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Friday, 18 May 2012 Zata|3’s 5’10” power forward Daniel Harden, turned in a solid performance last night in the church league basketball tournament but it More... |
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Thursday, 17 May 2012 Charles Richardson departs Friday at first light for Nashville, TN and a weekend seminar with TN state legislative candidates and their campaign More... |
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 Butch Brown wins Democratic Runoff in Natchez with 56% of vote. Zata|3 salutes Butch Brown for his impressive win as he moves onto the general More... |
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Friday, 11 May 2012 We’ve been calling all week in Texas with reminders about early voting opportunities. This year more 36 states will have some form of early More... |
zata|3 featured case study
Background
The 1st Congressional district of Iowa is located in the northeastern portion of the state and spans a stretch of the Mississippi River well over 100 miles long. Congressman Bruce Braley was elected to Iowa’s 1st Congressional district in 2006, becoming the first Democrat to hold the 1st district seat for almost three decades. In early June however, an event that transcends politics occurred as the waters of the upper Mississippi River rose and flooded a large portion of eastern Iowa. This natural disaster unofficially coined “Iowa’s Katrina”, lasted for almost an entire month. The devastation was catastrophic, yielding over 7 billion dollars in damages and destroying lines of communication and supply across the state.
The Need
Congressman Braley needed a program to quickly contact members of his district affected by the flooding. He sought to alert them of the different services available to...
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