Decision on Superintendent Murley's New Job Could Come Tonight: Iowa City Daily News Links, Dec. 17

Christmas is next week? I should probably get on that shopping, right?

On to the Links!

Iowa City Superintendent Steve Murley could learn if he has a new job in Omaha tonight, writes Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette.

Has Sally Mason been targeted by outside forces? Some of her supporters seem to think so. (Press-Citizen)

Lee Hermiston of the Press-Citizen examines just who will be paying for the Iowa City landfill fire damage.

Mitchell Schmidt of the Press-Citizen previews a new Iowa City location for picking up a little wine with your cheese.

Alesha Crews was on hand to check in with the most recent University of Iowa graduates on Saturday. (Press-Citizen)

One of Iowa City's 100Grannies has some advice for President Obama. (Press-Citizen)

I have no idea what pickle ball is, but it's becoming more popular in Iowa City. (Press-Citizen)

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In fact, the chairman of the UI Alumni Association’s Board of Directors said Thursday that he thinks there’s a “good old-boy’s network” trying to get Mason ousted.

“Let’s face it, in the last week or so, a couple of men have thrown her under the bus,” said Ron Steele, who is an anchor for the Waterloo-based TV station KWWL-7. “It almost appears that the president is being targeted for extinction by certain individuals, and that’s a shame.”

Steele wouldn’t specify who he thinks is trying to oust Mason, but the conversation centered on the Iowa state Board of Regents’ decision not to renew Mason’s contract at the end of July. Mason, 62, currently is working as an at-will employee.

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