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Caroline DieterleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632811768112215716.post-61966748116317168442013-03-21T07:45:00.004-07:002013-03-21T09:22:54.092-07:00Reactions to the ICPD Recruitment Video<div class="refreshRedisplayComments" style="text-align: left;">
Here are some reactions to the posting of the Iowa City Police Department's recruiting video, produced by City Channel 4, found at <a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/This-is-actual-department-made-recruitment-video-for-Iowa-City-Police-Department-Proving-once-for-all-that-steroids-filmmaking-are-not-a-good-mix?cpp=1" target="_blank">http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/This-is-actual-department-made-recruitment-video-for-Iowa-City-Police-Department-Proving-once-for-all-that-steroids-filmmaking-are-not-a-good-mix?cpp=1</a><br />
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At the recommendation of the Diversity Committee of the Human Relations Commission of Iowa City the video has very recently been removed from the police department's website, but can be found at <a href="http://twoatthefringe.blogspot.com/2013/03/ladies-and-gentlemen-welcome-to-icpd.html" target="_blank">http://twoatthefringe.blogspot.com/2013/03/ladies-and-gentlemen-welcome-to-icpd.html</a></div>
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At least it was short.</div>
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<a href="http://www.fark.com/users/Because%20People%20in%20power%20are%20Stupid" id="cu83117134" target="_blank">Because People in power are Stupid</a> <a href="http://www.fark.com/totalfarksignup" target="_top"><img alt="[TotalFark]" class="tfbadge" height="11" src="http://img.fark.net/images/2003/totalfark.gif" title="[TotalFark]" width="54" /></a> </div>
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<a href="http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/2238617/rodney-king-o.gif" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everybody knows that cops don't like to just walk around all day or do training exercises...</a></div>
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I liked the part where the cop had to sponge vomit out of the backseat of his patrol car.</div>
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I bet they actually paid a "videographer" for this and he went to town with his cracked copy of Sony Vegas</div>
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With a soundtrack that really makes you think, bro.<br />
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"Do you want it?" is bad-ass enough,.<br />
But then switch it up with "Do you need it?"???<br />
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They don't write 'em like that any more, bro. F'kin PUMPED. Seriously!</div>
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Among the other
shining examples of ill-conceived concepts that this film champions, I
like how wrapping a stop sign in caution tape is "professional" and
walking down a sidewalk and riding a bike down some stairs
are "progressive." However, the solarized landscape near the end sold it
for me. Where the fark do I sign up to police such a post-apocalyptic
hellscape?<br />
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<small>/Needed some zombies and hippy bashing.</small></div>
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<a href="http://www.fark.com/users/Jim%20from%20Saint%20Paul" id="cu83117934" target="_blank">Jim from Saint Paul</a> <a href="http://www.fark.com/totalfarksignup" target="_top"><img alt="[TotalFark]" class="tfbadge" height="11" src="http://img.fark.net/images/2003/totalfark.gif" title="[TotalFark]" width="54" /></a> </div>
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Only truly awful thing was the whole "ELITE" scene.<br />
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One guy pointing a gun, 2 standing aroun behind him with hands on hips and another holding a door open with his off hand.<br />
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Yeah. Elite.</div>
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You too can be a douchbag of one, join the police today.</div>
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Eh, a bit
over-blown. I live in Iowa City and didn't know about the, ahem, 'elite'
stuff. Usually it's more of the keystone cops variety of elite. On the
upside, I've actually worked with one of the cops in that video; good
guy.</div>
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Training exercises and busting college kids. ELITE.</div>
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Needs more cowbell.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117894#c83117894" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seelorq</a>:</b> <i>Among
the other shining examples of ill-conceived concepts that this film
champions, I like how wrapping a stop sign in caution tape is
"professional" and walking down a sidewalk and riding a bike down some
stairs are "progressive." However, the solarized landscape near the end
sold it for me. Where the fark do I sign up to police such a
post-apocalyptic hellscape?<br /><br />/Needed some zombies and hippy bashing.</i><br />
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Why do I think I'd catch a good ass-beating/fine if I ever rode a bike down stairs in front of a cop?</div>
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Where are the clips that show them shooting dogs and people?</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83118134#c83118134" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gfbabbitt</a>:</b> <i>Eh,
a bit over-blown. I live in Iowa City and didn't know about the, ahem,
'elite' stuff. Usually it's more of the keystone cops variety of elite.
