Not to be confused with funnel cake week which is in August at the State Fair. Do or die time for legislation.
Bills that would bring back TouchPlay machines and scrap Iowa's official English law appear headed for the Legislature's discard pile.
Proposals to require beer keg registration, create a statewide preschool program and allow cities to ban public smoking remain in the tall stack of bills that legislators plan to tackle during the second half of the 2007 session.
Legislation championed by organized labor and strongly opposed by business groups - allowing the collection of fees from nonunion workers for services provided by unions - remains a wild card.
You all know the words: I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill...
Nate covers HRC in DBQ for MyDD.
This week's email from Supervisor Rod Sullivan is highly quotable on Rick Dobyns' 21-bar referendum:
Regardless of how you feel on the issue, we all owe these two men a debt of gratitude. They are providing political cover for every council candidate. Now, every candidate, no matter how she feels, can simply say, "I will respect the results of the referendum."
I, for one, am tired of the dishonesty. I am tired of students not telling the whole truth. I am tired of bar owners not telling the whole truth. I am tired of Bud & Miller not telling the whole truth. Perhaps a public vote will put the issue to bed once and for all. Yes, we will get a huge student turnout. That is fine. Students have a right to vote.
Personally, I think the solutions to these problems require some huge cultural shifts. But the first step is honesty on all sides. We have not gotten that yet.
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