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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 Oct. 27, 2016 6:00 am3404d ago
A ballot measure in Marion seeking to change the way residents elect a city council is more interesting than you …
Staff Columnists Oct. 25, 2016 6:00 am3406d ago
I couldn’t make it to Gov. Terry Branstad’s Republican pep rally in Marion last week. Lucky for me, The Gazette’s …
Staff Columnists Oct. 23, 2016 6:00 am3408d ago
My column a couple of weeks ago on school lunch policies generated a lot of responses. Hot lunch, apparently, is …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2016 3:06 pm3409d ago
It’s always makes me cringe when something I write about a campaign becomes part of a campaign. It’s inevitable, but …
Staff Columnists May. 12, 2022 8:02 am1381d ago
BELMOND – It was the most-asked question Friday afternoon, without question. ‘Where were you when it hit?” asked many folks …
Staff Columnists Oct. 16, 2016 7:00 am3415d ago
So I’m interviewing state Sen. Liz Mathis over coffee at Wit’s End in Marion recently when a guy stops for …
Staff Columnists Oct. 11, 2016 7:38 am3420d ago
So my own state representative has had enough. Rep. Ken Rizer, R-Cedar Rapids, took to Facebook Saturday to explain why …
Staff Columnists Oct. 9, 2016 6:00 am3422d ago
It’s not unusual for parents to embarrass their teenage daughters. It is unusual to get a big assist from their …
Staff Columnists Oct. 6, 2016 10:23 am3424d ago
So I was a sixth-grade Republican in 1982, with a Branstad bumper sticker on my Trapper Keeper. It was the …
Staff Columnists Oct. 4, 2016 6:00 am3427d ago
We know, thanks to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s famous 2014 tweet, that Dairy Queen can be a good place for …
Staff Columnists Oct. 2, 2016 6:00 am3429d 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 am3432d 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 pm3434d 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 am3436d 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 am3440d ago
So Cedar Rapids leaders have been offered a Wild Rose. Accepting it would mean pruning back their once ambitious dreams …

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