On the upside, I've actually worked with one of the cops in that video;
good guy.</i><br />
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Have you pointed out to him that the video doesn't
exactly show cops in a good, or even useful, light? You should probably
do that.</div>
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If you have POLICE written all over you in bright yellow, what's the point of camouflage?</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83119401#c83119401" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wellreadneck</a>:</b> <i>If you have POLICE written all over you in bright yellow, what's the point of camouflage?</i><br />
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Because without it they <big><b>WOULDN'T LOOK AS</b> <b>X-TREME!!!!</b></big></div>
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I see they managed
to work in some shots of the single woman on the force. They should
rescheduled the shoot for the day the black guy wasn't out on vacation
though. You should have at least one minority on screen when displaying
"progressive".<br />
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/the "elite" guy looks kind of drunk</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117894#c83117894" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seelorq</a>:</b> <i>Among
the other shining examples of ill-conceived concepts that this film
champions, I like how wrapping a stop sign in caution tape is
"professional" and walking down a sidewalk and riding a bike down some
stairs are "progressive." However, the solarized landscape near the end
sold it for me. Where the fark do I sign up to police such a
post-apocalyptic hellscape?<br /><br />/Needed some zombies and hippy bashing.</i><br />
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I kept thinking "each of these needs an asterisk with small text at the bottom reading 'video unrelated'".</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83119401#c83119401" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wellreadneck</a>:</b> <i>If you have POLICE written all over you in bright yellow, what's the point of camouflage?</i><br />
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I'd
imagine that the company who made it does most of their business in the
form of mass produced camo for the military and/or hunters. When our
local department looked at buying new gear all the forest camo stuff was
cheaper than the SOCOM black style stuff. The pricing seemed to be
winter/forest/jungle is the cheapest, then desert, then solid black/dark
blue, and urban camo is the most expensive.<br />
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/we went with off the shelf "Finnish ski trooper" camo and then had a local company do the 'Police" markings.<br />
//on the town council so I saw all the paperwork to approve it, not a cop</div>
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No officer, I do not consent to a search. Am I free to go? Or are you detaining me?</div>
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I wonder if they got permission to use that song. They sure didnt give any credits.<br />
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/but if your 14 year old downloads a bieber ---> eleventy billion dollars plox.</div>
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The song said "open the door," and at the exact same time, the guys in the video opened a door.<br />
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These guys are wizards.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117934#c83117934" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim from Saint Paul</a>:</b> <i>Only truly awful thing was the whole "ELITE" scene.<br /><br />One guy pointing a gun, 2 standing aroun behind him with hands on hips and another holding a door open with his off hand.<br /><br />Yeah. Elite.</i><br />
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Don't forget the awkward and late entry by the second guy in the very next scene.</div>
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It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83119609#c83119609" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ha-ha-guy</a>:</b> <i>I
see they managed to work in some shots of the single woman on the
force. They should rescheduled the shoot for the day the black guy
wasn't out on vacation though. You should have at least one minority on
screen when displaying "progressive".<br /><br />/the "elite" guy looks kind of drunk</i><br />
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What they need to do is hire a female minority... kill 2 birds with one stone that way.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83120487#c83120487" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JPINFV</a>:</b> <i>ha-ha-guy:
I see they managed to work in some shots of the single woman on the
force. They should rescheduled the shoot for the day the black guy
wasn't out on vacation though. You should have at least one minority on
screen when displaying "progressive".<br /><br />/the "elite" guy looks kind of drunk<br /><br />What they need to do is hire a female minority... kill 2 birds with one stone that way.</i><br />
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That just seems flashy.</div>
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They should get
over themselves. It is a college town. All they do is bust kids for
public intoxication. Also being used to Chicago cops that tend to not
give a f I found them to be compete dicks when I lived there. And go
Hawkeyes!</div>
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I'm not exactly a
prison planet reading, ron paul supporting,
anonymous-in-a-guy-fawles-mask wack job, but I do think all of this
paramilitary tactical business is a bit unnerving. They're the police,
not the secret police.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83120173#c83120173" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fickenchucker</a>:</b> <i>It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br /><br />http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page</i><br />
