en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1264598 Comments by thundarr2000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Police-Investigate-Early-Morning-Convenience-Store-Robbery-107221308.html#IDComment109260050 Umm.... does this mean that those security cameras they have don't work? Because I don't remember ever being in a c-store that didn't have at least 1 camera over the register. In most cities, businesses open past midnight are actually required by law to have a working camera in place. That and most insurance companies require them too. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:00:13 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Police-Investigate-Early-Morning-Convenience-Store-Robbery-107221308.html#IDComment109260050 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Are-the-Speed-Cameras-a-Black-Mark-for-Cedar-Rapids-107098083.html#IDComment109259296 But Cedar Rapids was well-known for many years for running speed traps along 380. Of course, they had their helicopters back then. A lot police are also against the cameras... but know it's not politcally safe for them to admit to it. They know that politicans are attempting to substitute patrol officers with cameras. So much for public safety. Let's remember that a camera can't catch a drunk driver before he kills someone. A camera can't smell the weed on the driver that can't stay in his lane. A camera can't see the backseat is full of stolen goods. These are all things that only a real police officer can do. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:54:08 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Are-the-Speed-Cameras-a-Black-Mark-for-Cedar-Rapids-107098083.html#IDComment109259296 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Mason-City-Officials-Turn-Against-Adult-Clubs-Idea-107218258.html#IDComment109258044 I thought all these politicans promised to create jobs and help small businesses. Now less than two weeks after Election Day, they are already going back on their word. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:45:35 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Mason-City-Officials-Turn-Against-Adult-Clubs-Idea-107218258.html#IDComment109258044 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Des-Moines-Officials-Demand-Rental-Property-Fixes--107254339.html#IDComment109257559 I wonder how long this has been going on. He must have be taking lessons from Meill. But he forgot a few things. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:41:58 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Des-Moines-Officials-Demand-Rental-Property-Fixes--107254339.html#IDComment109257559 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Falls-Smokestack-Near-High-School-Needs-to-Come-Down--107255299.html#IDComment109254411 The school needs to act quickly before the Historic Society heards about this and tries to step in. Then they'd want to run about a dozen "impact studies" and "public forums." Then they still wouldn't have a plan... so they would try to "educate the public" about the historic significance of the smokestack. In the end they would rather level the school and protect the smokestack, because that would make more "historic" sense. By then the thing would have fallen over on its own. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:17:32 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Falls-Smokestack-Near-High-School-Needs-to-Come-Down--107255299.html#IDComment109254411 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Police-Investigate-Robbery-at-Cedar-Rapids-Restaurant-107084853.html#IDComment109253644 Having a gun under the counter usually only leads to clerks getting themselves shot. Also there isn't an insurance company out there that would allow a store to arm themselves. Personally, I think that CRPD has a generic fom they use with the phrase "suspect(s) was a black male approx. 5'7" - 6' tall." Of course it might just be that the Gazette and TV9 don't like to report all the white originated crimes. (Let me check with Kanye West.) FYI... I've worked in food service/retail for 20+ years and have never seen a cash register that could be bolted down. Yes, you can chain some down. But you're still better off just using a drop safe and throwing every check and bill $20 or higher in to the safe. It's called reducing your "robbery attraction." Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:11:52 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Police-Investigate-Robbery-at-Cedar-Rapids-Restaurant-107084853.html#IDComment109253644 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/08/20/what-took-so-long-big-12-athletic-directors-considering-a-cable-tv-network-for-their-league#IDComment94727692 The state of Texas already has their own network. LoneStar Television is an in-state only network that spans all of Texas. It's not exactly a Big12 network but it a Texas network. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:05:30 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/08/20/what-took-so-long-big-12-athletic-directors-considering-a-cable-tv-network-for-their-league#IDComment94727692 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/local-news/2010/08/19/hostile-suitor-heats-up-war-of-words-with-casey%e2%80%99s#IDComment94350976 It's ironic that Casey's has been growing largely due to "friendly" takeovers over the last several years. From buying up single stand-alone stores to small chains like the CR's owned HandiMart and the Nebraska Gas N Shop. Now, a much larger player in the C-store industry is looking to buy them up. Casey's has something like 1400 stores in the midwest, but ACT has 6000 stores across North America... under a variety of names including Circle-K. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:52:22 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/local-news/2010/08/19/hostile-suitor-heats-up-war-of-words-with-casey%e2%80%99s#IDComment94350976 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/17/does-your-family-qualify-for-free-and-reduced-lunch#IDComment93790704 What a pathetic story. The Gazette should have at least added some research to this. They should have pointed out a role nutrition has in educational development. Not to mention that recent studies have shown many families that would qualify for free or reduced lunches don't apply out of embrassment. Or how a bill that would reform the federal school lunch program is currently stuck in committee. The bill would modernize the expensive out-of-date application process and save tons of money. See a big chunk of that federal funding is spent on processing paperwork then what's left over is used to pay for food. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:55:45 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/17/does-your-family-qualify-for-free-and-reduced-lunch#IDComment93790704 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/17/miell-described-as-hard-worker-at-sentencing-hearing#IDComment93785734 My favorite is his claim now that all FIVE seperate lawyers that represented him were bad. Yeah, Bobby... you burned thru five lawyers because there's no one that can get you off the hook. And so far he's managed to blame everything on everyone but himself. He spent 3 hours ranting about how everyone else is to blame. What an ego this guy has! I'm guessing that next up he'll be claiming thers a conspiracy again and that he's the messiah. