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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 Jul. 29, 2013 7:11 am4532d ago
I’m off this week, so I’m posting a few reruns. From April 15, 2012. A phone rings in the governor’s …
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2013 5:05 am4533d ago
Note: Information on running for school board seats can be found here. After the Polk Elementary closure saga last year, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 24, 2013 3:38 pm4537d ago
A lot of folks are scribbling about U.S. Rep. Steve King’s curious remarks on the children of immigrants, valedictorians and …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2013 11:19 am4538d ago
I wrote yesterday about Gov. Terry Branstad’s call for corporate income taxes, and how I’d be OK with a deal …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2013 5:05 am4538d ago
It just wouldn’t be an official summer in Iowa without a few scourges. Onslaughts, banes, outbreaks, etc. Without them, we …
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2013 2:24 pm4539d ago
If you buy the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll, Iowans like legal same-sex marriages considerably more than the …
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2013 12:41 pm4539d ago
Our governor held his Monday media confab and was asked about more tax credits for the big Lee County fertilizer …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2013 11:40 am4540d ago
You could probably download all I know about broadband pretty quickly. Even with a dial-up connection. But it’s looking like …
Staff Columnists Jul. 17, 2013 1:35 pm4544d ago
Here we go again. A third time, with feeling, and a lot more asphalt. Metro area mayors and other local …
Staff Columnists Jul. 15, 2013 9:05 am4546d ago
In our security-saturated times, it takes some courage to resist overreacting to fears of what if. So I think the …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2013 2:47 pm4550d ago
So revenues flowing into Iowa’s state-licensed casinos dropped slightly during the fiscal year that ended June 30. This news may …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2013 5:30 am4550d ago
It was tough to miss the theme, even if you were born yesterday. The youthful candidate was introduced by his …
Staff Columnists Jul. 10, 2013 3:07 pm4551d ago
Our high-velocity governor is faring worse with the state’s daily newspapers than he did with the trooper who pursued his …
Staff Columnists Jul. 9, 2013 10:31 am4552d ago
The good news is, it won’t be long now. Any day now, Iowa sweet corn finally will arrive. The farmers …
Staff Columnists Jul. 4, 2013 5:10 am4557d ago
Warning, my annual Fourth of July satire: So Paul Revere gallops up to a fellow colonist, who is wearing ear …


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