Momentum Grows for Levee Project, But will Funding be There?: Iowa City Daily Links, Oct. 24

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The Taft Speedway Levee was the big item on the city council docket Tuesday night. Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the $8.1 million levee proposal received city council support. Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that the city could be in danger of losing $8 million in urgent need federal funding because the city may have taken too long researching the projbect.

City councilors will also discuss the urban chicken issue again writes Nate Otjen of the Daily Iowan.

President Obama told the Des Moines Register editorial board that if he wins reelection, a large part of his victory will be due to the Republicans alienating Latino voters.

Congrats to the Iowa City man who won a $100,000 lottery prize. (Press-Citizen)

Iowa Football fans, don't expect to see anyone but James Vandenberg under center any time soon. (Sioux City Journal)

Solon Community Schools experienced a lockdown the other day, and this was because of the shooting of a former Solon man who once ran for Johnson County Supervisors, reports Adam Sullivan of the Press-Citizen.

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State officials plan to withhold their verdict until the council decides whether to move forward with the project, Purdy said. The money could possibly still go toward another flood project, he said.

Council members asked questions about the study but will save a discussion on the merits of the project for a Nov. 27 meeting.

“We’ve come this far, we’ve commissioned an exhaustive report – frankly we owe it to ourselves, our staff and the community to make a decision,” Mayor Matt Hayek said.

The levee would be intended to protect the area north of Taft Speedway, including a 92-unit condominium complex. But it would leave the nine homes left on Taft Speedway between the levee and the river.

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