Archive | May, 2010

GO DADDY! Bob Parsons’ in CR

Bob Parsons will be in Cedar Rapids this weekend.  While he is here he will be the special guest  at the fund raiser for Rob Gettemy tomorrow morning at the Cedar Rapids Marriott. Rob Gettemy is currently one of four running for the opportunity to take that seat away from Dave Loebsack.  He’s my personal [...]

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Am I Really in the Minority?

In today’s Cedar Rapid’s Gazette appears an article about a couple that were able to move back into their home after almost two years.  They’ve been living in an apartment which means they’ve had to pay both rent and their mortgage.  Just six short weeks ago volunteers came and helped them make their home habitable [...]

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The Saga Continues

I know that people think we have to be making a mountain out of a molehill that the crazy stuff several of us say is happening in Cedar Rapids just can’t possibly really be happening. Let me tell you about Beverly’s day.  She awoke to sounds of demolition, an 1890′s built home was coming down [...]

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The Big ‘O’

What do you do when your City Council changes a law without the public’s input or even an official vote.  You contact the State of Iowa’s Citizen’s Aide/Ombudsman.  A group of citizens in Cedar Rapids were tired of what was going on in their community and had a meeting.  I was chosen to be the [...]

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