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I gotta admit that is a cool cop website.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83118853#c83118853" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FormlessOne</a>:</b> <i>gfbabbitt:
Eh, a bit over-blown. I live in Iowa City and didn't know about the,
ahem, 'elite' stuff. Usually it's more of the keystone cops variety of
elite. On the upside, I've actually worked with one of the cops in that
video; good guy.<br /><br />Have you pointed out to him that the video
doesn't exactly show cops in a good, or even useful, light? You should
probably do that.</i><br />
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Agreed! Especially as he's one of the cops I know who's interested in mental health issues (my field)....</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117631#c83117631" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kendoway</a>:</b> <i>I liked the part where the cop had to sponge vomit out of the backseat of his patrol car.</i><br />
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Cops don't do that, Jail trustees do.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83123474#c83123474" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caspertoo</a>:</b> <i>fickenchucker: It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br /><br />http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page<br /><br />I gotta admit that is a cool cop website.</i><br />
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An outside ad agency did it pro bono.<br />
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Cops
aren't known for their mad graphic arts skills, so unless someone wants
to do projects for them, they have to struggle with some sergeant or
captain spearheading things on old PCs.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83120173#c83120173" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fickenchucker</a>:</b> <i>It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br /><br />http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page</i><br />
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They really love their assault weapon rifles.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83125989#c83125989" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jigger</a>:</b> <i>fickenchucker: It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br /><br />http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page<br /><br />They really love their assault weapon rifles.</i><br />
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<br />
You would, too, if you wandered certain areas of Milwaukee.</div>
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I have a buddy
getting out of the military soon and he wants to pursue a career in law
enforcement. I've tried, unsuccessfully, to dissuade them.</div>
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"KNOW YOUR DOPE
FIEND. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! You will not be able to see his eyes
because of the Tea-Shades, but his knuckles will be white from inner
tension and his pants will be crusted with semen from constantly jacking
off when he can't find a rape victim. He will stagger and babble when
questioned. He will not respect your badge. The Dope Fiend fears
nothing. He will attack, for no reason, with every weapon at his
command-including yours. BEWARE. Any officer apprehending a suspected
marijuana addict should use all necessary force immediately. One stitch
in time (on him) will usually save nine on you. Good luck."<br />
-The Chief</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83125989#c83125989" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jigger</a>:</b> <i>They really love their<b> assault weapon rifles</b>.</i><br />
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Is
this akin to that image where they show multiple different firearms
(rifles, assault rifles, pistols...) and all are labeled "assault
rifle"?</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83124454#c83124454" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">burber</a>:</b> <i>[blog.stevienova.com image 200x142]</i><br />
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MORE STAR WIPE</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83118512#c83118512" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">numbone</a>:</b> <i>Needs more cowbell.</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117934#c83117934" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim from Saint Paul</a>:</b> <i>Only truly awful thing was the whole "ELITE" scene.<br /><br />One guy pointing a gun, 2 standing aroun behind him with hands on hips and another holding a door open with his off hand.<br /><br />Yeah. Elite.</i><br />
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...and the whole "door open" strategy was really a "get your point man just absolutely lit up with bullets" strategy.</div>
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I'm glad they're
dispensing with the ridiculous myth that police are supposed to be a
positive and benevolent part of the civic and community fabric, and
instead are portraying the reality that they are an adversarial
paramilitary combat squad which will be brutally inflicted upon all of
us.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117754#c83117754" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bugmn99</a>:</b> <i>With a soundtrack that really makes you think, bro.<br /><br />"Do you want it?" is bad-ass enough,.<br />But then switch it up with "Do you need it?"???<br /><br />They don't write 'em like that any more, bro. F'kin PUMPED. Seriously!</i><br />
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Dude! It was the theme song for Wrestlemania 23 so you know it's farking extreme!<br />
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/Also
noticed how these guys enter doors fully facing their target instead of
standing sideways. Where did these guys learn their tactics, WoW raids?</div>
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There is no way
this is a real recruiting video. It's a home-made job done by an
absolute beginner. Poorly edited and with every transition and effect he
could find in his little tin-pot freeware video editing program.
