One Year Ago Today . . .
Dear Friends, One year ago today, Iowans rallied at the Polk County Courthouse to support landowners suing state government over the abuse of eminent domain to build the Dakota Access Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Weekly Updates
Vote NO! on Sales Tax Hike
Hi Folks — Before I tell you about the proposed sales tax hike in Polk County, please check out conversations with my excellent guests from this week’s Fallon Forum. Bleeding Continue Reading →
Democrats Need Corporate-style Shake-up
Dear Friends, In an unfortunate holdover from primitive times, instinct often inclines humans to believe serious problems aren’t that bad. “That smoking volcano will never blow its top and bury Continue Reading →
Gala doesn’t connect with most Iowans
Dear Friends, Maybe the Iowa Democratic Party’s (IDP) big annual event was a success in terms of generating funds for the Party and enthusiasm for its candidates. But in several Continue Reading →
Chickens Win Big on Election Day
Dear Friends, The election winners in the City of Boone last night were . . . wait for it . . . CHICKENS! Of all the surprising and encouraging election Continue Reading →
Vote Next Tuesday!
Dear Friends, Kirsten Anderson is my guest on Monday’s Fallon Forum at 11:30 a.m. Kirsten’s the former Iowa Senate Republican caucus staffer who received a $1.75 million settlement in the high-profile lawsuit that exposed the “boys’ Continue Reading →
Wanted: Bold Iowans
Dear Friends, I’m writing with an urgent appeal. Since March of 2016, Bold Iowa has been a key leader on climate change and eminent domain. In fact, our work is recognized Continue Reading →
Sinking the Santa Maria
Dear Friends, [Please come to the trial for Emma Schmit and Mahmud Fitil, pipeline fighters arrested last fall for blocking construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline during Bold Iowa‘s Farmers Defense Continue Reading →
Illinois Supreme Court gets it right on eminent domain
Dear Friends, As the battle against the Dakota Access pipeline moves from countryside to courtroom, from protest to litigation, pipeline opponents in Iowa have yet another reason to be optimistic. Continue Reading →
Fleeing Irma
Dear Friends, Sometimes I just wanna scream. (OK, sometimes I do, though never loud enough to wake the neighbors or chickens.) HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO WE NEED!!? (Caps, bold, italics Continue Reading →