Posted August 27, 2014in Civic Skinny
Jason Powell, who was told by Iowa State Fair officials and then by Federal Judge Robert Pratt that his sidewalk preaching interfered with traffic, last week appealed Pratt’s ruling to [...]
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Posted August 20, 2014in Civic Skinny
Marty Tirrell filed for bankruptcy on Monday. The sports-radio talker and serial-defendant said he and his wife, Stephanie, have assets of zero to $50,000 and estimated liabilities of $500,000 to [...]
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Posted August 13, 2014in Civic Skinny
Dick Olson, a good mayor, a good guy and a good neighbor, died last week in a car crash in Maine. He was 85. This is from Jim Duncan: “Dick [...]
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Posted August 06, 2014in Civic Skinny
Marty Tirrell’s lawsuit against Charles Gabus Motors has been thrown out of court. Tirrell, the radio broadcaster with a long list of judgments against him, had said he had an [...]
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Posted July 30, 2014in Civic Skinny
Gleanings from the latest campaign-finance reports: Eldon Roth, the Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, founder of Beef Products Inc. — maker of the beef product unfortunately known as “pink slime” — [...]
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Posted July 23, 2014in Civic Skinny
What do you do if you’re a politician picked up for drunken driving? How does it all play out? Here’s how it played out — sometimes minute by minute — [...]
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Posted July 16, 2014in Civic Skinny
Marty Tirrell Update: The Tirrell homestead in West Des Moines was sold last month at a sheriff’s sale. The sale followed a lawsuit filed against the sports-radio talker and serial [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Civic Skinny
Terry Branstad has been governor of Iowa for nearly 20 years. He was elected to four terms, sat out for a bit, was re-elected in 2010 and now is seeking [...]
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Posted July 02, 2014in Civic Skinny
The state of Iowa isn’t the only one having trouble collecting from wealthy architect but careless — if that’s the right word — landlord and businessman Kirk Blunck. His own [...]
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Posted June 25, 2014in Civic Skinny
“As a community focused non-profit organization led by a volunteer Board of Directors, we value transparency,” Susan Ramsey of the Greater Des Moines Partnership told Cityview the other day. That, [...]
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