Probably some kid who has a hard-on for police work trying to attract
some attention. I hope you guys checked your sources before publishing
this, as a professional TV news editor I will guarantee you, you've been
had.</div>
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I bet this video will recruit a ton of cops in 1997.<br />
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<br />
needs star wipe.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83129369#c83129369" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rocknews</a>:</b> <i>There
is no way this is a real recruiting video. It's a home-made job done by
an absolute beginner. Poorly edited and with every transition and
effect he could find in his little tin-pot freeware video editing
program. Probably some kid who has a hard-on for police work trying to
attract some attention. I hope you guys checked your sources before
publishing this, as a professional TV news editor I will guarantee you,
you've been had.</i><br />
<br />
<b>It's on the department's <a href="http://www.icgov.org/?id=1899" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.</b><br />
<br />
As
"a professional TV news editor" you should "check it out" before you
make statements like that, which really make you look like an idiot.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83129453#c83129453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oh_Enough_Already</a>:</b> <i>As
"a professional TV news editor" you should "check it out" before you
make statements like that, which really make you look like an idiot.</i><br />
<br />
That's why he's the editor and not the reporter.</div>
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Then I feel sorry for the department, its officers and the taxpayers who are funding this garbage.</div>
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Oh man, did you
see it when, and then that, but it really went-- blam, fark, canines,
paperwork, drills, fark yeah!! In motherfarkin' I.O.W.A.<br />
<br />
Also ...<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83129453#c83129453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oh_Enough_Already</a>:</b> <i>rocknews:
There is no way this is a real recruiting video. It's a home-made job
done by an absolute beginner. Poorly edited and with every transition
and effect he could find in his little tin-pot freeware video editing
program. Probably some kid who has a hard-on for police work trying to
attract some attention. I hope you guys checked your sources before
publishing this, as a professional TV news editor I will guarantee you,
you've been had.<br /><br />It's on the department's website.<br /><br />As "a
professional TV news editor" you should "check it out" before you make
statements like that, which really make you look like an idiot.</i><br />
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<img alt="www.allfordmustangs.com" height="292" src="http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/attachments/2011-mustang-talk/162859-2nd-annual-5-0-shootout-announcement-oh_snap.gif" title="www.allfordmustangs.com" width="387" /></div>
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Oh this'll get recruits in, trust me. They'll all be wearing TAPOUT shirts and have shiatty tribal tats but they'll sign up</div>
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I watched the
whole video waiting for the scene with steroids and stupidity, and it
never came. That was just a standard lame local government agency
video.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83118512#c83118512" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">numbone</a>:</b> <i>Needs more cowbell.</i><br />
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And a Christopher Walken cameo!</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83131137" target="_blank">rocknews</a>:</b> <i>Then I feel sorry for the department, its officers and the taxpayers who are funding this garbage.</i><br />
<br />
Which is it?<br />
Are you mad they used a free editing program and did it in house to save money, or are you upset at wastes of taxpayer money?<br />
<br />
Should they have hired an ad firm to do it?</div>
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Whatever happened to "join the force to keep your community safe!"<br />
<br />
You don't need to become a cop to play paintball and dress-up.</div>
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And here, I thought that scene was a clip from The Idiocracy.<br />
<br />
Iowa City, you say?</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83118585#c83118585" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">weapon13</a>:</b> <i>Where are the clips that show them shooting dogs and people?</i><br />
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RIP Eric Shaw <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-02-17/news/9702170105_1_police-officer-des-moines-state-police" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-02-17/news/9702170105_1_polic e -officer-des-moines-state-police</a></div>
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Every mall security wants to be a cop<br />
Every cop wants to be SWAT<br />
Every SWAT wants to be FBI<br />
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Keep reaching for the stars</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83121921#c83121921" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Panty Sniffer</a>:</b> <i>They
should get over themselves. It is a college town. All they do is bust
kids for public intoxication. Also being used to Chicago cops that
tend to not give a f I found them to be compete dicks when I lived
there. And go Hawkeyes!</i><br />
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IC Police = 90% Public Intox, DUI Stops and rousting "hippies" on the PedMall.<br />
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(and maybe speed traps)</div>
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love the noise that pretends to be music.</div>
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That was the slowest, sloppiest excuse for "elite" that I've ever seen.</div>
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I went to school
in Iowa City, and it is a relatively sleepy college town -- in fact the
only violence I remember, were when the cops shot and killed an artist,
Eric Shaw who was working late and held a cell phone in a threatening
manner.<br />
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<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-02-17/news/9702170105_1_police-officer-des-moines-state-police" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-02-17/news/9702170105_1_poli ce -officer-des-moines-state-police</a></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83125989#c83125989" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jigger</a>:</b> <i>fickenchucker: It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br /><br />http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page<br /><br />They really love their assault weapon rifles.</i><br />
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They're not "Assault Rifles". They are "Patrol Rifles". :-\</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83120173#c83120173" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fickenchucker</a>:</b> <i>It's not a video, but if you want good design for a police department, look at this web site for Milwaukee.<br /><br />http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page</i><br />
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Their "Most Wanted" page could give TSG a run for its money.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83129369#c83129369" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rocknews</a>:</b> <i>There
