The Justice Department statistics show that nationally only 16 of state prisoners are in for drug crimes and less than 4 are there for drug possession. And yet, our very president is going around stating an untruth. That is because this is an administration i think that is ruled by an ideology that claims that Law Enforcement is somehow racist. And that, as you say, is a disservice to officers of all colors who are there to help the good people in the community. Mr. Mccarthy, you rightly observed that the title this hearing, the war on police, is directed more broadly than just the department of justice. But it is rather what i see as a pervasive, to use a term of art, pattern and practice across the federal government and this administration, and indeed, i think no one bears more direct responsibility than the president. As ms. Macdonald just noted, president obama has directly tried to attack his own fbi director for observing that Violent Crime and homicides are increasing. We saw a
Yourself and mashed in my world, and then you discover, there is a hook in their. There. [laughter] been s. i have always interested in your little biographical tom toles in the righthand corner. What are you thinking about it when you write it . The thought, initially, was the thought derived from pat all oliphant, who to me is the watershed of political cartooning, and he hates me to this day for coining that, and heme that is perfect because invested in it and it was so personal, and it seemed like it was offlimits. Library, i wasa looking through early 20th century american cartooning, and i found out this marginal commentary was part of the andand and i thought i thought, i would give it a try. I put myself in a personally. It is a drawing board. David s. do you have any way of putting yourself in the cartoon and giving a Second Opinion . Tom yes, it is just another dimension. When i draw cartoons and sketches, i always draw them without that in mind. Take that away, the cartoon i
Coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will be a big topic at Tonights City Council meeting. On december 9th, Moodys Investors Service downgraded the citys bond rating. Tts generally seen ap a negative reflection of the cityty financnc and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money. The bond rating dropped to the lowest rating of Investment Grade on moodys scale. The company rated coralville this way becauau of its high debtbtnd liabilities. Liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. Coralville has about 267million dollars in debt. In iowa, ly cedar raraids and des moines both much larger cities have more debt. Coralville city Officials Say the rating will have little impact on residents. They say they expect to see the city continue to grow. While taxes do help pay off this debt, those property taxes will not increase. No, theyre not, and we have. And we have never missed a debt payment, we continue to make those payments, and we dont hav
Womans body inside a burnt out mobile home. Fire crews responded to the home on the southwest side at 7 oclock last night. Firefighters arrived to the scene of 23 hundred block kelley street southwest to find the back half of the home on fire. Thats inside grand view village. During the search and rescue, fire cws found a woman inside the home. First responders pronounced her dead at the the Fire Department has not released her name. The fire and the womans investigation. A High School Wrestler from spencer has died after he collapsed on the mat during a match this weekend. Senior Austin Roberts was in the title match in the 220 weight class at the spencer invitational on saturday. The superintenden t roberts and his opponent walked back to the center of the mat when he collapsed. He later died at a hospital. The School Superintenden t says his death was tough on his schoolmates. Austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways, a large young man, 220 pounder student, with a
Thanks kaj. Firefighters say they found a cedar rapids woman inside a burnt out mobile home. Fire crews responded to the home on the southwest side at 7 oclock last night. Firefighters arrived to the scene of 23 hundred block kelley street southwest to find the back half of the home on fire. Thats inside Grand View Village. During the search and rescue, fire crews found a woman inside the home. First responders pronounced her dead at the scene. The Fire Department has not released her name. The fire and the womans for the first time this president ial race a republican candidate has at least 40 percent support from voters. A recent cbs yougov poll of Iowa Republicans puts ted cruz and donald trump well ahead of the 11 other candidates. Texas senator ted cruz reached 40 percent he was at about half of that just two weeks ago. Donald trump has 31 percent. Florida senator marco rubio is third at 12 percent. The steepest drop is retired neurosurgeo n ben carson, still in h but only at 6 pe