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Iowa City News Links: Red Light Camera Vote May Be Delayed, Ron Paul Q&A, and the Consequences of TIF

Anyone else ready for Thanksgiving? Like, right now?

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

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We sat down for an over the weekend. Read what he has to say about the importance of Iowa to his campaign, the Occupy movement, and the lack of attention by the national media.

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From Other Sites

Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that the vote on red light cameras in downtown Iowa City could be delayed until next year.

Hennigan also wrote that the council is interested in being friendlier to immigrants, but stopped short of wanting to establish a sanctuary city.

Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the Iowa City City Council is in approval of amendments to the 21-only ordinance that bar owners hope will smooth out irregularities in enforcement. Formal approval will come at a later meeting.

Emily Schettler of the Press-Citizen writes that the popular recent use of TIF funding mechanisms has led to higher taxes for Johnson County residents.

Kathleen Serino of Eastern Iowa News Now writes about the sentencing of an Iowa City man responsible for a string of bank robberies.

A man who commited sexual abuse was also sentenced.

Iowa City West High School's student newspaper was the only one from Iowa to win a prestigious award.

Iowa added more than 2,000 jobs in October, writes Donnelle Elder of the Des Moines Register.

The Iowa Electronics Market is at the moment heavily favoring Mitt Romney to win the Iowa Caucus.

Enrollment is going up at the .

The Iowa City School District is having trouble meeting goals for hiring minority teachers.

Daily Links Excerpt (of the Day)

Kelly Bender, Campus-Community Harm Reduction Initiatives coordinator, said the amendments came from concerns among several downtown bar owners that a handful of establishments — three or four — were taking advantage of loopholes in the current non-bar exception.

“The playing field was becoming unlevel,” Bender said. “We feel it’s necessary to establish stronger standards.”


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