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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-08-01 Correspondence)t,!v .~P. 199~ :n m-nrlu¢.. 2 "~('xq OP a l.v. sI,r," ('f a~"~ Ill," i~'"v ar. ckapo,'/ """ ap ',-m. J censif',-.r ._ ' .0, t.c, q~'p:-fr i~ nyOPc. F1v. ~:.in~' th,, l~t~tt flap invelvin¢ d'¢ ¢m~flo"~p ,.'itu ~!.¢ ~,.'1 ,.?s r'erMv ap ai.t¢~'rt Sof'eene'S ~oes. I ,.'ould say this was t~n e~c~ptim~ to ti~ rule. lT}~ere has beer some controversial ,,ro~rarminn done ip ~be past-does anyoqe · er,~mL~,- Job Uilsor's ~roI ,) or ,turin 22 "ilqo~ was a~ n>:-cn~ fret ~eoria whn :;~st.~d a som~.!i~at controwrsial tal~ s'~o~.,, hut he ~.~as ,s~ally e~tl~ 1o do it in such ~ ~anner that it was dnp~ within thp rules of the access c~nt~r. %ome of his topics ha~ so~ethino to -e dnsired nrant~(', I'ut to the best of my l-po~..l~dne, he never aired anylhing el sc~ne. ~s ~ mentioned Clinton has t~-'o collenes. ~ltl/ounh Loth te,d to offer a conJ~o~ia of col le-e co,rsns, n~i(:~r ~rtl!V llas offered a~,, tr~)qnr, inlti~p field o¢ telecon'm,nicative arts. ThP coilr, na n~'pSid~qt, ,.,h~ has ~uSt !~t Clipton So~'p'pnitv Collene previously Lauoht at ~anoaron stetP Collenp in S~ripnfi~ld ,.,hich does offer trainion in t.v. production and does o~prate an access channel on tJ,~ir callm systei". plpase contintme to srp pul~lic access ~)ml~)on as m pns(t.ivo force for th~ coJ,'p,tmity of Iowa City. It was first ir?lPmpni.ed ip lg~1 algol has I.ppn oneratinn for over ]q years. If yep were to call arming, you'd find that th~ cities of ~Ll[.llntle, "uscatine, ~qantmVeta, and ~'atmrloo all c'o s~r'e ~nwrnn-~qta! ~nss pronra~'minc, apd dn allow their citizens to prom'ar~ sho?s a4 nihpr ','ours. ~incoYPly vouYs, ,~o~qr Corr~st The Hon. S/lsan Horowitz Office of the Mayor 410 E. Washington Iowa City, tA 52240 Dear I1.. Horowit2: Brandon D. Ray 341 Bon Aire Iowa City, IA July 12, 1995 · /~ cce..~ :, TV I arn writing with concerr~ over- tf~e recent uproar surrounding tile Public ' ¢" Channel. I understand that recently a cornmumty producer aired a program on that channel wh~ct~ included tt~e ~mage of a nude wornan, and that th~s has raised the ire of some members of tt~e community, leading to a review of PATV's policies witl~ regard to programs riley allow to be sl~own. I am writing to urge you not to undermine the current system in place at PATV. As -" '~ 1.:. simple, elleutlVe and easq to understand. a cu~ ~unl~y producer myself, I feel float it '-- "~" _ _ Essentially, under tt~e current system, the producer of eacl~ program is required to a(-cept full responmbdity for the content of I~is or her program. In return, PATV exercF~es no censorship on the channel, and does not even reqmre that programs be previewed. programs are aired wi~ich are of questionable legality, tt~e producer may be disciplined by PATV. up to and including revocation of his or t~er rigl~t to use PATv ~ equiprnent and/or show programming on tt~e channel -- and, of course, the producer bears the full brunt of any civil or criminal legal action. I feel tt~at this balance of responsibility -- i.e., to[al responsibility to the producer, and none to PATV or the city -- is exactly right. It allows maximum freedom for producers, while minimizing the potential for illegal programming. In my estimation, no other system could significantly reduce the risk of illegal programming, without hopelessly compromising PATV's goal of being a free and open alterrlative media outlet. With freedom of expression under attack almost everywhere lately -- most especially witl~ tt~e so-called "Computer Decency Act" being debated in Washington -- it is more important than ever tt~at progressive cities such as Iowa City stand firrn against the censors, and protect tills unique outlet for freedom of expression. ¢c: Rene Paine, Director, PATV '-' cerely, Brandon D. Ray / City of Iowa City Dat~: To: From: Re: MEMORANDUM July 24, 1995 The Honorable Mayor, City Council and City Clerk James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer Removal of Parking Prohibition on the East Side of the 100 Block of North Linn Street As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3 of the City Code, this is to advise you of the following action: ACTION: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A10 of the City Code, the City Traffic Engineer will direct the removal of the parking prohibition at the north end of the east side of the 1 O0 block of North Linn Street. This action will occur on or shortly after August 7, 1995. Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A17 of the City Code, the City Traffic Engineer will authorize the installation of three additional parking meter stalls in the area vacated by the prohibition noted above. The installation of the parking meters and their subsequent enforcement will follow soon upon the removal of the parking prohibition. COMMENT: This action is taken upon the removal of a private driveway from Linn Street to the parcel located at the southeast corner of Linn Street and Market Street. Recently, what had been a convenience store has been converted to an office use and the driveway from the parcel to North Linn Street has been removed. Removal of the driveway no longer requires a parking prohibition on the east side of the north half of the 100 block of North Linn Street. The action noted above will add three additional on-street parking stalls to the City's inventory in this commercial neighborhood. tent should decline the city's v.leaders °; :stn e pnrnary b Dole has raised about $15 l~r for his bid to capture the ~" { - '" .... ' ........ ~- ~ nmnination for the presidency. 3tatum has raised about $13 ~e election is still 16 months away 'hs! election to the presidency of the 'es has become a contest for s. Something has to give -- and. t position to lead the way. tial candidates must raise dollars because of the gmeliMg ,~wn as "the primaries." Iowa with caucuses in the February of year. New Hampshire ~ follows. Presidential hopefuls ered that strong showings in ew Hampshire tend to loosen the s of potential contributors g on the primary cimuit. Thus, tart nearly a year before the .es to raise their millions. ,f the exposure and status Iowa and New Hampshire, , Louisiana and Alaska) are legislation that would move :es ahead of Iowa's caucuses. '~, has said it is required by its to be first, so it would move its m even earlier time if Fbat, of course, would stretch 'state primaries even further 'quire candidates to raise even lbr more TV commercials. ~ its position as first in the .I step forward to propose the ,:ombined into a single, ary. Residents in all 50 states · imary ballots on the same day candidates who would for the presidency. This would ~ously the cost of seeking the in the land, and would open ,s well-heeled, but no less ~didates. 'own. Show the nation once vans are first among .~pport a nation. al primary. Letters would-be walkers and bikers to find Coralville more bicycle trails Reacuon to bigotry Opposing bicycle trails (Our View, July 20) is environmentally unsound is what counts most and does not look toward the future. We applaud the Press Citizen's edi- Although most residents don't ride, we torial of July 19, which marked the should, as a community, provide more bicycle trails. passing of local gay-rights activist Rick Graf, and condemned those who The needs of cyclists should not be would smear Rick's good name. ignored merely becauso they are fewer The same editorial denounced a in number than those who use cars to recent case of apparent racially in- get around this city. Some people use a spired vandalism and asked what these bike out of necessity because they two incidents say about our commu- cannot afford a vehicle. Let's not nity. It is a fair question. unquestionably cater to those with We believe, however, that it is our money and means and assume their reaction to these incidents that counts way is best. mosts. If we do nothing when bigots spread their messages of hate, if we The editors consider only the status allow intolerance and narrow- quo and do not look creatively to the mindedhess to go unchallenged, then future. If Iowa City and Coralville had as Ihe Press-Citizen suggested, we are an independent bike path system, I bet not the "open, loving and accepting" we would see even more transportation community we like to think we are. via bike and foot. Such paths should be While the police investigation into considered a priority. not as something provided where possible if enough money is left over. We should build beautiful bike paths throughout the city to encourage more bike transportation (and less consump- tion and pollution) and improve our city's quality of life. the recent incident of racist vandalism is not yet completed, we don't need to wait for its conclusion to condemn in the strongest terms an). acts of intol- erance, harassment or discrimination against Iowa City or Coralville resi- dents. A hate crime directed at any citizen is an attack on all citizens, and it will Furthermore. those paths should be not be tolerated· plowed in the winter. The number of Iowa City Human winter days that are too cold or too snowy to permit biking are few. Them am many bright, beautiful biking days, even in December and January. Currendy, some trails (like the one along the Iowa River between Rocky Shorn Drive and First Avenue in Coralville) are not plowed at all in winter because they are considered nature trails rather than transportation routes. Trails can remain icy .and unsafe for weeks, fuming Rights Commission Alison Ames Galstad, Patricia Har- vey, Ann Shires, Mel Deutremont, Ken Gatlln, Joan Jehle, Dorothy Paul, Osha Gray Davidson and Diane Martin A iddro ' vo wing; Learn to swim Over the news last week came many another report of unnecessary drown- ings: three River near 0 As a Iong~ education, 1 If only they even for 50 able within a home in the skills will las~ Swimming recreation, e safety. Those recently coul more than 15 a sandbar. My brother north of Ce fished and hu and the Wap: offering fishi course. the de The Buffalo hole with a sa: 7 feet deep to end, a perlet ourselves to s' crawl, the sid backstroke. I merit of imme day in the field Then one was a teen-a Wapsie with Louis. He got was being cart into a deep poc before he beca "Lou, relax· pulled his heat my chest and. were in shallow As we stood said to him, strong current smiled and nodd See what here.