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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 Jan. 18, 2018 9:25 am2897d ago
Persuasion is dead, or in a coma. Our current immigration ‘debate” is the latest boulder in a landslide of evidence. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2018 12:46 pm2899d ago
It seems clear the Cedar Rapids Community School District and its leaders should have a little more conversation before they …
Staff Columnists Jan. 11, 2018 9:25 am2904d ago
Solid, historic speech, governor. But I think I found a typo. ‘My hope is that a water quality bill is …
Staff Columnists May. 27, 2022 2:33 pm1307d ago
Maybe you’ve noticed voting on big public projects is no longer trendy. It’s like flip phones, or our democratic norms. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 4, 2018 9:22 am2911d ago
Near the end of a public forum Tuesday night on the Cedar Rapids school district’s big facilities plan, a man …
Staff Columnists Dec. 21, 2017 1:09 pm2925d ago
It was fitting, perhaps, that Mayor Ron Corbett’s last City Council vote involved the need for parking. For the final …
Staff Columnists Dec. 17, 2017 4:10 pm2929d ago
Iowans take a lot of pride in the moments when the nation turns its lonely eyes to us. In 2009, …
Staff Columnists Dec. 14, 2017 7:00 am2932d ago
As the Cedar Rapids school board was briefed Monday night on a $224 million facilities plan shuttering eight elementary schools, …
Staff Columnists Dec. 7, 2017 7:00 am2939d ago
There were two mayoral victory parties in Cedar Rapids Tuesday night, but only one victor. Such is democracy. You’re either …
Staff Columnists Dec. 5, 2017 2:34 pm2941d ago
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s recent remarks on the estate tax are getting lots of attention. Just Google ‘booze.” ‘I think …
Staff Columnists Dec. 4, 2017 8:43 am2942d ago
Want to spice up a sleepy City Council runoff campaign? Toss in a swastika. In this case, the swastika appears …
Staff Columnists Nov. 30, 2017 10:57 am2946d ago
It seems clear Cedar Crossing Casino 1.0, the original, the classic, ‘the big one” as it’s been called, is dead …
Staff Columnists Nov. 27, 2017 11:18 am2949d ago
People who agree on all sorts of things can still get tangled up in prickly partisan politics. A description of …
Staff Columnists Nov. 19, 2017 12:35 pm2957d ago
Are you ready for some football? You’d better be if you’re watching Ron Corbett’s campaign for governor. His book, ‘Beyond …
Staff Columnists Nov. 16, 2017 2:17 pm2960d ago
DUBUQUE – Iowa’s Racing and Gaming Commission slammed the door on three proposed Cedar Rapids casinos Thursday. This was no …

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