Muscatine

Having read through this thread again and based on what I read or already know,  I'll stick with Openshaw.

I will try and make it to the event as I like ice cream even more than politics.

Nigel, If you do come by and see a tall ugly looking guy working the ice crem booth, please come up and shake his hand as I know he would be very honored to meet you.

Opie...not sure how or why you would know what profit the radio station made at anytime, but getting rid of most live on-air hosts, switching to automation like the FM side, and farming the news out to a braodcast service in another state that continually gives news reports from all over eastern Iowa as opposed to our local area sure would cause me not to spend money there if I were in business. So they got rid of their biggest overhead (people), and switched to automation.

BB, all the aforementioned things were decisions of the owners and not Hoppi.  He carried out their wishes and did it so well they kept him on for so many years.

Likewise, there were always many more people involved in the coordination of the food and toy drives that occurred. But one only thinks of Hoppi because he was always in front of the microphone on the radio/commercials and seen in photos in the Journal. Easy to assume. And I have known him for over 30 years.

Thank you, that is exactly my point.  Because of his commitment and contacts with TanTara, Kreigers, Hy-Vee, the Salvation Army and other entities he has been able to consistantly over the years put this event on and make it successful.  This is a quality I find positive in a candidate.

I will try to do that, but you have to promise not to be offended if I pick you out as the "tall ugly looking guy".