Brian Gongol: January 2012 Archives

Redistricting brought on by population shifts inside Polk County have put Bob Brownell and EJ Giovanetti in the same district. As the two Republicans on the county's board of supervisors, they didn't want to run against one another, so Giovanetti has decided not to run again. Regardless of one's politics, this should be seen as a loss for the county. He's a good person with a resume of volunteer contributions of his time that's so long, it looks like the work of five or six people. Undoubtedly, he'll continue to find ways to serve the community, but Giovanetti has long been the ideal kind of person to have serving in local government and it's too bad his voice will no longer be heard among the supervisors.
The bridge for Alice's Road (in Waukee) and 105th Street (in West Des Moines) has been approved for an interchange with Interstate 80. Long-time residents of West Des Moines might have a hard time swallowing the fact that West Des Moines street numbers now far exceed those of the City of Des Moines and are now approaching what used to be those of western Clive. But that westward expansion is now creating the incentive to make traffic out west more palatable, and while Waukee just hopes to have some kind of development spring up on the forthcoming Interstate access corridor, the mayor of West Des Moines says he's just happy that people will soon have a north-south travel alternative to Jordan Creek Parkway (74th Street).

Waukee is challenged commercially in the long term by the fact that the Interstate curves away from it -- so there are portions of Van Meter and De Soto that are more easily reached from West Des Moines via I-80 than most of Waukee.

Precinct

Location

Address

Delegates

Adams

Crossroads Church

18293 365th Street, Earlham, IA

11

Adel

ADM Elementary School

1608 Grove Street, Adel, IA

22

Clive

Shuler Elementary School

16400 Douglas Parkway, Clive, IA

36

Colfax/Adel

ADM Elementary School

1608 Grove Street, Adel, IA

11

Dallas

Dawson Fire Station

208 S First Street, Dawson, IA

3

Dallas Center

Memorial Hall

1502 Walnut Street, Dallas Center, IA

11

Des Moines

Woodward-Granger High School Auditorium

306 W. 3rd Street, Woodward, IA

9

DeSoto

DeSoto Intermediate School

317 Spruce Street, DeSoto, IA

6

Dexter/Union

Roundhouse

707 Dallas Street, Dexter, IA

9

Grant

Woodward-Granger Elementary School

2200 State Street, Granger, IA

13

Lincoln / Washington

Washington Township School

18930 210th Street, Minburn, IA

4

Linn

Washington Township School

18930 210th Street, Minburn, IA

5

Perry 1

Perry Elementary School

1600 8th Street, Perry, IA

8

Perry 2

Perry Elementary School

1600 8th Street, Perry, IA

8

Perry 3

Perry Elementary School

1600 8th Street, Perry, IA

8

Redfield

Washington Township School

18930 210th Street, Minburn, IA

5

Spring Valley / Beaver

Perry Elementary School

1600 8th Street, Perry, IA

7

Sugar Grove

United Methodist Church

705 Chestnut Street, Minburn, IA

6

Van Meter

Van Meter High School Cafeteria

520 1st Avenue, Van Meter, IA

18

Walnut / Grimes / Urbandale

Point of Grace Church

305 NE Dartmoor Drive, Waukee, IA

48

Waukee 1

Maple Grove Elementary School

1455 98th Street, West Des Moines, IA

15

Waukee 2

Waukee South Middle School

2350 Southeast LA Grant Parkway, Waukee, IA

11

Waukee 3

Point of Grace Church

305 NE Dartmoor Drive, Waukee, IA

26

Waukee 4

Walnut Hills Elementary School

4240 NW 156th Street, Urbandale, IA

32

West Des Moines 1

7 Flags Event Center

2100 NW 100th, Clive, IA

23

West Des Moines 2

7 Flags Event Center

2100 NW 100th, Clive, IA

35

West Des Moines 3 / Boone

Waukee High School Auditorium

555 SE University, Waukee, IA

21

 


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