What’s a Federal Government To Do?
This afternoon, my post about Iowa considering raising the Gas Tax to help pay for flood recovery was clicked into by someone on the “house.gov” network… that is, someone probably working in some congressperson’s office took a look at the...Gas Tax to Pay For Flood Damage?
Legislative Leaders in Iowa are continuing to talk about a special session of the General Assembly, which makes sense. The Governor is doing a good job of expressing the need to prioritize working on the current relief effort AND establishing a solid assessment of the...
In Other News…
Speaking of disasters, California is 49th from the last state to allow homosexuals to marry. Lots of back and forth on this… listened to some interesting discussion on the radio this afternoon (Steve Deace on WHO-AM) regarding who’s at fault… the...Red Cross Needs Money
The American Red Cross has depleted its Disaster Relief Fund. According to KCCI-TV: Red Cross senior vice president of Disaster Services said the fund has been depleted over the past few years in the absence of large-scale disasters that bring attention to the...Congressional Conservationists Corraling Resources
Not that anyone should be shocked, but definitely frustrated, but today’s Washington Post provides some insight to the plans of Congress with regard to converting more and more land over to federal protection control. You know what’s scary? If this had...Continued Flooding in Iowa – Updated Friday @ 10:00 PM
*** This Post will remain as a sticky until midday Saturday June 21. *** We decided to put a fresh post up. The prior running post should be just below. Useful flood-related links can be found in the sidebar. The Floods Of 2008 – Other Postings > High School...
Tim Russert – RIP
In the midst of all the activity yesterday, I failed to acknowledge the passing of Tim Russert. He had a sudden heart attach at work Friday. I have watched Tim over the years, and although I sometimes through he pursued issues that were not relevant, he was a man of...Des Moines To Lift General Evacuation at 6:00 PM
(3:30 PM) Mayor Cownie of Des Moines has just announced that based on assessments just completed a short while ago, at 6:00 PM today, they plan to discontinue the curfew and general evacuations in the flood plain, with the exception of the Birdland area. They will...Iowa General Assembly May Return
Already, Democrats (including Governor Culver) are talking about the General Assembly holding a special session in response to the flooding in Iowa. We better have a good reason to do this. It will cost money we don’t have. On the other hand, there may be...Stay in Touch
