By John Thomas For over two years, Iowa City residents have vigorously debated the cost/benefit of high-rise development. Opponents have argued that high-rises only belong in the Downtown or portions of Riverfront Crossings, where impacts on adjacent and nearby properties will be insignificant. The use of tax-increment financing (TIF) is another concern. Why must taxpayers […]
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Letter to the editor: Cancellation of Afro-Cuban classes a loss to the UI
In April the word came down that the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was drastically reducing the funding for…
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Letter to the Editor: Keep the historic South Dubuque cottages
When I learned of the possible destruction of the three historic cottages on the 600 block of South Dubuque Street for …
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Letter to the Editor: A response to Chicken Little’s review of Salt Fork Kitchen
I was surprised in issue#166 by the review of Salt Fork Kitchen. The review was strangely negative — at its core was a…
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Letter to the Editor: Veterans for Peace Commemorate Two Ignominious Anniversaries
This summer we have to decide how to digest two anniversaries; July 28, which marked 100 years since the beginning of WWI in 1914; and, August 7, which marks…
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Letter to the editor: Nobody has said no
You can’t buy social capital, but you can build it. You can’t sell social capital, but you can experience it. Over the past four years, I have conducted an experiment. I have had to make withdrawals on the fund of social capital that is Iowa CIty’s, and I am happy to report that the account balance is positive. I have early onset Parkinson’s disease. As a complication, I have dystonia, a cramping of the muscles of the feet and legs. It comes without warning: One foot curls into a ball, and the right foot hyperextends. I cannot walk; I am at risk of falling and sustaining a head injury or limb fracture.
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Letter to the Editor: UI Power Plant Representative responds to Old King Coal
I read with interest your article in the April 16 issue about the role King Coal plays at the University of Iowa Power Plant. Technical controls and programming are…
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Letter to the Editor: Finding Favor in the Smokiest Places
I have spent a good portion of my college career drinking coffee and chain-smoking in a unique and bizarre coffee and cigar shop. This coffee shop of mine contains every social degenerate you could imagine, all of whom have an intense interpersonal connection with me just from also being deemed a “regular.”
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Letter to the Editor: Women of the World, Our Shame and Pride
Two months ago, I started working at the Iowa United Nations Association as their advocacy and media director. Our biggest fundraiser, Night of 1,000…
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Letter to the editor: The 1105 Project thanks 18 restaurants for support
The 1105 Project would like to thank 18 Johnson County restaurants for donating a portion of their proceeds November 5, 2013 to our building fund. The event raised…
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Letter to the editor: A case for the Justice Center
Is the proposed Johnson County Justice Center a monument to excess or exactly what we need? Let’s start with what we can all agree on. One-third of the project cost is for a new jail. The current jail is double-bunked with 92 beds and does not meet state minimum standards. Current inmate averages are north […]
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Letter to the editor: Chauncey Project
I enjoyed the recent [Chauncey Project] article in the February 20th issue. It was well written and entertaining. However, there were two details I feel were not fully dealt with.
