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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 Sep. 1, 2015 10:55 am3662d ago
While we gobbled po’boys, Mayor Ron Corbett told me how he plans to enrich Iowa’s political debate. We were in …
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2015 6:00 am3665d ago
Sometimes, when there’s trouble ahead, you’ve got to pump the brakes. That’s what the Marion Library Board did in a …
Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2015 1:42 pm3666d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s water quality debate suffers from a deep urgency gap. ‘I’m really hopeful that this is the …
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2015 6:00 am3670d ago
So we’re back from our Branscation. I named our family’s time off last week in honor of Gov. Terry Branstad, …
Staff Columnists Aug. 13, 2015 6:00 am3682d ago
Senate President Pam Jochum asked a critical question Tuesday as a legislative panel considered the fate of a rule requiring …
Staff Columnists Aug. 11, 2015 6:00 am3684d ago
So Kevin Kula of Coggon stood before the five-member Linn County Board of Supervisors Monday morning, urging them to toss …
Staff Columnists Aug. 10, 2015 3:02 pm3684d ago
After more than a year of watching a bureaucratic bulldozer driven by homebuilding interests clobber Iowa’s 4-inch topsoil rule, some …
Staff Columnists Aug. 6, 2015 6:00 am3689d ago
It’s starting to get loud in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. I’m talking grab-your-earplugs loud. On Tuesday, Democratic congressional hopeful Monica …
Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2015 6:00 am3691d ago
And now for your lawn mower news update. On Friday, Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley tweeted a photo of his …
News Aug. 2, 2015 7:00 am3693d ago
Ask folks in Elkader what makes their town unique, and they’ll keep coming back to the river. It’s the Turkey …
Staff Columnists Aug. 2, 2015 6:00 am3693d ago
Tone it down, water drinkers. That was Gov. Terry Branstad’s basic message this past week when asked about the Des …
Staff Columnists Jul. 30, 2015 6:00 am3696d ago
Prepare to be scanned, Cedar Rapidians. Your City Council on Tuesday, ‘without council or public comment” as Rick Smith wrote …
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2015 6:00 am3698d ago
Ah, summer. Sweet corn, tomatoes and a swarm of media reports and official warnings on all the ways summer can …
Staff Columnists Jul. 26, 2015 6:00 am3700d ago
So I’m not losing any sleep over Donald Trump. Being conscious, most of the time, I can’t help but notice …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2015 10:31 am3704d ago
My cellular provider has a series of TV ads claiming its powerful coverage will reach unexpected places. One insists ‘now …