Dems’ caucus review panel a joke
Dear Friends, Last fall, Dr. Andy McGuire, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP), approached me to discuss how to build a bridge to progressives and other disaffected voters who’d left the IDP. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Ed Fallon
Cars Matter More Than Kids
Dear Friends, My birthday is next week, and in the great tradition of Hobbits – who instead of receiving gifts on their birthdays give them – I’m offering four of you Continue Reading →
Pipeline Opponents Will Continue Fight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3:00 p.m. CST – Thursday, February 11, 2016 Contact: Ed Fallon, 515-238-6404 or fallonforum@gmail.com Kathy Holdefer, 515-491-8468 or kholdefer@hotmail.com State Rep. Dan Kelley, (641) 521-9260 or dan.kelley@legis.iowa.gov Pam & Bill Alexander, (641) 682-5905 or wha-lex55@hotmail.com Pipeline Opponents Will Continue Continue Reading →
Copters for Kids
Dear Friends, {Check out and “like” my Facebook Page for pics, videos and impressions of the presidential candidates . . . and for updates on my exploits with chickens and Continue Reading →
Could cheap gas kill the pipeline?
Dear Friends,
Dr. Charles Goldman makes his inaugural appearance on KDLF 1260 AM this week. I always enjoy co-hosting with Charles – especially when he’s wrong, i.e., when we disagree, as we do on at least one of this week’s topics.
Here’s the line-up:
Frank Cordaro talks about why the World Food Prize remains a target for activists opposed to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and why some members of Occupy the World Food Prize got arrested again this year.
– Gas for $1.99 per gallon looks good to most Americans. But what are the broader political consequences? Does it mean increased carbon pollution as Americans drive more? Does it also mean Big Oil won’t be able to justify the cost of building new pipelines and extracting oil from tar sands?
– Has the insurance industry rigged the Affordable Care Act so that state cooperatives, such as Iowa’s CoOportunity Health, are guaranteed to fail? Bonus question: Has unlimited spending by health-care corporations on elections and lobbyists rendered Congress a wholly-owned or merely partially-owned subsidiary of the Drug-Insurance-Medical (DIM) Complex? Continue Reading →
Walking the (pipe)line
Dear Friends, I have one request of you this week: Please forward this message to at least one media contact and your personal and/or professional network. Help get the word Continue Reading →