Tag Archives: Iowa politics

Legislative Goals For The Greater Good

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Paul Deaton

Editor’s Note: This post was written by Mike Jacobsen who is an Iowa County Democrat. It is full of the kind of hope and common sense Democrats have in abundance. The post is published on Blog for Iowa with permission … Continue reading →

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Invisible Hand During The Holidays

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Paul Deaton

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is a book seldom read in its entirety. Libertarians underwent multiple iterations of winnowing the more than five hundred fifty pages into something more closely matching their ideological viewpoint. Once, they serialized a conservative … Continue reading →

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Interchange Yet No Bridge

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Paul Deaton

It has been no secret the interchange between Interstates 80 and 380 near Coralville needed improvement. It has long been one of the most crash-prone places in the state of Iowa. Commenced in 2018, the infrastructure project to reconstruct it … Continue reading →

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Iowa House Democrats Info Center

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Paul Deaton

After the Aug. 17, 2023 town hall meeting in Shueyville, State Representative Amy Nielsen provided the following information to help stay current with what the Iowa House Democrats are doing: Official Legislative Website and Subscribe to Newsletter:  https://www.legis.iowa.gov/  Website:  https://iowahouse.org/ … Continue reading →

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What Should We Fear?

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Paul Deaton

The United States is a country where we constantly balance security and liberty. During my youth, we were taught to believe that a large nuclear weapons arsenal, with a triad of land-based missiles, aircraft-dropped gravity bombs, and submarines would deter … Continue reading →

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History Of A Wing Nut

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Paul Deaton

Can Democrat Christina Bohannan beat Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks during the second contest between them in 2024? One can only hope… and do everything possible to see that she does. Going into her sixth campaign for the Congress, Miller-Meeks has become … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Issues

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Paul Deaton

Like many of our readers, I traveled to Des Moines and Washington, D.C. to advocate for issues. I remember visiting Congressman Dave Loebsack in Washington, shortly after his 2006 election to the Congress with a list of a dozen issues … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Political Door Knocking

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Paul Deaton

The numbers vary among different legislators and political activists, yet somewhere between 65,000 and 90,000 registered Iowa Democrats did not vote in 2022. It seems like an easy problem to solve. Reach out to those voters, the ones that still … Continue reading →

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Iowa High School Democrats

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Paul Deaton

One of the issues discussed at an Aug. 17 meeting in Shueyville, with representatives of the Iowa House Democrats, was registering high school students to vote. There are processes and conflicts in doing so within some school districts. To hear … Continue reading →

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People Over Politics Comes To House District 91

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Paul Deaton

On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Iowa House Democrats People Over Politics tour of conservative districts came to House District 91. About 20 people, all residents of the district, attended the town hall-style meeting at the Shueyville Community Center. About all … Continue reading →

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