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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Todd Dorman
I’m a columnist, editorial writer and blogger for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I write about local and state government, politics, social issues, children, dogs, barbecue, or whatever shiny thing catches my woefully short attention span. I’ve been here since October 2007, after covering the Statehouse for nearly a decade, and my blog has been online since November 2007. I was student body president of my high school in 1988-89 and that’s the last time I’ll run for anything. Except maybe a free beer or an ice cream truck. Sign up for my Pints & Politics newsletter, or watch my podcast.
Latest Articles by Todd Dorman
Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2012 11:01 pm5044d ago
John Stossel, consumer reporter and investigative journalist, analyzed the budget of a hypothetical family, as follows: Family income, $24,700 per …
Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2012 11:01 pm5044d ago
I am a Jefferson High School fan, but not a boys’ basketball parent, and I am greatly disappointed in the …
Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2012 11:01 pm5044d ago
The Gazette’s coverage of the Decorah eagles is reaching Minnesota. I would like to add kudos to Bob Anderson. My …
Staff Columnists Mar. 4, 2012 4:05 am5045d ago
At the last Cedar Rapids School Board meeting, defenders of Polk Elementary, many of them moms, spoke passionately of the …
Staff Columnists Mar. 1, 2012 9:42 am5047d ago
Got tied up with other things yesterday, so I neglected to comment on the Big Democratic Statehouse Walkout of 2012, and …
Staff Columnists Mar. 1, 2012 4:05 am5048d ago
So, where were we? Oh, yeah, upstream. On Tuesday, I wrote that the Army Corps of Engineers is designing its …
Staff Columnists Feb. 29, 2012 7:48 pm5048d ago
So I’m reading the New York Times dining section, page D6, dead tree edition even, when I came across this …
Staff Columnists Feb. 28, 2012 12:44 pm5049d ago
(Today’s print column) Bring up flood protection, and you’ll get a deluge of opinion. A lot of the questions I’m …
Staff Columnists Feb. 26, 2012 4:05 am5052d ago
As the fate of Polk Elementary School hangs in the balance, consider Sharon Cozzolino’s son Orion. Orion is a bright …
Staff Columnists Feb. 22, 2012 3:05 pm5055d ago
If Mayor Ron Corbett’s third Condition of the City speech were a book, I’d call it “Spend, Pray, Walk, Love.” …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2012 9:32 am5056d ago
So The Des Moines Register has launched a barrage of new Iowa Poll results in our direction this morning on various issues being …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2012 4:05 am5057d ago
Last fall, when he was running for a City Council seat, architect/commercial real estate broker Scott Olson told our editorial board that …
Staff Columnists Feb. 19, 2012 4:05 am5059d ago
It’s the question about the local-option sales tax extension I get most often – what happens if we approve LOST …
Staff Columnists Feb. 17, 2012 2:13 pm5060d ago
(Thursday’s print column, delayed by technical difficulty) First, some credit where credit is due. Cedar Rapids Superintendent Dave Benson gave …
Staff Columnists Feb. 14, 2012 4:05 am5064d ago
And now for something completely different. My daughter Tess buried a “time capsule” in our backyard. It contained the following …


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