There may yet be action on the civil rights bill, says the Register. Apparantly some of the transgender language was a sticking point; does weakening that shift just enough votes?
There's less chance on changing the unworkable, ineffective 2000 foot law:
"They're just afraid to take action, and the people of Iowa should be ashamed," said Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald. "It's absolutely politics at its worst."
Also dead is public campaign finance. USA Today reports:
Only 7.3% of 2006 tax returns filed from Jan. 1 to April 14 designated a $3 contribution to the public campaign-financing system, according to data the Internal Revenue Service prepared for USA TODAY.
Folks are still buying into the fallacy that public finance is "a taxpayer subsidy for politicians," and VOICE advocates should see this session as the first step in a very, very long public education effort.
The Overrated One writes about progress and/or lack thereof this session and has a few salient points, despite the patronizing use of the term hotheads to describe progressive Dems. I'll take a double-shot latte, Dave.
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