is no way this is a real recruiting video. It's a home-made job done by
an absolute beginner. Poorly edited and with every transition and
effect he could find in his little tin-pot freeware video editing
program. Probably some kid who has a hard-on for police work trying to
attract some attention. I hope you guys checked your sources before
publishing this, as a professional TV news editor I will guarantee you,
you've been had.</i><br />
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But, more important: can you tell from the pixels, and are you getting a kick out of our replies?</div>
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This link is more appropriate for the stuff cops do.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2262462/Incredible-video-shows-moment-dozen-heroic-NYPD-officers-lift-taxi-cab-BARE-hands-save-trapped-pedestrian.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2262462/Incredible-video-sho
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<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/7652453/83117134#c83117134" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Because People in power are Stupid</a>:</b> <i>Everybody knows that cops don't like to just walk around all day or do training exercises...</i><br />
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Hey
f(cktard, cops today aren't responsible for some group of
abusive racists from 22 years ago. As John Kerry said, thanks to the 1st
amendment, you have the right to be stupid. God bless John Kerry.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Caroline Dieterle</i></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632811768112215716.post-91771651731994269532013-03-19T07:45:00.005-07:002013-03-20T16:45:42.595-07:00"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ICPD."<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The lyrics are from the album <i>Blood Stained Love Story</i> by the American rock band </span><b>Saliva</b>, which has achieved some acclaim since it's founding in 1966. According to Wikipedia*, Sony has used this song as background music for a number of it's PlayStation3 commercials.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's the official <b>Saliva </b>musical video of th<span style="font-size: small;">is</span> song, which focuses on two women bloodily beating each other up in a boxing rin<span style="font-size: small;">g<span style="font-size: small;">; <span style="font-size: small;">o</span></span></span>ne of them drinks a can of cocaine part-way through the fight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: blue;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlKmELIhgY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlKmELIhgY</a></span></span></span><br />
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*<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva_%28band%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva_%28band%29</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632811768112215716.post-5775579785303881782013-03-15T10:20:00.000-07:002013-03-16T06:57:27.118-07:00Lefty EclecticismWe know it's easy to have the 'news' at our fingertips, but all news is not equal. If you are interested in foreign affairs, the politics of Washington, state politics, polls, and gay rights, here are some sites you might find illuminating<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (we mention<span style="font-size: small;"> a<span style="font-size: small;"> few <span style="font-size: small;">topics currently under <span style="font-size: small;">discussion.) </span></span></span></span></span></span>If you have other blogs you regularly visit please send them to us and we'll take a look and consider posting them in a future blog.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>JUST </b></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">FOREIGN POLICY</span> </span></b><span style="color: black;">@ <a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.justforeignpolicy.org</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here Comes AIPAC, Lobby for War</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Obama <span style="font-size: small;">D</span>isses Dem<span style="font-size: small;"> Senators</span> <span style="font-size: small;">O</span>ver <span style="font-size: small;">D</span>rone<span style="font-size: small;"> Memos</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">OCO Should <span style="font-size: small;">Be <span style="font-size: small;">Eliminated; Wa<span style="font-size: small;">r Spending <span style="font-size: small;">Should Be Included <span style="font-size: small;">In the Base P<span style="font-size: small;">entagon Budget</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>AMERICA </b></span></span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>BLOG</b></span> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(News - A great nation deserves the truth)</span></span> @ <a href="http://www.americablog.com/" target="_blank">http://www.americablog.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Conservative GOP US Senator: My son is gay, I'm for gay marriage (<span style="font-size: small;">Rob Portman (R-OH)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Big <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">B</span>anks get $75o bn/yr<span style="font-size: small;"> subsidy - 10x bigger than thought (Elizabeth Warren<span style="font-size: small;"> (D-MA) has been rele<span style="font-size: small;">ntl<span style="font-size: small;">ess <span style="font-size: small;">in going after the big banks' su<span style="font-size: small;">b<span style="font-size: small;">sid<span style="font-size: small;">y.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>DAILY KOS </b></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: small;">- News - Community - Action</span> </span><span style="color: black;">@ <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dailykos.com</a></span><br />
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Republican Sen. Rob Portman finds out marriage equality affects his family, decides he supports it <br />
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Obama to GOP Senate: 'Ease up on the filibuster, guys.' GOP to Obama: 'Fat Chance'.<br />
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(Plus great coverage of the CPAC 2013 annual conference (Conservative Political Action Committee, where all the white, mostly male loonies have gathered to bash Obama and idolize Paul Ry<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">an. This site also has excellent science news, usually on the weekends, and tracks all the latest, reputable polls and reports on them.</span></span>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">DEMOCRACY NOW! </span></b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">With Amy Goodman and J<span style="font-size: small;">uan Gonzá<span style="font-size: small;">lez</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/" target="_blank">http://www.democracynow.org</a><br />
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New Study Reveals High Toll of Decade-long Iraq War<br />
Study: Use of GMO Crops Fueling Historic Decline of Monarch Butterflies<br />
Michigan Governor Appoints Emergency Manager for Detroit<br />
US Interior Secretary on Arctic Drilling: "Shell screwed up in 2012."<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Carol deProsse</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Caroline Dieterle</i></span></span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632811768112215716.post-22476321292472937602013-03-07T12:21:00.000-08:002013-03-07T12:21:46.988-08:00"Hey, Dems, it really was the issues."
