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By Jeff Tecklenburg — The Gazette Editorial Board is looking for a “few good residents” – civic-minded folks from this …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 7, 2012 10:03 am4887d ago
If you weren’t punctual, you might have missed the Republican nominating convention in state Senate District 34 Monday night. It …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 7, 2012 9:18 am4887d ago
So another plan for Westdale Mall’s redevelopment bites the dust. Investors led by John Frew, who is also managing the …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 6, 2012 10:52 am4888d ago
Our governor says he’s sticking to his guns on wind energy, and plans to keep pushing his party’s presidential nominee …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 2, 2012 3:30 pm4892d ago
As a parent of two children, ages 10 and 7, I’m obviously disturbed by the report of a child nearly …
Staff Columnists Aug. 2, 2012 11:05 am4892d ago
Conducting the public’s business in front of the public can be so constraining and uncomfortable. Sometimes, you simply have to …
Staff Columnists Aug. 2, 2012 9:24 am4892d ago
We call them “sunshine laws,” but it’s often the shadows that matter most. And by shadows I mean the exemptions …
Staff Columnists Aug. 1, 2012 3:37 pm4893d ago
A year from now, we’ll probably be talking about who is and who is not running for mayor of Cedar …
Staff Columnists Aug. 1, 2012 3:23 pm4893d ago
So A.J. Spiker, the chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa – with its first-in-the-nation caucuses still in the shop, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 31, 2012 4:20 pm4894d ago
Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and others have dubbed Wednesday as Chick-fil-A appreciation day, hoping to counter all the fallout over …
Staff Columnists Jul. 31, 2012 10:15 am4894d ago
Jeff Moser, a reader and regular commenter on this blog, is a Clayton County farmer and trucker who works part …
Staff Columnists Jul. 31, 2012 9:16 am4894d ago
So the other day a reader called to tell me that the word on the street is the Cedar Rapids …
Staff Columnists Jul. 29, 2012 5:02 am4896d ago
My first encounter with a roundabout could have gone better. We were on vacation years ago, driving through Wisconsin. We …
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