Iowa CCI Delivers Letter to Terrace Hill

On Saturday morning, members of Iowa CCI took a break from their statewide convention and headed to Terrace Hill to deliver a letter to Gov. Culver.

Culver promised back in March to continue pushing the issues of local control of hog confinements, clean water, and Voter Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE). Even though, Culver has done a tremendous job responding the the needs of Iowans following the floods, he has done little since March on these important issues.

Here's the press release from Iowa CCI...

As the election season heats up in Iowa, more than 200 Iowans gathered at Terrace
Hill Saturday, July 19 to rally, protest and deliver a letter to Governor Culver, telling him to end his vacation and get to work on critical issues affecting thousands of everyday Iowans: local control, Voter Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE), the rights of all workers and consumer protections. The protest was part of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s annual statewide convention, of which the theme was, “Real People, Real Power, Real Change.”

“It’s up to Governor Culver to use the power of his office to make things happen – he’s the state’s Chief Executive,” said CCI member and Board President Barb Kalbach from Dexter. “But he is failing Iowans who elected him and who he is supposed to represent. He has been ‘on vacation’ for the last two legislative sessions, and his ignoring of everyday Iowans and our issues has to stop – it’s time for him to get to work.”

CCI member Misti Craig of Des Moines said, “We deserve as everyday Iowans to govern what happens at the statehouse. We will show the governor and our legislators that we are a powerful voting bloc on these issues and cannot be ignored.”

Unfortunately, Gov. Culver was unavailable and couldn't come out and talk