Archive | January, 2010

Iowa politics needs an estrogen injection

It’s been said that women become involved in politics when they are invited to participate. Please consider this your invitation. Today, at 1 p.m., Iowans from all walks of life will meet in school gyms, churches, community centers and household basements. They will gather to begin a very important process that too often gets lost [...]

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An update & my thanks

Because this post, which is personal in nature, can be a trigger for readers who have suffered the death of a child, I’m placing it behind the link. In December, just as Iowa was experiencing its first big blizzard and I was hard at work beside my car with a snow shovel, the phone rang. [...]

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Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am!

Ron Corbett is bringing his own, “the one Kay has is too small.”  Yep, he has his own gavel and it’s bigger!  Rick Smith with the Gazette has more of the conversation with the new Mayor here. I am happy that Ron is willing to respond to citizens speaking in public, on the record, to [...]

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New City Council, New Year, New Resolution

It’s official.  Cedar Rapids has a new Mayor and several new City Council members.  I look forward to Wednesday’s meeting.  I want to see everything that Ron Corbett plans on bringing to the table. If you follow the Gazette you know that I ran for the seat in District 3.  I felt it was time [...]

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