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I saw four deer on the way to work this morning.
How do you know they were on their way to work?
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. The weather had been flexible. I...
(Forgive this homage to a favorite read of mine.)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. There is a book. It contains a monster. And it’s not a unforeseen monster. From page one, you’ll know it’s coming.
Now, before I continue, let me be clear, the Anchor is not venturing into the realm of...
I recently hit an exercise milestone. As of last Wednesday, I had gotten in one hour of exercise every day for four years straight. With a leap year, that makes 1,461 days!
A lot of that has been walking, around Northwood and in area parks and hiking trails.
Below are some of the "surprising...
Week Fourteen
As we approach the end of session, we continue to focus on policy but most of our discussions are on budget and working with the Senate to finalize our budgets. On Wednesday evening, we debated and passed several policy bills. Included in the debate were:
SF 342 – Back the Blue –...
Discussion Related to Renewable Energy Policy in Worth County
The subject is in debate among the county supervisors and across the county residents. This discussion lays out the current situation and establishes a path forward as I see it. The following points establish current facts and lay out...
One of the most difficult things I have tried to do as your mayor has been to convince our residents that the appearance of our town is very important to everyone. Our city crew works hard to keep the parks, the cemetery and all the other public spaces clean and looking great. It is up to every one...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting
I got a newspaper insert saying a big box store was having a 10% off everything in the store sale.
Did you take advantage of that discount?
No, I couldn't afford to buy everything in the store.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named...
Weeks 11 and 12 were the final two weeks of the second funnel. The second funnel is a self-imposed deadline by which policy bills from the Senate must be out of committee in the House and House bills must be out of committee in the Senate in order to continue being considered. The exceptions to...
88th General
Assembly:
New property assessments arrived in many Iowa mailboxes this week and those assessments came with a shock for many Iowans. The Quad City Times reported average increases of 8.5 percent in Scott County, WOWT noted increases of $55,000 on a residential property in Council...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
Did you fix my car?
I couldn't. There wasn't anything wrong with it.
I wish I'd have known that. I could have fixed it myself.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. Once upon a...