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Donkey los<span style="font-size: large;">t</span> this round</span></b></div>
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John Etheredge, who is the first Republican to win a seat on
the Board of Supervisors since 1958, beat Democrat Terry Dahms 51-48%<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(192 votes) in what many are referring
to as an upset. Many seem to believe that it was low voter turnout that was the
cause of the unexpected outcome. While it is true that registered Democrats
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that less than 7% of possible votes were cast; the candidates’ positions on two
major issues also had a major influence: the proposed new 195 bed, $43.6
million jail and the rezoning and subdividing of the Dooley property in Newport
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</span>Terry Dahms was on the 'wrong' side of the two local issues about which
voters currently feel most strongly:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>he favors approval of the Newport subdivision and supports the proposed
new jail plan, having, as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Press
Citizen </b>put it in their March 7 editorial, “come around“ on this issue. One
wonders if Dahms came around because he planned to run for Stutsman’s seat on
the Board and wanted the support of the other Johnson County Democratic office
holders, or whether he came around because he was truly convinced that the
county needs a $43.6 million new facility. As recently as last October he
privately expressed disapproval of the plan as it then stood, with Court House
renovation being part of the same package as jail construction. One must
support a candidate strongly to want to put a sign up on one’s property. Seeing
so few signs for Terry means that some people who usually take Democrats’ signs
were conflicted about this election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the public hearing on the jail held at the Court House a few weeks
ago, farmers in the audience were ‘doing the math’ when they heard about the dollars
per acre the jail bond issue would add to their property taxes. Dahms didn’t
win a single rural precinct; a <span style="font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">tie in Solon (42 votes - 42 votes) was the closest he got.
Etheredge carried most of them with margins from the 60%'s to a high of 87%
(Washington Township). Get-out-the-vote efforts can't do much in the face of
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</span>Look at the returns for Newport Township: 70% for Etheredge; Dahms was out of
step with his own neighbors on the rezoning/subdividing question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Dooley rezoning was clearly opposed
by Etheredge while Dahms was absurdly timid on the matter. Dahms is chairperson
of the Planning and Zoning Commission and recused himself when the Commission
was voting on the rezoning application, apparently because he was running for
Stutsman’s Supervisor seat. There’s no conflict of interest in his being on
P&Z and taking a vote on a matter he would have to vote on if he were to
become a Supervisor. It appeared to many of us that Dahms favored the rezoning
but didn’t say so until late in the campaign for fear of losing votes, not only
in Newport Township but in the urban areas where urban sprawl matters to an
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can't even find the 2012 edition on the JC Dems web site (possibly an indicator
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</span>The voters have been hearing about nothing but elections and voting for
months. They were surely aware of this one. In our case one of us was swayed to
vote Republican for the first time in her life (and with little intention of
ever doing so again) because of the two candidates’ very different stands. The
other voted Democrat only out of friendship and loyalty – despite disagreeing
on the issues. Many people who ordinarily vote Democratic were probably
sufficiently conflicted – feeling a duty to vote for the Democrat but agreeing
with the Republican’s positions – that they probably simply decided to stay out
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</span>Making calls to remind people to vote (the JC Dems robocalling was in
full swing) and mailing out ballot request forms for early voting aren't going
to do any good if the candidate's positions on the issues people care about
don't match their wishes. <span style="font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some of the people to whom you're giving ballot request
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632811768112215716.post-87495551430053740182013-03-05T13:43:00.000-08:002013-03-05T13:43:51.737-08:00Academic Freedom
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Support academic freedom and Senate Study Bill 1163</b></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From the <b>Iowa State Daily</b> 02.27.13</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Gov. Terry Branstad recently stated that Iowa State should speak with “<a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130204/OPINION01/302040052&template=printart&nclick_check=1">one voice” and have “one mission”</a>
when it comes to agricultural research. Branstad’s comment identifies a
political agenda that has constrained diverse research and open
dialogue on our campus. His comment not only mistakes the <a href="http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Eaccreditation/2-mission/110.htm">mission</a>
of Iowa State to serve the people of Iowa and its core value of
intellectual freedom, it implies that diverse and, perhaps, even
dissenting ideas regarding agricultural research are not welcome at Iowa
