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Des Moines Power Grab: GOP Alternative to SILO Takeover

By zach ⋅ April 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I wrote here regarding the current attempt in Des Moines to move the SILO tax into the state sales tax and the lack of guarantees for where the money will be used as well as the destruction of the ‘local option.’ It appears that Iowa Senate GOP members have come up with an alternative which [...]

Perspective on Gas Prices

By zach ⋅ April 17, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Gas took a flying leap today here in Cedar Rapids with prices ending up between $3.41-$3.55 per gallon. An article I was reading regarding one gas station having an influx of customers right before the spike had an interesting little chart generator for gas/oil price data. I created a chart that shows 60-months with of [...]

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