by Rockne Cole | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog, Commentary
Iowa City lost a legend last week. On October 2, 2019, Clemens Allen Erdahl died at the age of 71, just short of his 72nd birthday. Clemens served on the Iowa City Council from 1977-1985 and practiced law for more than 40 years, representing some of the most difficult...
by Rockne Cole | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
I have been relatively pleased with this fall’s city council election. The candidates have been focused on the issues, and at least publicly, negativity has been relatively modest. I don’t care if that is how politics is done at the state and federal...
by Rockne Cole | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog
On a seemingly boring, but actually very interesting topic… traffic lane widths. Tonight, we did not have too many dramatic topics, but we had an interesting discussion during our work session on lane widths in residential neighborhoods, and arterial streets....
by Rockne Cole | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
On saving regenerative agriculture in Johnson County… On Thursday, September 14, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors will be considering Grant Schultz’ application to rezone Versaland from Agriculture to Agricultural Residential. Hearing begins at 5:30...
by Rockne Cole | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
Last summer, I read “The Permaculture City” by Toby Hemenway. “Permaculture” is a system of food systems design which uses Earth’s natural systems as its model. Hemenway’s magnum opus was “Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to...
by Rockne Cole | Jan 2, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
On “Sanctuary Cities”… A lot of people have been asking questions about our discussion on whether Iowa City should formally adopt the “Sanctuary City” designation as a response to the President-Elect’s campaign promises relating to...
