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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 Jan. 17, 2013 4:05 am4620d ago
Patricia Edmonds’ shop is tied up in legal shades of gray. Raymond Nees, assistant manager of building services for this …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2013 3:46 pm4621d ago
I posted earlier about the first TV ad being aired by Vote Yes Linn County in favor of a casino …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2013 11:17 am4621d ago
Vote Yes Linn County, the group pushing for casino gambling in Cedar Rapids, is out with it’s first TV ad. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2013 5:58 am4621d ago
A few more reactions to Gov. Terry Branstad’s Condition of the State address. The Quad-City Times credits the governor for …
Staff Columnists Jan. 15, 2013 10:49 am4622d ago
Maybe it wasn’t your favorite Condition of the State address. But it probably had a lot of the same words. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 15, 2013 4:05 am4622d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad unveiled his education reform ideas Monday. And there are some good ones. Raising starting teacher salaries is …
Staff Columnists Jan. 13, 2013 7:41 am4624d ago
At our gilded Statehouse, where the Legislature returns Monday, division equals subtraction. The House is still controlled by Republicans, though …
Staff Columnists Jan. 10, 2013 2:13 pm4627d ago
If I had just finished managing President Obama’s 2012 re-election effort in a hotly-contested battleground state such as Ioway, I’d …
Staff Columnists Jan. 10, 2013 4:05 am4627d ago
Political bedfellows are rarely strange anymore. It’s red or blue or nada. Then there’s gambling. In Iowa, the players don’t …
Staff Columnists Jan. 8, 2013 9:52 am4629d ago
Jonathan Narcisse, the former Des Moines school board member who ran for governor as an independent in 2010, made the …
Staff Columnists Jan. 7, 2013 12:31 pm4630d ago
Here I am at the brewery I will be opening minutes after I win the lottery. Actually, this photo was …
Staff Columnists Jan. 6, 2013 4:05 am4631d ago
As 2013, a gambling odyssey, begins, I’m trying to keep an open, but very skeptical, mind. First, I’m skeptical as …
Staff Columnists Jan. 4, 2013 12:30 pm4633d ago
The Republican state central committee meets Saturday to pick its leaders. Kevin Hall at the Iowa Republican thinks Ron Paul’s …
Staff Columnists Jan. 3, 2013 2:54 pm4634d ago
I mentioned in an earlier post that Iowa K-12 school enrollment posted an increase in 2012-2013. But Cedar Rapids saw …
Staff Columnists Jan. 3, 2013 1:15 pm4634d ago
Bleeding Heartland has a fine post remembering the famous Tinker case after one of its central participants, Christopher Eckhardt, died …