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15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - UI students among grou... · 0 replies · +10 points

Sounds like a fantastic program. They might want to consider investing in multiple coats. Walking around Iowa's campus in the middle of winter is a bone-chilling experience.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Change of plea hearing... · 1 reply · +4 points

A defendant almost always pleads not guilty initially. He's notifying the court that he's going to plead guilty.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Source: Iowa's divisio... · 0 replies · +1 points

The reason they won't rotate is because of Michigan-Ohio State, which they would never, ever rotate. And they're not going to do something different with 10 of the schools and then have 2 of the schools be different, so therefore, at least one "protected" game. Looks like its Purdue for us.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - No comment on suspensi... · 1 reply · +1 points

"He’ll try to motivate his players with last year’s UNI game. Both teams are play in the FCS vs. FBS Iowa."

I imagine (hope?) that Coach Ferentz will do the same with Iowa.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Police Chief: No "Spee... · 1 reply · +13 points

Giving Graham and the CRPD the benefit of the doubt and go with the fact that the Police Department is looking to maximize safety (which I realize many, many people do not want to do), I would hope that both the City Council and the CRPD would keep careful track of statistics and anywhere where the cameras fail to reduce accidents, or even increase them, the cameras should immediately be taken down. I suspect they won't do that, but if they were being honest and forthright about what their objectives are, that should be done.

And Job79, virtually all the studies about increased accidents are rear-ended accidents where a driver slams on the brakes to not run a controlled intersection. Theoretically at least, the interstate cameras would not have the same tie, and from what I've seen on 380, I would actually consider it to be safer since the cameras went into effect.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - UI officials clarify a... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ha, and great name for you.

It is pretty clear that as long as you're not a drunken idiot, the police aren't going to bother people too much. I don't have any issue with this, and as people have pointed out, if Iowa is going to come out against under 21 bars b\c of wanting to curb drinking, its hypocritical to encourage it at football games (and I say that as a proud season ticket holder).

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Report: Woman killed i... · 5 replies · +10 points

Yup, that's us. I ran over 3 people this morning b\c I was in a hurry to get to McDonalds. Stop and check on them and risk missing out on a Sausage McMuffin? Forget that!

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Report: Woman killed i... · 2 replies · +11 points

And what would you like to charge someone with who apparently had a drunk woman stumble out in front of his car?

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Muldoon pleads guilty ... · 6 replies · +8 points

You don't know the facts of the case. Would you rather have the State take a weak case to the end of trial and lose and have him walk? The attorneys in this case know what they're doing on both sides. As Trish pointed out in the blog, abuse cases don't typically produce witnesses. They're incredibly tough to win, to get beyond reasonable doubt.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Muldoon pleads guilty ... · 1 reply · +3 points

This is a long break...maybe a settlement?

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