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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 Oct. 2, 2016 6:00 am3265d ago
Back on Tuesday, Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett compared his city’s anxious wait for the Cedar River’s flood crest to …
Staff Columnists Sep. 29, 2016 6:00 am3268d ago
So Cedar Rapids weathered the Cedar River’s latest surge. This time, the preparation, not the flood, was ‘epic.” ‘We won …
Staff Columnists Sep. 26, 2016 1:32 pm3271d ago
Jeff Melsha, who runs the iconic Little Bohemia tavern, was determined to look on the bright side Sunday afternoon as …
Staff Columnists Sep. 25, 2016 5:00 am3272d ago
Just when we had gotten back to sweating all the small stuff, the normal stuff, like arguing over sidewalks, pointing …
Staff Columnists Sep. 20, 2016 9:56 am3277d ago
So Cedar Rapids leaders have been offered a Wild Rose. Accepting it would mean pruning back their once ambitious dreams …
Staff Columnists Sep. 19, 2016 2:20 pm3278d ago
Trips to my mailbox in recent days have dented my hopes for a legislative campaign addressing stuff more substantive than …
Staff Columnists Sep. 14, 2016 12:19 pm3283d ago
So the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is no longer opposed to generating new state revenue for water quality initiatives. But …
Staff Columnists Sep. 11, 2016 6:00 am3286d ago
A guy named Gary Craver, a researcher and genealogist from Centerville, was digging into his local paper’s archives when he …
Staff Columnists Sep. 8, 2016 6:00 am3289d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad and I are on the same page. Not a typo. The governor praised a report out Tuesday …
Staff Columnists Sep. 6, 2016 9:57 am3291d ago
ANAMOSA – Two things drew me to Anamosa on a gorgeous September morn. First, I’d never witnessed U.S. Sen. Chuck …
Staff Columnists Sep. 1, 2016 6:00 am3296d ago
As local government decisions go, the Linn County Board of Supervisors’ first vote Wednesday in favor of raising the local …
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2016 6:00 am3298d ago
My seat was in the Linn County Board of Supervisors’ informal meeting room Monday morning, but my ears could have …
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2016 11:14 am3303d ago
So it looks like our Linn County Board of Supervisors is fixin’ to vote Wednesday on an ordinance raising the …
Staff Columnists Aug. 23, 2016 6:00 am3305d ago
In the midst of this Burger King election cycle, famous for its Whoppers, flame-broiled over pants on fire, it was …
Living Aug. 21, 2016 3:00 am3307d ago
Tomato plants, you may be surprised to hear, are extremely sensitive to atmospheric mendacity. When mendacity levels are high, the …