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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. 5, 2009 5:44 am6037d ago
The Sioux City Journal fronts a very interesting story about a Storm Lake High School student who is refusing to take a …
Staff Columnists Mar. 4, 2009 2:13 pm6038d ago
Leon “Tunnie” Melsha says he’s still planning to reopen the beloved and flood-damaged Little Bohemia tavern at 1317 Thirds St. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 4, 2009 10:46 am6038d ago
Iowa lawmakers are moving to change the name of Department of Elder Affairs to the Department on Aging, or DOA. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 3, 2009 8:55 pm6038d ago
Cedar Rapids voters, those who bothered to show at the polls, sent some pretty clear messages tonight as they approved …
Staff Columnists Mar. 3, 2009 3:31 pm6039d ago
Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro,a Democrat, doesn’t like the constitutional end run around the Electoral College being considered by the Legislature. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 3, 2009 1:05 pm6039d ago
With get-to-the-basement season approaching , The National Weather Service is changing its criteria for the size of hail that must fall on …
Staff Columnists Mar. 3, 2009 8:58 am6039d ago
Last week, as the Cedar Rapids City Council approved a resolution promising to spend local option tax money on housing, …
Staff Columnists Mar. 3, 2009 5:31 am6039d ago
It’s special election day here in Linn County, where voters will decide the fate of local option sales tax measures. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2009 2:34 pm6040d ago
This just in from Gov. Chet Culver’s office: GOVERNOR CULVER TO WORK FROM THE OLD CAPITOL ON WEDNESDAY Old Capitol …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2009 1:47 pm6040d ago
I really don’t have anything wise and deep to say about the late great broadcaster Paul Harvey, who died over …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2009 12:14 pm6040d ago
February was 24-Hour Dorman’s best-ever readership month, even without benefit of leap year. Thanks for checking it out. And come back. Often. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2009 5:35 am6040d ago
Two big tax issues face moments of truth this week. Cedar Rapids and voters across Linn County vote Tuesday on …
Staff Columnists Feb. 27, 2009 2:12 pm6043d ago
I know this local option sales tax thing is being voted on town-by-town, but this is a chance for you …
Staff Columnists Feb. 27, 2009 8:53 am6043d ago
Anti-tax activists known as the Cedar Rapids Tea Party were hoping to channel their revolutionary Boston brethren Saturday by dumping tea into …
Staff Columnists Feb. 27, 2009 6:08 am6043d ago
Gov. Chet Culver totally said what we were thinking, didn’t he? The past few days, reading developments in the Atalissa bunkhouse …