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Oct. 1 still target date for courthouse

adambelz wrote 4 days ago: It’s a little more than a month until Linn County officials hope to restore some court operati … more →

Tags: Courts, Flood, courthouse, Garth Fagerbakke, Linn County

Don't laugh. It could be interesting.

adambelz wrote 4 days ago: I’m going to try, when it’s possible, to cover Board of Supervisors meetings live using … more →

Tags: Flood, Linn County, online community, twitter

No merger, no parasites

adambelz wrote 1 week ago: Blogger’s Note: This is most of an e-mail Zingula sent out in response to the Gazette’s … more →

Tags: Cedar Rapids, Curt Zingula, Linn County, merger

Mahaney: Oh the memories!1 comment

adambelz wrote 1 week ago: Right here, you can see the straight news story on Rich Mahaney’s immanent departure from the … more →

Tags: Flood, Emergency Management Agency, Linn County, Rich Mahaney

Property taxes due but delayed

adambelz wrote 1 week ago: CEDAR RAPIDS — Property tax bills will arrive a little late this year because Linn County … more →

Tags: Flood, Linn County, Mike Stevenson, Property Taxes

Will there be a Warren County tax increase?11 comments

vicksburgspeaks wrote 2 weeks ago: The Board of Supervisors is pondering whether to cut expenditures or initiate a county property tax … more →

Tags: Of interest county-wide, Your Money

Taxes and Diet Food

Zinzindor wrote 3 weeks ago: A politician’s heaven would be taxes without guilt; even better would be taxes with praise.  Coun … more →

Tags: Budget and Taxes, Montgomery County, regulation, The War on the Poor, Carbon Tax, regressive tax

Primary primer: 10 candidates vie for 9th District spot3 comments

Scott Swafford wrote 1 month ago: Five Republicans, four Democrats and one Libertarian hope for their party’s nomination for 9th … more →

Tags: Elections, Politics

Tax abatements: No way, no how2 comments

adambelz wrote 1 month ago: Rod Sullivan, a Johnson County supervisor, addressed the issue of property tax relief for flood vict … more →

Tags: Johnson County, Property Taxes, Rod Sullivan

Hawai'i County Mayor - History

Barbara Scott, KTSC Co-Chair wrote 1 month ago: In the County of Hawai’i, the Mayor is the Chief Executive Officer with municipal jurisdiction … more →

Tags: 2008 Elections

Columbia Regional Airport update

tarmao wrote 1 month ago: Thumbing through a notebook this afternoon, I realized I missed reporting some airport information o … more →

Tags: City Council, Infrastructure, News Bytes, Public Service, Reporter's Notebook, City Government, Public Transportation, COLUMBIA, Columbia Regional Airport

Voter registration deadline is Wednesday

Catherine McComb wrote 1 month ago: Wednesday is the deadline to register to vote in the August 5 primaries in Boone County. To register … more →

Tags: Elections, Catherine McComb, County Clerk, Primary Elections, Voting

Complexity vs. column inches1 comment

kristinasherry wrote 1 month ago: ­­The age-old battle between complexity and column inches raged particularly strongly in recent w … more →

Tags: Reporter's Notebook, City Government

How will you cope with the rising cost of energy?2 comments

vicksburgspeaks wrote 2 months ago: Entergy has announced that its rates will increase by 28% over the next three months due to the high … more →

Tags: City Government, Of interest county-wide, National Government, Your Money

The War on the Poor

Zinzindor wrote 2 months ago: In his first inaugural address, in 1964, Lyndon Johnson declared: “This administration today, here … more →

Tags: The War on the Poor

Sid Sullivan hosts community meetings

Jackie wrote 2 months ago: Sid Sullivan, candidate for Boone County Southern District Commissioner, will hold coffee shop conve … more →

Tags: Elections, Politics, County Commission, Jackie Borchardt, Primary, Sid Sullivan, Southern District

Alternative transportation3 comments

vicksburgspeaks wrote 2 months ago: An excellent “letter to the editor” in Sunday’s Post suggested more walking and bi … more →

Tags: City Government, Of interest downtown, Of interest county-wide, Your Money

Dems chat at commissioner election fundraiser

Jackie wrote 2 months ago: Boone County Southern District Commissioner and democratic candidate Karen Miller hosted a fund rais … more →

Tags: Elections, Politics, Democrat, Jackie Borchardt, karen miller, Primary, Sid Sullivan, Southern District

The Board of Supervisors - what's your opinion?7 comments

vicksburgspeaks wrote 2 months ago: The supervisors have been inflicted some fairly severe criticism within another post on this blog. B … more →

Tags: Of interest county-wide


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