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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 Mar. 27, 2009 11:35 am6015d ago
There’s a part of me that’s tempted to wade boldly into the fight over whether the state should finally dump …
Staff Columnists Mar. 27, 2009 5:58 am6015d ago
Technical problems at home. So I’m late and brief. Mainly, I wanted to point to The Register’s story today reporting …
Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2009 8:18 am6016d ago
In the “Tower of Invincibility,” Republicans think they have found an exploitable weakness in Gov. Chet Culver’s big bonding plan.Instead, …
Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2009 5:51 am6016d ago
The Sioux City Journal and Iowa Independent each follow a report in Roll Call naming U.S. Rep. Steve King as one …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2009 12:53 pm6017d ago
Area bloggers are concerned about my troubled industry. I had no idea they cared. But they do. Blog for Iowa carries …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2009 10:35 am6017d ago
What’s with this teleprompter obsession among Obama’s critics? And is it treatable? It’s rolling again this morning after Obama used …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2009 5:55 am6017d ago
So what’s the bad economy taking away today? Well, if you were planning an nice summer trip to Clermont to …
Staff Columnists Mar. 24, 2009 9:19 am6018d ago
We’re in the middle of hard times, folks. And apparently it’s turned us into a bunch of foul-mouthed, tooth-decayed, sinful, over-stressed …
Staff Columnists Mar. 24, 2009 5:46 am6018d ago
It was inevitable. Gov. Chet Culver would ask Iowa communities to submit proposals for how to spend $750 million in …
Staff Columnists Mar. 23, 2009 2:20 pm6019d ago
Gazette courts coverage guru Trish Mahaffey was kind enough to share her copy of federal Judge Linda Reade’s ruling last …
Staff Columnists Mar. 23, 2009 12:17 pm6019d ago
The Iowa Senate The curious case of Marshall Clemons, the Cedar Rapids custodian/local union leader who was arrested last week …
Staff Columnists Mar. 20, 2009 1:56 pm6022d ago
Just hit my inbox. Senator Chuck Grassley will be a guest on CBS News’ Face The Nation on Sunday, March …
Staff Columnists Mar. 20, 2009 11:49 am6022d ago
As expected, the state Revenue Estimating Conference sliced tax collection estimates for the current year and next year. The total …
Staff Columnists Mar. 20, 2009 8:41 am6022d ago
My youngest daughter, upon learning that spring arrived officially at 6:44 a.m. this morning, rushed to the window to see …
Staff Columnists Mar. 20, 2009 6:00 am6022d ago
Basketball fans have NCAA madness, but state budget watchers have been waiting for this week, too. They’ve been filing out …