Q: Whatever happened to Rose Mary Woods, who served as secretary to President Nixon, in her later years?
A: Woods, who had been with Nixon since 1951, went to California and worked with him for a time after his resignation. She then spent some time as a secretary for a Republican member of Congress before moving back to her home state of Ohio. She died in 2005.
Q: Some weeks ago there was an Associated Press story about Clinton’s use of a private email server that stated the only previous Secretary of State to do that was Colin Powell. What was the source of that statement? If true, was there an investigation at that time of Powell’s private email use?
A: Powell used a personal email address for government business, which has been widely reported, however he did not use a private server kept at his home, as Clinton did. Many politicians use private addresses, but private servers like the one Clinton used are rarely seen, said John Wonderlich, a policy director at the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan group focused on government transparency, for a PolitiFact story.
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Q: I read that in 1970 the Japanese average wage was two-thirds of the United States. What is it today? Have they caught up to the U.S.?
A: No. According to figures on the global financial analytics site Trading Economics, in May the average annual wage in Japan was $30,709. The average annual wage in the United States was $44,700. However, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the average household net-adjusted disposable income per capita in Japan is $27,323 a year, compared with $29,016 a year in the U.S.
Q: Concerning the Sunnyside South/San Marnan fiasco: If the housing deal falls through will they be required to put San Marnan back the way it was before this whole thing started?
A: There is no way to answer this question until the litigation is complete.
Q: Who would I contact about getting a yield or stop sign at the corner of Edgemont and Cataract behind Jim Lind’s station?
A: Installing traffic control devices requires an ordinance approved by the City Council. In Waterloo, those requests are vetted by the Traffic Operations Department, 291-4440.
Q: I donated to Tom Power’s campaign and at the victory celebration I asked if the money that was raised could be donated to the city to help pay for the election. I was told this was illegal and the money had to be used for future elections. Is there a way we can change this law?
A: Campaign finance laws in Iowa are established by the Iowa Legislature. You could contact your local legislators to discuss changes. You also could choose to donate money to the city yourself to cover elections or any other service you support.
