Steve King

The manager who was sacked for being 'too successful'

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008

Lewes' decision to sack Steve King for getting promoted too often was actually quite sensible, and that says a lot about what's wrong with football

Iowa Independent: Steve King: Hey, Wait, American Chicks Are Hot, Too

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

U.S. Rep. Steve King, apparently unable to resist the lure of David Lee Roth's ode to Midwest farmers' daughters, is defending American women against increasing foreign encroachment into supermodeling. American chicks, reasons King, are hot enough to handle the supermodeling jobs in the States. That's why King, a Republican from Kiron [...]

Virtela taps Steve King for CEO slot

The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Network services company Virtela Inc. has hired Steve King to be its CEO, a position it hasn't had for years since the business was run by three president-level executives.

Immigration agency snubs state, says Rep. King

One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008

Immigration agency snubs state, says Rep. King By GARY HARMON The Daily Sentinel A report discussing the arrests of nearly 800 suspected illegal immigrants in the past year left open a question that state Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, wanted answered. He wasn't just denied an answer, though. He, and the state, got a snub from the federal Bureau [...]

Bleeding Heartland: Dream scenario: Steve King for governor

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008

Noneed4thneed noticed that Steve King (who represents Iowa's fifth district in Congress) spoke at the GOP's second district convention last weekend. He wonders whether King might be weighing a run for governor in 2010: http://commoniowan.blogspot.co... All I can say is, may it be so. I've been hoping that King would get bored [...]

Iowa Independent: Iowa Dems File Formal Complaint Over Comments On Steve King's Official Web Site

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan today filed a formal complaint with the House Ethics Committee regarding the political content currently published on U.S. Rep. Steve King's taxpayer-funded website. Iowa Independent first reported the presence on the official site of the highly partisan comments about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama [...]

Century of the Common Iowan: Did Steve King Kick off his run for Governor over the weekend?

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008

In cased you missed it, Rep. Steve King, who represents western Iowa, spoke at the 2nd District Convention in Iowa City on Saturday. This just might have been the kickoff to King's run for Governor. Some were surprised that King decided against running for Senate against Tom Harkin, [...]

Iowa Independent: COMMENTARY: McCain Should Give Steve King Road Show To Rally Base

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008

Western Iowa's firebrand conservative congressman Steve King is pitch-perfect with his party's base. With his selection of language and issues, the Kiron Republican has something of a political Midas touch with the rural right. And now he's in John McCain's corner. Which is no small thing for the [...]

Iowa Independent: What Is Steve King's Problem With The National Guard?

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008

Western Iowa Congressman Steve King, R-Kiron, is the only Hawkeye State lawmaker opposing a request to give the head of the National Guard a seat at the table with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Republican U.S. Sen Charles Grassley and U.S. Tom Latham both joined Democratic colleagues in supporting the measure [...]

Real Sporer: So just how right was Steve King?

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008

It appears that this week’s Hamas endorsement of Barack Obama has, yet again, ratified the accuracy of Steve King’s statements that radical Islam would be dancing in the streets if Obama wins. Hamas clearly understands what an Obama Presidency can do for them. [...]

Trophy treble possible for down

This is Bath (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Dogtown Odd Down will play CS Filos in the Twerton Park final of the Bath City Cup after a 2-0 semi-final success over Bath Arsenal. In the fifth meeting between the sides this season, first-half strikes from Glenn Witts and Steve King settled ...

This CAN'T Be Good: "Iowa judge rules English-only law applies to voter information and registration materials "

Walled-In Pond (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008

FYEIEIO: Back when only Iowans knew he was a jackass, Steve King championed an English-only law, which the state legislature adopted and Governor Tom Vilsack signed in 2002. Last year King (now the member of Congress representing Iowa's fifth district) sued the secretary of state's office for making voter registration materials available in five languages. A district judge agreed...

• This Isn't Good: "Iowa judge rules English-only law applies to voter information and registration" [My Left Wing - Front Page] - The Liberal Blog Network

State 29: Steve King 1, Des Moines Register 0

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008

From the Des Moines Register's Editorial Board in Saturday's paper:State lawmakers make laws. Judges interpret them. And Polk County District Judge Douglas Staskal recently had the opportunity to interpret one of the worst Iowa laws implemented in recent years: the Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act, which made English the state's [...]

State 29: Steve King 1, Democrats 0

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008

From the Des Moines Register:A Polk County judge has ordered Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro to stop using languages other than English in the state's official voter registration forms. District Judge Douglas Staskal ruled in favor of U.S. Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who sued state officials last year, [...]

Cyclone Conservatives: Big Win for Steve King, Big Loss For Chet Culver/Mike Mauro

BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008

Congressman Steve King scored a major legal battle and, if I might add, also a political battle today over Lug and his Secretary of State replacement Mike Mauro. Mr. King has clearly made it a priority to protect this very important law that he passed as a State Senator. [...]