State. Bruce Rastetter’s <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130220/NEWS02/302200065?odyssey=mod%7Cmostcom">recent attempt</a> to “educate” Jerald Schnoor, University of Iowa professor, about the nature of his research and the Regents’ <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130207/NEWS/302070033/Charges-fly-after-Harkin-reversal-donation-papers-Iowa-State-University">pressure</a>
to limit the scope of research at Iowa State's Harkin Institute
illustrate the need for greater protection of academic freedom and
diversity at our Iowa universities in the face of political influence
from our Regents. We refuse to let such overstepping set precedent that
such actions are acceptable.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> As we have witnessed through recent events, diverse voices are
treated as threatening rather than strengthening academic dialogue at
our public universities. In addition to Rastetter’s email and the
pulling of Sen. Tom Harkin’s papers, we have seen this same pressure to
speak with “one voice” in the examples of the 2009 Leopold Center
director search in which “cows eat grass” <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/At-Public-Colleges/66044">became a controversial statement</a>, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVwyCDCUOW4">discouragement</a>
of questions on campus regarding Iowa State’s then-partnership in
Regent Rastetters’ AgriSol project in 2012, or the university and
Regents’ support of the “Beef is Beef” <a href="http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/04/10/isu-debate-over-finely-textured-beefslime-draws-hundreds-in-dueling-demonstrations">beef industry rally</a>
at Iowa State last spring. Branstad and others in power are
successfully shaping “one voice” at Iowa State in regards to
agricultural research — the voice of the corporate agricultural lobby.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In their argument against mandatory conservation regulations, the
Iowa Farm Bureau publicly states that there is not a “one-size-fits-all
solution” to water quality improvement because we have great diversity
in soils and landscapes across Iowa. How can we expect Iowa State to
produce the research needed for such a diverse landscape if we must
speak with only one voice? The Farm Bureau’s statement highlights how
the corporate agricultural lobby values diversity when politically
convenient (as in fear of federal intervention or regulation) yet, as
illustrated through recent events at the University of Iowa and Iowa
State, uses their connections and influence to discourage diversity when
it questions their agenda. Is this really about diversity? Or a
political agenda that furthers private gain over public good?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> As
many of us who are students and faculty at Iowa State know, we do not
speak with “one voice.” Our agricultural research engages a diversity of
perspectives and questions, as research at a public university should.
Wendy Wintersteen, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
at Iowa State, recently spoke in praise of diversity in regards to the
hiring of Theressa Cooper, new assistant dean of diversity in the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Wintersteen described the hire
as an example of how the college is “reaching out and increasing
diversity because diversity brings strength, different ideas, different
viewpoints, and different ideas brings in innovation.” We applaud
Wintersteen’s statement and look forward to a continued emphasis on the
cultivation of diversity of both research and thought at Iowa State. We
need your help to create a campus welcoming to the diversity of ideas,
viewpoints and innovation highlighted in our dean’s statement.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This
is an issue of academic freedom that is important to the present and
future of our university, no matter what party you belong or don't
belong to politically. Why? Because the examples listed above jeopardize
the credibility of our institution and the value of our degrees. Iowa
State’s research and reputation are strengthened by diverse and even
differing perspectives, world views and approaches. “One voice” weakens
Iowa State’s potential to address very real concerns such as climate
change, childhood hunger, declining rural communities, or water
impairment. ISU faculty, staff and students, we need your support as we
stand up to this pressure to speak with “one voice.” Citizens of Iowa,
we need you to write your senators in support of <a href="http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bill-restricting-political-activity-not-political-motivated-danielson-says/article_862ec940-76fa-11e2-8342-001a4bcf887a.html">Senate Study Bill 1163</a>,
the Regents Accountability and Transparency Act, to prevent some of the
real or perceived threats to academic freedom that have occurred during
the last few years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Perhaps when we begin to see agricultural
research through this diversity of ideas, diversity of students and
researchers, and diversity of systems, we might be able to celebrate the
reputation of our public university again, as well as the social and
biological diversity of our state.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Amy Alesch is a graduate student in plant pathology and
microbiology. Andrea Basche is a graduate student in agronomy. Angela
Carter is a graduate student in sociology. Nahed Msayleb is a graduate
student in agricultural and biosystems engineering. Eric Ports is a
graduate student in community and regional planning. Marie Louise Ryan
is a graduate student in sustainable agriculture. </span></i></span> </span></span><br />
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the continued usage of lawn chemicals on school grounds is even being
considered is disturbing. The current lawn care contract cost the ICCC District
over $429,000, and it is unclear how much of that sum was for pesticides.
