Tornquist Topics

• 06/07/09 E-Letter (Updated Website)
• 04/05/09 E-Letter (State Budget Issues, NIACC Football, and Term Limits)
• 02/11/09 E-Letter (Taxes)
• 01/18/09 E-Letter (Preliminary Budget for FY 2010)

• 08/17/08 E-Letter (Winnebago River Levee)
• 07/09/08 E-Letter (NI Youth Center Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary)
• 06/21/08 E-Letter (Flood Aftermath; State to Set FEMA Buyout Priorities and Restrictions)
• 04/08/08 E-Letter (Band Shell; Hotel/Motel Tax; Delaware Bridge)
• 03/10/08 E-Letter (Vision Mason City; Ag Breakfast; Washington DC Contingent)
• 01/25/08 E-Letter (Instructional Use Levy; Al Zook Caring Bridge)
• 12/02/07 E-Letter (Goal Setting Session, Funding Request For Senior Activity Center)
• 11/02/07 E-Letter (Library Bond Referendum)
• 10/04/07 E-Letter (Welcome Martin-Brower!)
• 09/05/07 E-Letter (Embracing Change, Tornquist Blog Up and Running)
• 07/16/07 E-Letter (Vision Iowa & Library Referendum Implications)
• 07/02/07 E-Letter (Downtown Comprehensive Plan, Mason City Comprehensive Plan, Sex Offender Review Committee Submits New Ordinance)
• 05/09/07 E-Letter (Community Priorities)
• 03/12/07 E-Letter (Health Insurance Premiums for City Employees)
• 02/26/07 E-Letter (Downtown Plan and Retal Task Force Findings)
• 01/31/07 E-Letter (More on the Budget)
• 01/22/07 E-Letter (Budget Update)
• 01/05/07 E-Letter (Looking Ahead into 2007)
• 12/12/06 E-Letter (Sex Offender Review Committee)
• 11/15/06 E-Letter (19th Street Overpass, Crime Stoppers of NI)
• 10/16/06 E-Letter (19th Street Overpass, Council Goal Setting Session, Next Budget Cycle)
• 09/10/06 E-Letter (Smoking Ban, Water Tower, Administrator/Police Chief Search Processes, Park Watch Program)
• 08/21/06 E-Letter (Upcoming Task Force Meetngs, Administrator/Police Chief Search Processes)
• 07/10/06 E-Letter (Sex Offender Citizens Task Force, Planning for Community Growth)
• 06/12/06 E-Letter (Central Park, Administrator Search, Jake Brake Ordinance)
• 05/10/06 E-Letter (Neighborhoods)
• 04/09/06 E-Letter (TIF Financing/Downtown Revitalization)
• 03/16/06 E-Letter (Sump Pump Ordinance)
• 02/13/06 E-Letter (Proposed Budget: Impact on the Average Citizen)
• 01/23/06 E-Letter (Orientation with City Departments, Budget Hearings)
• 01/10/06 E-Letter (Budget, Hy-Vee/Drugtown Project, Sex Offender Residency Restrictions)
• 12/30/05 E-Letter (Short Term Goals)

About

These newsletters are responses to various issues that were occurring at the time of writing.  Many of the ideas that I have expressed through these newsletters still apply, I encourage you to read through those that focus on problems that interest you, and to catch up on the most recent letter.