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Johnson County voters determine fate of local-option sales tax today

By Chase Martyn 5/5/09

Voters in Johnson County today are weighing a 1-percent local-option sales tax to pay for reconstruction in the wake of last year’s massive flood.

Fallon to Moderate ‘Project Destiny’ Discussion

By Lynda Waddington 7/5/07

Former Iowa legislator and 2006 gubernatorial candidate Ed Fallon will be in control of the microphone this Friday morning, replacing Jan Mickelson as host of the radio personality’s talk show.
During the show, broadcast in central Iowa on Newsradio 1040 WHO and in eastern Iowa on AM 600 WMT, Fallon will moderate a discussion between opposing [...]

Tax and Guest Speaker Have More Than Vision in Common

By Lynda Waddington 6/19/07

On July 10 residents of Polk, Dallas and Warren counties will head to the polls and decide the fate of “Yes to Destiny,” a proposed local option sales tax. Next Tuesday residents will have an opportunity to listen to one of the founders of the economic model upon which the plan was built. The speaker [...]

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