Rod Boshart

I formerly managed the Cedar Rapids Gazette's Des Moines bureau until I retired at the end of 2021.

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I keep hearing people say they cut property taxes. Anybody else check their September statement? It didn’t happen, in part because valuations jumped. If it did go down you might think about sprucing things up a bit.

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It always blew me away that oppo-research folks existed to dig up dirt, functioning under a premise that‘this mud ain’t gonna sling itself’ and I wondered (obviously it’s the money) what brought them to a career path where the downs are ups. Anyway, this is their time to shine.

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Hell hath been unleashed! Oh wait, early voting is underway? That explains why commercial TV has become insufferable.

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@tedcruz Wait didn’t this happen in the spring, summer and fall of 2020? Is a side effect of COVID memory loss? I had it for two weeks last summer. Am I missing something about who was in charge when the pandemic was running rampant?

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@iowafuel @ChuckGrassley All interesting but like I originally said I paid $2.49 for E85

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@iowafuel @ChuckGrassley I thought there was still a state tax subsidy for ethanol blended fuel in Iowa

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@iowafuel I thought there still was a state tax subsidy for ethanol blended fuel in Iowa

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@thehill @HerschelWalker I thought this was another thing about Jan. 6 and presidential pardons

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I’ve never worked in broadcast so I don’t know what that’s all about but there must be decent money in endorsement messaging (sports betting topped $200 M in Iowa last month) that even the family values crowd is cashing in

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OK, I don’t get the IRS agents campaign ad. Is it assumed that we’re all tax cheats and that’s why it resonates? Also, what’s with wearing black suits in a cornfield? Do you know how itchy corn dust is?

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In a previous life I reported on state budgets/economic trends but perhaps the biggest untold story was how much pain and suffering was avoided by the billion$ of bipartisan federal COVID relief that aided people who lost their jobs, kept businesses open and funded so many needs.

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@RepKatiePorter Wow. I’ve sat through a lot of government financial presentations. That really cut to the chase.

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Rule of thumb for watching paid campaign ads: if I think to myself that can’t be true’ it usually isn’t, especially if the message is from some outside group I’ve never heard of trying to tell me how I should vote by peddling fear and misinformation.

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@ShawGOP The same can be said for some of the recent tax policy decisions but this is getting back more money that people paid in at a bigger percent than normal. Plus it is coupled with a rare cut in Medicare premiums. At a time of double digit private rate hikes don’t soft peddle that.

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@IowaGOP Couldn’t agree more. As a father of four one of the toughest lessons to teach kids was how to lose graciously, to shake hands with an opponent after a tough battle and do it with class and dignity. It’s a tough lesson to learn but something that will serve them well as an adult.

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@okayhenderson @IowaGOP @harriethageman @Liz_Cheney Stellar coverage as always, Kay. Any talk about rule of law? That was always a big theme in the past.

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@RandPaul Who would you study since COVID and boosters did not previously exist?

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@jamesqlynch Congratulations on a job well done. I can attest to that. Time to decompress and embrace new directions.

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@Jim_Jordan Just paid $2.99 a gallon for E-85 fuel on 6-3-2022