Greetings, Gazette Editorial Board and all—
Gazette Reporter Rick Smith got it right. Cedar Rapids streets have been mismanaged into such “awful” shape voters had no choice but to swallow City Hall corruption and pass an unneeded $180 million sales tax increase–in the dismal hopes Corbett and his pals would actually fix the streets.
Gloating Corbett and his pals are reminded they spent nearly $700,000 and won only 1 out of 3—and the 62% vote was far short of 67% needed to pass a bond issue to fix the streets.
Does this mean Corbett and his pals will clean up their acts? Not likely, is the best answer at this time!
They and others of their ilk in Marion, must be watched much more closely than in the past!!
RESOLVING THE INTEGRITY DIVIDE REQUIRES CITY HALL LEADERSHIP LIKE CEDAR RAPIDS HASN’T SEEN!
The Gazette is a ‘business’ on the east side of the river, and is now aware of the problem. Will it now use the word “integrity”?
THE DISASTROUS ANNUAL ECONOMIC AND INTEGRITY LOSSES FROM THE INTEGRITY DIVIDE IN CEDAR RAPIDS ARE AT LEAST $18 MILLION AND 350 INTEGRITY SCORE POINTS, RESPECTIVELY. Source: Iowalive 11-3-13 |
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DESCRIPTION OF DISASTROUS INTEGRITY DIVIDE IN CEDAR RAPIDS |
Avg. Integrity Index Score, on Scale of 0 to 1,000 Tops |
Residents on West Side of River |
505 |
Residents on East Side of River |
480 |
West Side Businesses & Nonprofits, Other Than Churches |
360 |
INTEGRITY DIVIDE |
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East Side of River Businesses |
150 |
Downtown |
15 |
East Side of River Nonprofits, Other Than Churches |
10 |
City Hall |
6 |
Casino |
2 |
Integrity is Adherence to Moral and Ethics Principles. The Antonym of Integrity is Evil |
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Integrity Index Score Derivation Methods are Posted on Website: http://www.iowalive.net/integrityderivation.htm |
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Evil Scores are at 250 or Below. Significant Integrity Starts at 300. Grand Larceny Scores 40 |
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Anyone Claiming to Have Better Numbers is Asked to Provide Them. |
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http://www.iowalive.net/corbettshellgame.htm
Sincerely,
Iowalive A Growing network of volunteer citizens and professionals for improving Iowa