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If you listened to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night then you already know pretty much everything he discussed during a stop this morning at Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids. Obama was on the road to tout the same economic policies he discussed before Congress — and he maintained much [...]

IOWA – Idiots Out Wandering Around Sure, we all joke about it, but unfortunately, I have found the Iowans that are the Idiots Out Wandering Around and it is us!  Yes, it is my community, my neighbors, my friends.  All of us that live in the Time Check, Czech Village and Taylor neighborhoods, we are [...]

Tomorrow is the first day of winter.  I am reminded of that as I walk the sidewalks covered with newly fallen snow.  My footprints and those of an occasional animal are the only ones I see by the dimly lit street lights.  What am I doing down here?  Walking towards the river passing frozen yard [...]

Friends, family and I have had time to speak with both Governor Culver and Governor Branstad.  Our purpose in meeting with the two of them has been to let them know we need leadership that will speak out on our behalf.  The “powers that be” want to continue to raze our homes and devalue our [...]

Dear Governor Culver, It’s disappointing to read in the news that you are supporting the preferred plan of Cedar Rapids and not the plan the Corp of Engineers is recommending.  Do you realize that the Mayor’s plan involves tearing our homes down?  He can’t use eminent domain at this time so they are using coercion [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — A group of Iowa women have set a lofty 10-year goal for gender equity for the state: Women will hold 50 percent of the seats in the state legislature and federal delegation by the year 2020, and Iowa will have elected its first female governor. “This year marks the 90th anniversary of [...]

A small article appeared Monday that many likely only skimmed or completely ignored. Two women, according to writers at The Gazette, were arrested as part of a Cedar Rapids police prostitution sting. I’m always curious as to what pushes a woman to sell her own body, which is a topic rarely included in news articles, [...]

Everyday in Cedar Rapids it seems there is a house being torn down as the owner stands by with tears in their eyes.  This morning, someone stayed away because they “might be a problem if they showed up”. Has anyone seen a picture of any candidate for office that any of us on the west [...]

This two-day 2010 Iowa African American Women’s Leadership Conference offers personal and professional development opportunities relating to family, health, leadership and culture for women across the state. The conference begins Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. with a “History Makers Gala” at the African American Museum of Iowa. The second day of events will be held [...]

June 28,2010 City of Cedar Rapids City Council 3851 River Ridge Drive NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 Councilmen and Councilwoman, Enough is enough.  Today is the day that I have decided to file a lawsuit against the City Council and your misappropriations of the LOST revenue. Senate File 44 (Local option sales tax tax) was [...]