Category Archives: Great Tools: IOWA

Iowa Blog Roundup and District Heads Ups

Posted on June 30, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

  Iowa Blog Roundup and District Happenings By Sam Garchik and Other Folks Denise O'Brien is having a party tonight! The potluck is in Atlantic, Iowa: Please bring a covered dish, your own table service, drinks and lawn chairs and … Continue reading →

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Iowa Blog Roundup (and other things also)

Posted on June 22, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

   Iowa Blog Roundup (and other things also) By Sam Garchik It's been a very hectic week with the convention and all, but I wanted to bring you up to speed on a bunch of different issues and happenings. Courtesy … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Government, Bruce Braley, Calls to Action, Candidates, Clean Elections, David Loebsack, Denise O'Brien, DFQC, Great Tools: IOWA, How You Can Help, ICCI, Iowa Blogosphere, Joyce Schulte, Local Events, Main Page, National News, Progressive Community, Russ Feingold | Comments Off on Iowa Blog Roundup (and other things also)

Progressive Promise

Posted on June 20, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

Progressive Promise I got this from the Progressive Caucus website in the House of Reps. We can modify it to make it more specific to Iowa. Later today, I'll post something I was working on for Alta and a possible … Continue reading →

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DFA-Link: An Underutilized Tool; Searching for a Group

Posted on June 20, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

  DFA-Link: An Underutilized Tool (Searching for a Group) By Alta Price Today I’m going to tell you how to sign up for Democracy for Iowa (DFIA) at DFA-Link. I recommend joining DFIA to anyone interested in the Progressive Caucus, … Continue reading →

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Convention Wrap Up; Thoughts for 08

Posted on June 19, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

  Convention Wrap Up; Thoughts for 08 By Sam Garchik We need to elect Joyce Schulte. Thanks to the Johnson County Republican Blog, we get this from Steve King at the Republican State Convention: “There are probably not 72 virgins … Continue reading →

Posted in Calls to Action, GOP, Great Tools: IOWA, How You Can Help, Iowa Blogosphere, Main Page, Progressive Community | 6 Comments

DFA-Link: An Underutilized Tool (Setting up an Account)

Posted on June 14, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

  DFA-Link: An Underutilized Tool (Setting up an Account) By Alta Price Disclaimer – I don’t consider myself an expert in DFA-Link use. I am, however, starting to understand how useful it could be for online organizing since using it … Continue reading →

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DFA-Link: An Underutilized Tool

Posted on June 14, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

Finding an Event By Alta Price I wanted to get this up ASAP to use for the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention this weekend in Des Moines. I have not been able to come up with a plan to get DFAers … Continue reading →

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Planning a Quad Cities Iraq War Forum

Posted on June 13, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

  Planning a Quad Cities Iraq War Forum By Alta Price, DFA-Quad Cities, DFA-Link Host, altaprice@yahoo.com Thanks, Sam, for bringing our Iraq War Forum to the attention of Blog for Iowa readers! We had a great planning meeting last night … Continue reading →

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This Week in Media

Posted on December 26, 2005 by bfiaarronwings

 This Week in Media The biggest news this week was all but ignored by the media.  The grassroots group Iowans for Better Local TV filed a formal Petition to Deny with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), challenging the renewal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Calls to Action, Great Tools: IOWA, Iowa in the News, Iowans for Better Local TV, Main Page, Media Bias | 8 Comments

Social Security Saves Iowans from Poverty

Posted on March 7, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Social Security Saves Iowans from Poverty Iowa Policy Project Facts Can Help Public, Policymakers in Current Debate MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (March 7, 2005) – Almost 1 in 5 Iowans receives benefits from Social Security, according to a new publication that … Continue reading →

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