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:36:06 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/17/miell-described-as-hard-worker-at-sentencing-hearing#IDComment93785734 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/08/group-meets-to-discuss-lake-delhi-dam-reconstruction#IDComment91664175 Isn't Chip's whole point the Lake Delhi Rec group didn't maintain the dam? The gates were damaged 2 years ago and they never repaired the gates. Doesn't that make them liable for all the damages incurred whent the dam broke? Besides Chip isn't the only person to point out that flooding downriver was never as bad before the dam was built. Most of the dams in the state were build to control flooding or for hydroelectric power. This was build to generate overpriced lakeside cabins. Asking for the Corp of Engineers to be involved isn't that same as asking for a govt takeover. It's asking for some impartial experts to look at the situation and decide if is more important for a handful of people to have a lake to play in and regular flooding downstream... or if the river needs to be allowed to run free. Mon, 9 Aug 2010 02:08:34 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/08/08/group-meets-to-discuss-lake-delhi-dam-reconstruction#IDComment91664175 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/covering-iowa-politics/2010/08/01/same-sex-marriage-issue-focus-of-competing-rallies#IDComment90254293 I had to listen to someone rant and rave about how this was the end of marriage and how society would crumble... Yet, here we still are. We didn't get smited (or smote.) Anarchy isn't reigning in the streets and society hasn't collasped. I just know some folks that go to work every day and pay their taxes that can't finally be treated like citizens. And have the same rights as others. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:37:55 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/covering-iowa-politics/2010/08/01/same-sex-marriage-issue-focus-of-competing-rallies#IDComment90254293 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/local-news/2010/08/01/is-southeast-iowa-citys-negative-image-overblown#IDComment90253435 Given that the Chicago area is the University of Iowa's Number 1 out-of-state recruiting grounds it's no surprise that IC is filling up with Illini... I don't trust what any city official has to say on the matter since they have continued to ignore their short-sighted zoning & planning. Where does the city continue to push zoning for gov't housing? Where are the low income targeted housing programs all located? A few years back a developer wanted to build a new mobile home park... the city told him he could only build in the SE side. He didn't like the idea, and cited everything he could including fire dept response times, but the city wouldn't budge... so he moved on. The last thing I heard him said was why does the city insist on pushing all lower income housing to just one area. The city is just reaping a problem they have continued to sow. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:29:06 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/local-news/2010/08/01/is-southeast-iowa-citys-negative-image-overblown#IDComment90253435 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/07/20/residents-worry-about-magic-busimpact#IDComment87816960 It isn't a fair application of the law to force only one commercial tailgater to be required to get a special use permit. IC should either require everyone to get a permit or just drop the whole thing. Plenty of other citys require all commercial vendors to get permits for similar events, so it wouldn't be unreasonable... after all the city does incure the added expense of having to have additional law enforcement around the football traffic. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:04:59 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/07/20/residents-worry-about-magic-busimpact#IDComment87816960 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/public-safety/2010/07/19/watch-teens-caught-on-tape-vandalizing-iowa-city-library#IDComment87616197 What happened to the good old days when the only thing skateboarders ever spray-painted was "Skateboarding is not a crime" all over the ped-mall? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:17 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/public-safety/2010/07/19/watch-teens-caught-on-tape-vandalizing-iowa-city-library#IDComment87616197 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/public-safety/2010/07/12/child-porn-prosecutions-delayed-by-backlog-of-cases#IDComment86304525 Good point. Why isn't the law even trying to take the providers down? I know it can be hard with international sites and such... but shouldn't the real effort be aimed at taking down the source? Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:51:31 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/public-safety/2010/07/12/child-porn-prosecutions-delayed-by-backlog-of-cases#IDComment86304525 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/news-hawk/2010/07/08/georgia-claims-it-has-worlds-oldest-person-130#IDComment86127597 The last time a claim like this was made... it turned out the local people were using some sort of ancient tradiational calendar and not a standard one. It turned out their old calendar was only about 8 months long and the 130 yr old was actually about 86. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:50:49 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/news-hawk/2010/07/08/georgia-claims-it-has-worlds-oldest-person-130#IDComment86127597 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/public-safety/2010/07/09/18-year-old-charged-in-hiawatha-quick-mart-robbery#IDComment85895642 Maybe he knows what pants hanging low means in prison. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:10:18 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/public-safety/2010/07/09/18-year-old-charged-in-hiawatha-quick-mart-robbery#IDComment85895642 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/local-news/flood-recovery/2010/07/08/iowa-city-considers-levee-near-mobile-home-parks#IDComment85797698 Wasn't the city government trying to close down one of these trailer parks just a few years ago? They cited abandoned property, neglected property, and just general poor conditions. I understand wanting to protect the biz on Commerical Crt... but these trailer parks aren't exactly being well-maintained by their owners. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:25:47 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/local-news/flood-recovery/2010/07/08/iowa-city-considers-levee-near-mobile-home-parks#IDComment85797698 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/07/09/coralville-flower-seller-faces-shutdown-order#IDComment85797147 That one statement completely sums up the city's side of this. What was once a home gardener selling home grown flowers is no longer a home business. I wonder what their neighbors think of the big delivery trucks and all the traffic her biz generates? Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:21:48 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/07/09/coralville-flower-seller-faces-shutdown-order#IDComment85797147