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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 Nov. 10, 2015 9:05 am3756d ago
Chet Culver popped to mind last week, for some reason. Maybe it’s because the current governor who unseated Culver in …
Staff Columnists Nov. 8, 2015 4:00 am3758d ago
Back in September, when a Cedar Rapids City Council committee commenced a 60-day process crafting an ordinance directing topsoil restoration …
Staff Columnists Nov. 4, 2015 9:16 am3762d ago
I’ve heard we’re in tumultuous electoral times. Outsiders are incoming. Bums will be thrown out. To the ramparts, with pitchforks. …
Staff Columnists Nov. 3, 2015 9:17 am3763d ago
So it was a busy October, with all the football-watching, pumpkin-spicing and local electioneering. Maybe you missed the Legislature’s ‘Gambling …
Staff Columnists Nov. 1, 2015 5:00 am3765d ago
If Cedar Rapids voters shelve a 27-cent levy on Tuesday to fund the city’s public libraries, it won’t be because …
Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2015 10:17 am3768d ago
So I’ve watched Iowa House Republicans shrug at bulldozing a topsoil rule over the objections of hundreds of Iowans and …
Staff Columnists Oct. 27, 2015 7:32 am3770d ago
Of all the burning issues facing Marion voters, only one is truly combustible. At a League of Women Voters forum …
Staff Columnists Oct. 25, 2015 6:00 am3772d ago
Marion’s new ‘brand” is ‘Reach Higher.” Maybe you’ve seen the water tower. But if you’ve spent much time watching local …
Staff Columnists Oct. 22, 2015 7:30 am3775d ago
MARION – Craig Harwood is an engineer, and yet he can’t make the math work. Harwood, of Cedar Rapids, has …
Staff Columnists Oct. 20, 2015 6:47 am3777d ago
So the Iowa Supreme Court must decide whether the state’s open-meetings law is no match for some very clever county …
Staff Columnists Oct. 15, 2015 6:00 am3782d ago
So quite possibly the most expensive administrative ‘clarification” in Iowa history will keep moving forward, just more slowly. Republican lawmakers …
Staff Columnists Oct. 11, 2015 6:00 am3786d ago
Roughly a year ago, our editorial page carried a hopeful headline. ‘Rod Blum is best suited to find bipartisan solutions.” …
Staff Columnists Oct. 6, 2015 6:00 am3791d ago
Sometimes, you have to wonder why we bother electing a General Assembly. A governor, apparently, is all we need. For …
Staff Columnists Oct. 4, 2015 6:00 am3793d ago
Ring … Ring … Ring. Hello, this is the city of Cedar Rapids’ automated speed enforcement system collections division. It’s …
Staff Columnists Oct. 3, 2015 6:00 am3794d ago
The Week – an irregular feature, back by no demand whatsoever. CAUCUS COW HAS MUCH AT STEAK – Comes now …

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