Politics
United Airlines Unions: More Bodies
How many United Airlines employees does it take to assist in the deplaning? (No jetway, using stairs, small plane with plane side luggage check.) Answer: 7. A look inside the airline industry and why they are broke.
Des Moines Power Grab: GOP Alternative to SILO Takeover
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 [...]
Des Moines Power Grab: Local? Option?
Not to long ago we went through the annoying process of voting for a local option sales tax known as the SILO tax which was meant to be used for school infrastructure funding. Linn and Johnson counties were the last two in the state to pass this new tax after it was generally approved by [...]
Perspective on Gas Prices
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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