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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 5, 2011 12:18 pm5411d ago
An East Side reader writes: Ron Corbett statement “Maybe the community’s just not as concerned about it flooding again as …
Staff Columnists May. 4, 2011 9:19 am5412d ago
You get a long view, reading The Gazette’s archives about downtown Iowa City development over the past couple decades. Start …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 3, 2011 11:40 pm5413d ago
“Dancing with the Stars” was on the flat-screen TV at the RWDSU-UFCW Local 110 Hall as supporters of a local …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 2, 2011 4:52 pm5414d ago
Tuesday’s print column. So … I guess I shouldn’t have turned in early Sunday night. I awoke to a red …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 1, 2011 12:05 am5416d ago
Tuesday’s sales tax vote is a big decision. I guess that’s why so much of the debate has been about …
Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2011 12:17 am5417d ago
So if most sex offenders aren’t skulking, drooling horror-movie monsters, who are they? Well, in almost every respect, they are …
Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2011 2:44 pm5418d ago
The opposing sides in the one-cent local option sales tax rumble have filed campaign finance reports. And if you were …
Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2011 12:05 am5419d ago
Twenty-two years ago, I was a bright-eyed page in the Iowa House who sat in on closed-door Republican caucus meetings. …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2011 1:05 pm5419d ago
Checked out the first meeting Tuesday evening of the Cedar Rapids City Council in its downtown digs at the new …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2011 8:52 am5419d ago
We’ve long treated sex offenders as a unique type of criminal, separate from your everyday robbers and physical assaulters. That’s …
Staff Columnists Apr. 26, 2011 12:05 am5421d ago
After a 13-month road trip, your flood-displaced Cedar Rapids City Council is back for a permanent home stand, starting tonight. …
Staff Columnists Apr. 25, 2011 1:10 pm5421d ago
Just as you were about to really get over to Clinton to check out the fried chicken stylings of former Public Enemy and over-the-top …
Staff Columnists Apr. 24, 2011 12:05 am5423d ago
Today’s print column. This sales tax campaign in Cedar Rapids has exposed one of my weaknesses. I’ve been working here …
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