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Atalissa causes tempers to flare in governor’s office

By Jason Hancock 3/11/09

Rumors of Gov. Chet Culver’s temper are nothing new, but according to Cityview gossip columnist Civic Skinny, the recent discovery of worker abuse at Henry’s Turkey Service in Atalissa has pushed that temper into overdrive.
The newspaper received an e-mail from “a friend under the Golden Dome” detailing a testy exchange between Culver and U.S Sen. [...]

Lt. Gov. Judge as IDP chair?

By Jason Hancock 11/21/08

Civic Skinny, the political gossip column published every week in Des Moines’ alternative newsweekly (Cityview), says sources inside the Iowa Democratic Party expect Lt. Gov. Patty Judge to become the party’s next chair.
The idea, Skinny says, is that the move would bolster Gov. Chet Culver’s standing leading up to his re-election bid in 2010.

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