Archive for March 31st, 2011

Happy Redistricting Day: First Draft of the Iowa Congressional District Map

Happy Redistricting Day: First Draft of the Iowa Congressional District Map

| March 31, 2011 | 7 Comments

I think it stinks we’re losing a district, but we’ve known it was coming.  Here is the first proposed map from the Legislative Services Agency below: This first try puts Congressmen Steve King (R-IA) and Tom Latham (R-IA) in the 4th Congressional District.  It then places Congressmen Bruce Braley (D-IA) and Dave Loebsack (R-IA) find [...]

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Unconditional

Unconditional

| March 31, 2011 | 5 Comments

How much is too much? We strive, we try, we do our best, we beat the beast within down, trying to tame it. Like a can of Dr. Pepper shaken not stirred, waiting to blow, we shove our frustrations inside and call it long suffering. But if we are honest, we are just eating ourselves [...]

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