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Bikes, What Are They Good For? (in Iowa City Patch)

Nicholas Johnson
May 17, 2013

As we look back on "Bike to Work Week" we should be thinking about bikes' advantages over automobiles for most of the trips we take around town.

The Morning After . . . (in Iowa City Patch)

Nicholas Johnson
May 8, 2013

Early, pre-vote thoughts on what to do next, in the unlikely event the Justice Center didn't get enough votes once again, over night became become quite relevant.

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Somewhere Between Bizarre and Outrageous

Nicholas Johnson
May 6, 2013

That President Obama would appoint as his FCC Chair someone who lobbies the FCC, Congress, and the White House on behalf of communications companies is outrageous.

Justice Center Proponents' Logic's Faulty (in Iowa City Patch)

Nicholas Johnson
Apr 27, 2013

There was a day when creative Johnson County citizens refused to accept that "There Is No Alternative" to a challenge. The Justice Center requires no less.

Credit: Iowa's County Courthouses, https://iowacourthouses.wordpress.com/

McCarragher vs. Johnson: Detached Criminal Justice Center? (in Iowa City Patch)

Nicholas Johnson
Apr 17, 2013

Following the Justice Center debate, with vote to come May 7? You should be. There's lots at stake. Two lawyers face off on some of the issues.

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Vote 'No' to Justice Center; 'Yes' to Courthouse, Detached Criminal Facility (Blog) (in Iowa City Patch)

Nicholas Johnson
Apr 12, 2013

There's a happy, win-win approach to Johnson County's courts and jail needs that is well within reach. Let's grab it.

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Crony Capitalism's Failures: Iowa City Style (Blog) (in Iowa City Patch)

Nicholas Johnson
Apr 10, 2013

Iowa and Iowa City bet $14.2 million from taxpayers on Nadicom. We'd have been better off if they'd just taken our money to the Riverside Casino.

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Are the Iowa Universities' Stations No Longer 'Educational'? (Blog)

Nicholas Johnson
Apr 10, 2013

The FCC gave Iowa's state universities special privilege radio licenses, because their stations would be (a) "educational" and (b) "non-commercial." They're neither.