city is bound by its ballot language regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s local-option sales tax referendum. Even if Marion voters reject it, if the one-percent tax passes in the rest of the five-city (Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, Fairfax, and Robins) metro bloc each city must [...]
continue »An unexpected resignation is creating a bit of confusion. This Friday, Wapello County Attorney Allen Cook will work his last day as the county’s top prosecutor. Cook has submitted his letter of resignation to the Wapello County Board of Supervisors, but the resignation brings some tough questions. “A problem created by that [resignation] is the [...]
continue »Just noticed this. Oakland Athletics outfielder Ryan Sweeney of Cedar Rapids is on the ballot for this year’s MLB All-Star Game. The game is July 13 at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. Sweeney was hitting over .300 going into this week and was second on Oakland’s team in RBI. Wouldn’t it be cool to see [...]
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Just noticed this. Oakland Athletics outfielder Ryan Sweeney of Cedar Rapids is on the ballot for this year’s MLB All-Star Game. The game is July 13 at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. Sweeney was hitting over .300 going into this week and was second on Oakland’s team in RBI. Wouldn’t it be cool to see [...]
continue »Several Eastern Iowa school districts will have a revenue purpose statement on the Sept. 8 ballot. This measure doesn’t add or rescind any tax. It is, essentially, a formality. A new law, approved by the state legislation last session, changed the School Infrastructure Local Option (SILO) sales tax from a local county tax to a [...]
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