Oh, those memories. I think that putting a Family Dollar store at the Schoolhouse Apartments location is a great idea, and also the city's purchase of the Tropical Fish Unlimited site is a good idea, too. In 1978, we were part of a large, bipartisan coalition of Iowa citizens, business leaders, community and environmental groups, and policy makers that led the effort to adopt the Beverage Container Redemption Law, or Bottle Bill. Ralph Nader, through his surrogate, George W. Bush, has proposed Gale Norton for secretary of the Interior. Organizers hope that families and neighborhoods all across the city will focus on the assets presented on a weekly basis.
Young people place high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty.
When the state's casinos finally succeeded in convincing the Legislature to tie their tax revenues directly to schools and flashy community improvements through the Vision Iowa program, I thought it was a genius move that would make it very hard for lawmakers to curtail the expansion of gambling.