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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
Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2011 2:44 pm5355d 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 am5356d 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 pm5357d ago
Checked out the first meeting Tuesday evening of the Cedar Rapids City Council in its downtown digs at the new …
Staff Columnists Apr. 26, 2011 12:05 am5358d 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. 24, 2011 12:05 am5360d ago
Today’s print column. This sales tax campaign in Cedar Rapids has exposed one of my weaknesses. I’ve been working here …
Staff Columnists Apr. 21, 2011 12:21 pm5363d ago
The following is an unpaid commercial advertisement. Now, I’m no tenured professor of exercise studies or pilates physics or anything, but …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2011 4:32 pm5364d ago
I’ve been trying to figure out what, if anything, I should write about the debate in Iowa City over what …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2011 11:04 am5365d ago
This just popped into my inbox, or as I like to call it, my email pavilion: Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2011 12:05 am5365d ago
State lawmakers often take a beating in this space. So I feel a need to offer praise when I think …
Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2011 4:00 pm5365d ago
Last week, when I was looking into dredging for a columnon Cedar River flood protection, I asked Ron Fournier, communications chief for …
Staff Columnists Apr. 17, 2011 12:05 am5367d ago
We in the media have become obsessive to a fault with anniversaries. Normally, I bristle at all the commemoration commotion, …
Staff Columnists Apr. 14, 2011 12:05 am5370d ago
Newly elected Republican governors across the country are in epic fights over huge, statehouse-snarling issues. It’s been in all the …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2011 12:11 pm5371d ago
For a second or two, in the low light of morning, I thought I was reading The Onion. I was …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2011 11:38 am5371d ago
The Des Moines Register carries news of new study using Iowa State University data to show Iowa’s topsoil is washing away …
Staff Columnists Apr. 12, 2011 11:05 am5372d ago
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul stopped by for an editorial board meeting Monday afternoon. I tried to blog about it after …

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