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Let's Move Past the Rain
Forest
Barb Vakulskas
Iowa City Press-Citizen
April 2, 2006
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I can't for
the life of me imagine why this rain forest debate has stayed alive for
years ("Coralville out of running for project?," March 29). At the inception
it was a bad idea, and it still remains so. I can't see people stopping
on I-80 for this project when they are either on their way to Omaha or
Chicago; they certainly won't go out of the way to a smaller site. I would
hope that the powers behind this boondoggle would devote their time, money
and energy to solving the homeless problems in the area as well as other
socially important issues.
Barb Vakulskas
Iowa City