Iowa City Daily Links: June 17

As always, I'll start with links to stories on this site, but then I'll venture out into the world of other publications. Feel free to suggest links to stories that I might have missed and I can add them during the day.

From Iowa City Patch:

The week started off , but Democrats and Republicans still with a lot of negotiating still left to do on the state budget. 

Mayor Matt Hayek spoke with Iowa City Patch about and what he thinks of the upcoming election.

was the lucky first person to be profiled as part of Patch's Iowa City City Council candidate profile series.

Patch Contributor Julie Staub's 365 project entered it's .

Other Sites:

Iowa City released the results of its community survey on thoughts about city services and future strategic planning for the city. (Warning: it's in a large PDF file)

The Johnson County Sheriff's office now has a bike patrols, too, writes the Iowa City Press-Citizen's Lee Hermiston.

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen writes that a small section of East Washington Street could be converted to two way traffic.

An Iowa City woman plans to swim the English Channel to raise funds for Cancer research, writes Mark Carlson for SourceMedia Group News.

Iowa could decide who will contend against Mitt Romney in the Republican Presidential candidate race, according to this Associated Press article.

The Iowa City Animal Shelter will receive FEMA funding to replace it's shelter, which was damaged by flooding in 2008, and will try to fundraise for the rest, writes Ariana Witt of the Daily Iowan.

The Iowa State Senator who told students to "go home," apologizes for doing so in the Quad City Times. Actually, reading that again, he didn't really apologize for doing so, he apologized for how he said it.