Monthly Archives: February 2009

I know this local option sales tax thing is being voted on town-by-town, but this is a chance for you sound off, regardless of where you live. Vote, make a comment. Get it off your chest. It will all be … Continue reading →

Anti-tax activists known as the Cedar Rapids Tea Party were hoping to channel their revolutionary Boston brethren Saturday by dumping tea into the Cedar River. They’re seeking to defeat the local option tax that’s on the ballot here Tuesday. (UPDATE — Tea … Continue reading →

Gov. Chet Culver totally said what we were thinking, didn’t he? The past few days, reading developments in the Atalissa bunkhouse saga, we kept thinking, hey, for decades, bureaucracy at all levels failed these mentally disabled workers. Then, on Thursday afternoon, the … Continue reading →

In some instances, politicians/elected officials are sort of like whitetail deer. When a threat to the herd appears on the horizon, they flash a warning sign and bound for safety. It’s instinct. They stick together. Safety first. So it wasn’t surprising … Continue reading →

Imagine my surprise this week when I found out my youngest daughter is a well-known smuggler. I was informed by daycare security experts that my 3-year-old daughter has been smuggling contraband into the building and under my nose. In recent … Continue reading →

Iowa politico Craig Robinson is starting “The Iowa Republican,” which will be offering “News by Republicans, for Republicans.” You can take a peek, but it won’t start dishing up the party line until March 4 at 7 a.m. I say the … Continue reading →

Sometimes, you just don’t want to get involved. It’s complicated. You’re busy. You’ve got a headache. Maybe tomorrow. I understand. What I don’t understand is when it’s the Iowa Department of Human Services that’s making excuses. The deciders at the DHS in 1974 … Continue reading →

The Charlotte Observer’s Web site has a slide show of photos from President Obama’s meeting with the nation’s governors at the White House Monday. You can see who our very own Gov. Chet Culver sat by here. Maybe Culver asked Arnold … Continue reading →

No, it’s not my 2009 Humanitarian Bowl dream match up. Republicans are giving Iowa Senate Democrats a lot of guff over proposed legislation that would allow us to join a compact of states trying to short-circuit the Electoral College. The … Continue reading →