The Gazette
September 12, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Art Staed is receiving my vote for Iowa House District 66 because he embodies the true characteristics of a leader, compassion, discernment and patience. And as witnessed by his comprehensive campaign of door-knocking across his district, I’ve seen a candidate with energy and one who understands the power of purposeful action.

Cyprian Alexzander
Cedar Rapids

The Gazette
September 10, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Do you care about upholding the Iowa Constitution?

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa is dedicated to upholding the Constitution. Each year, they rate elected officials based on the official’s votes based on adherence to legislation related to civil liberties.

The latest rating for Iowa House Rep. Renee Schulte is “F” — 25 percent. When Art Staed was representative, his rating was 88 percent.

Please ensure that we follow the Iowa Constitution. Re-elect Staed.

Niles Ross
Cedar Rapids

The Gazette
September 8, 2012
Letters to the Editor

The voters of Iowa House District 66 have a clear, best choice for their representative in November: Art Staed.

You will not find people more dedicated to the citizens of their district, to Cedar Rapids, and to Iowa in general than Staed and his wife, Susan.

Staed has the experience to protect and improve our education systems as well as our economic development. As a legislator previously, he has had leading and effective roles in both areas. More important, as a …

The Gazette
August 27, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Art Staed is competing for state representative in House District 66. He has strongly and actively supported technology and scientific enterprises and enhancing the awareness of the need to keep high-tech industry in our state. This assures job creation and retention of qualified scientists and engineers.

I urge the Cedar Rapids community to elect Staed.

Joe Assouline
Iowa City

The Gazette
August 21, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Recently, Chris Atchison, director of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa and associate dean for UI’s Public Health Practice, related an inspiring story.

An Illinois expectant couple traveled to Iowa. As luck would have it, their baby was born in Iowa. Iowa’s standard screening process discovered a rare condition. Public health officials immediately contacted the couple, who had returned to Illinois, and their Illinois physicians. Treatment that focuses on nutrition was begun in time to save this …

The Gazette
June 28, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Before I retired about a year ago, I was the director of Linn County Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services. It has therefore been painful to me to read in The Gazette about cuts in services. While I am disappointed, I am not surprised.

As the redesign legislation was being formulated, I consistently warned Rep. Renee Schulte and others on the MHDD Redesign Committee that it would take increases in funding to increase the array of services statewide, such that …