Funding for this? - not a question I think our city leaders have ever really been concerned with. Kind of reminds me of a group of children running the city - just start building all these neat projects and then figure out later how we'll pay for it. Someone should be taking notes as you will soon be able to write a book on "how to send a city into bankruptcy". Just as my children haven't learned yet, there is not an unlimited supply of money. Not saying this project isn't worthwhile - I'd much rather see a project like this than many of the other projects we have going on or are planning to do (such as the wall).
I'm a Republican and when you think about it, Republicans and Democrats are really no different and both want the same thing. I want to keep as much of the money I earn as possible and likewise, Democrats want to keep as much of the money I earn as possible.
That was my first reaction too but then I remembered there are 12 teams in the Big Ten now so there are 7 schools lower than us and 4 schools higher.
Actually, if you check Iowa Courts Online, there is a 45 year old Daniel Hite with a pretty extensive criminal history - maybe someone didn't do their math correctly when they came up with 55 as his age?
What is everyone's obsession with building right next to the river! It's not like this is the last patch of land available on which to build in the city. Build outside the flood plain and don't worry about a flood anymore.
Wow - and this is what we have for leadership in our city. The council and our mayor sound like my teenager with a credit card. They both have no idea where the money is coming from. We could write a book with some of recent quotes from our mayor: "I don't thnk they're going to move" - you better not just think, you better KNOW before proceeding. Kind of like driving across a flooded road saying "I don't think its too deep". Not a sign of a leader. If you're not right here, this is going to cost the city taxpayers ANOTHER $15,000,000! You hear about all of these cities on the verge of bankruptcy around the country and Cedar Rapids is on the fast track there as well. I think the mayor and every city council member should place their names on plaques outside the hotel, convention center, the "wall", and every other major project that is sending our city into bankruptcy so we remember the ones who took us there.
Actually, with all of the tax increases being proposed, 80 will probably be the eventual population of Cedar Rapids.
"Council member Tom Podzimek suggested that requiring two different bids, one with a project labor agreement and one without, could complicate the bidding and make it difficult to determine who the lower bidder was."
ummm, the one with the lower amount would be the low bidder. Here's an example to help: Bidder A: $10 Bidder B: $5. Bidder B would be the lower bidder.
"with the city picking up half of the extra cost and the district half of the difference between city wages and the private-sector ones that the district otherwise would pay for the positions."
Once again, this amounts to yet another union-sponsered welfare program
I'm not sure why everyone is backing Corbett on this - Project Labor Agreements plain and simple drive up costs - costs that come directly from the taxpayers. It's totally anti-competitive and amounts to another welfare program - basically paying extra money on top on what the job should cost.
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