Blogs about: 2009 City Election
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Chuck Swore launches pioneering move: Can a former incumbent reclaim a seat on the city's still-new, part-time council?
Chuck Swore wants to return to the City Council. Swore on Tuesday said he will run for one of the two at-large council seats on the ballot in November, and he said he is running to return a “can-do at… more →
Eye on the Island
Chuck Swore launches pioneering move: Can a former incumbent reclaim a seat on the city's still-new, part-time council?
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Rick Smith wrote 5 months ago: Chuck Swore wants to return to the City Council. Swore on Tuesday said he will run for one of the tw … more →
City Hall puts cost of "A Season of Progress" report and mailing at $31,444; mayoral challenger Corbett sees report as incumbents using tax dollars to respond to criticism
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Rick Smith wrote 5 months ago: Mayoral candidate Ron Corbett says it figures. It’s just four months from the November city el … more →
Burglars hit mayoral candidate Ron Corbett's home; calls it unnerving; campaign secrets still safe, he says
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Rick Smith wrote 5 months ago: Burglars busted into mayoral candidate Ron Corbett’s home during the daytime Wednesday, ransacked th … more →
23-year-old middle-school teacher with a school-board election under his belt enters the race for City Council
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: Nick Duffy, who took a shot at securing a Cedar Rapids school board seat in 2006 as a 20 year old, s … more →
Monica passes on mayoral run; has her own business in a tough economy to run and City Council work to carry on, she says
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: Monica Vernon has pulled the plug on her thought to take on mayoral candidate Ron Corbett and any ot … more →
Linn's Langston out as mayoral prospect; says she's flattered she was asked; has plenty of fish to fry with county office and new national posts
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: Linda Langston, Linn County supervisor, says she won’t run for the job of Cedar Rapids mayor. A mont … more →
Lone mayoral candidate Corbett, a Republican, gets backing of Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: Ron Corbett is still out there running for mayor all by himself, though word is that council incumbe … more →
Past council candidate Bates back with profanity-tainted yelling; but a criminal charge from an earlier episode in September was dismissed
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Rick Smith wrote 6 months ago: One of the last times Robert Bates — a City Council candidate in 2005 who is open about his cr … more →
Linn's Langston has new national responsibilities; says she’d give up national gig if she runs and wins Cedar Rapids mayor's post
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston, a big-time local Democrat, is a big-time national Democrat, t … more →
Mayoral hopeful Corbett fires a new campaign shot: Don't let city officials use new state-granted power to build a new city hall without a citizen vote
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: Mayoral candidate Ron Corbett keeps running for office even if no one yet has joined him. In his lat … more →
Possible mayoral candidate Gary Hinzman has a good question, but the answer might best be divined by some good reading
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: Gary: Two pieces of suggested reading — the city charter and the city’s nepotism policy. Mayor … more →
Don't forget mayoral prospect Gary Hinzman; he asks ethics board if a city employee must quit should a relative become mayor or council member
Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: Don’t forget about mayoral prospect Gary Hinzman, long-time director of the Sixth Judicial District … more →
Vernon says her jump from Republican to Democrat has nothing to do with a possible mayoral run against Republican Corbett
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: Council member and mayoral prospect Monica Vernon says her jump from the Republican to Democratic Pa … more →
Why did mayoral prospect Monica Vernon change from Republican Party to Democratic Party?
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: First it was U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. Now it’s Cedar Rapids council member Monica Vernon. In recent … more →
Rumor mill is right: Linn Supervisor Langston says she is considering suggestions that she run for Cedar Rapids mayor
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston says she’s been asked to consider running for mayor of Cedar R … more →
Six of nine council seats up for election this year; one seat, Jerry McGrane's, now has a race
Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: We have a City Hall council race. Kathy Potts, a self-described homemaker and community activist who … more →
Corbett not bashful about letting would-be mayoral-race foes know that he's beating bushes for bucks for the coming match
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Rick Smith wrote 7 months ago: This year’s mayoral race looks like it will be richer than the 2005 race in which Kay Halloran, a re … more →
Corbett TV out with latest; calls for economic development; but are all i's dotted, t's crossed in video episode's property-tax math?
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Rick Smith wrote 8 months ago: Corbett TV is back with its latest video installment. This time, mayoral candidate Ron Corbett … more →
Flood victim McGrane first council incumbent to enter this year’s City Hall race
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Rick Smith wrote 8 months ago: District 3 council member Jerry McGrane announced Tuesday announced that he is seeking reelection to … more →
