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16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Industrial users reduc... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's a great idea and one that more people should be doing. There is no reason to water your garden or yard with treated water. Not only would it eliminate the waste of water pulled from the aquifer and unnecessary treatment, it would reduce urban runoff and cut your water/sewer bill.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Johnson County communi... · 0 replies · +2 points

Nice to see this guy stood up and took responsibility for his actions and didn't try to lie his way out. unfortunately, no matter what the police may say, the prosecutor will look at this case as a slam dunk and he will get a harsher penalty than someone who takes the other path and gets a plea bargain.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Redmond Park neighbors... · 1 reply · +2 points

While I totally agree with running off those who are trashing the place, deciding to run off any "upper teens and early-20s crowd" seems wrong. If they aren't causing a problem other than gathering, then they have just as much right to be in a public space as anyone else. Teens and early 20's hang out...that's what they do. I'd rather see them hanging out in a park than in a bar.

Maybe another solution would have been to approach them as a neighborhood group and tell them flat out that they are welcome to hang out in the park if they don't trash it. That if they are going to be up to illegal activity, then the police will be involved. Stop over and visit with them once in awhile...you know, like neighbors do. Sure some won't want to talk, but if there are enough, some will.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Linn County man wants ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't think they have to say anything. It's their property, they offered him a more than fair deal. If they cave on this boat, what happens when someone starts whining about their photo album. These companies get salvage rights for a reason. It allows them to recycle, producing less landfill and keeping their costs down so they can come in at a lower bid for the work.

Bottom line, he was paid for his property, which includes everything in it at closing...no different than any other property sale.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - No one hurt in five-ve... · 0 replies · +5 points

Since none could stop without hitting the vehicle in front of them, all but the first car were following too close. Yet none get a ticket? That is exactly why people continue to do it and to a more extreme degree.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Police looking into re... · 0 replies · +1 points

They're not wasting taxpayer money trying to find him....they're wasting taxpayer money trying to locate the newspaper....clearly it was the indecent party here...

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Police looking into re... · 0 replies · 0 points

Refugee from bare butt hill?

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Commission votes to sa... · 0 replies · 0 points

In hindsight, if the city/commission was so worried about the historical relevance of this place, why didn't they restore some of the buildings and turn them into high dollar, riverview, loft condos years ago before they fell into total disrepair?

As for the stack, so they fix it now only for it to become a liability later (think playing kids from the multi-family housing, or threat of it falling down due to lack of maintenance). That makes no sense.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Becker wants new trial... · 0 replies · +2 points

Apparently only if you are in Iowa City...

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa City police inves... · 1 reply · +1 points

Why bother giving them the warning of the shell being loaded... Nobody walks into a stranger's house at 3 am wearing masks on accident.

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