Apparently the School Board’s discussions regarding renewal of the contract for
lawn care include some uncertainty about whether and when to allow the use of
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system called “Integrated Pest Management”, how is it decided when it is
necessary to apply pesticides? Quality Care, the district’s current applicator,
is well-known for it’s ‘four times a year’ application work on area lawns:
chemical fertilizer and early weed control in the spring; chemical fertilizer
and pest control in early summer; chemical fertilizer and chemical weed control
in early fall; and another application of chemical fertilizer before winter
sets in. Is there an industry standard recommending these applications when
weed numbers per square foot or yard reach a numerical level? The fact is, it’s
never necessary and the school board should not be weighing the health and
safety of the children vs. the questionable aesthetics of a weed free lawn.
Nitrogen, which does help lawns grow thicker (which helps keep weeds from
becoming established), is easily supplied by applications of organic corn
gluten, although sweet clover is a purely natural provider of soil nitrogen.</span></div>
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first appeared, it was advertised as ‘not harmful to children or pets’, and ‘
not persistent, quickly degrading’. But quite soon it became clear that Roundup
causes lymphoma in dogs and that it is far more persistent than first thought.
Dogs play on lawns and dogs are considered fit for use in medical research
because dog physiology is sufficiently similar to human; children play on the
grass too and the conclusion to be drawn is obvious. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div>
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research shows Roundup to be even more toxic than previously thought, because
it contains “confidential” and unlabeled ingredients that affect all living
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When it appeared, Roundup was just the
latest in a string of chemicals that the chemical industry claimed were
‘harmless’ or ‘relatively harmless’ and that subsequently were shown to be
exceedingly toxic.</i> It is finally being recognized that the widely
used organophosphate pesticides – which are neurotoxins –are a probable cause
of Parkinson’s disease, the increased incidence of ADHD, and other
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> 1) A “safe pesticide”
is an oxymoron. There is no such thing. And “safely applied” and “used
correctly” are phrases designed to lull consumers into illusions under which
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children’s schools, school board members should know these two rules. If they
don’t, they must educate themselves to understand them. If they do know and yet
persist in allowing lawn chemicals to be used on school lawns, they should
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sweet clover in a lawn do not cause it to be ugly and both are more resistant
to drought than grass. It does require some thought to see a lawn
sprinkled with the yellow and white flowers as pretty, but many potential
adverse effects to our children’s health would be averted if a majority of the
School Board can look at such lawns and think, “that’s healthier and prettier
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Citizen’s</b> recent editorial advocating for legislative action to eliminate the
ability to vote for all candidates of a single party by filling in a single
oval. Although there is no evidence to support whether straight ticket voting
negatively affects independent candidates, retention of judges or the outcome
of ballot issues, it seems to us that people who want to vote for or against
something know it when they enter the voting booth and will do so (if they
don't know maybe it's best they not cast an uninformed vote.) Do you want to
vote for all Democrats or all Republicans, but want to vote against the
proposed new jail? Simply fill in one oval for the party of your choice, then
flip your ballot over and fill in the ‘no’ oval on the jail. Do you want to
vote more selectively? Simply go down the list and vote as you want. </span></span></span></div>
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prefer straight ticket voting; forcing every voter to go down a sometimes long
list of candidates and issues and vote separately for each one would lengthen
the time it takes to vote, lead to longer lines during heavy voter turnout
elections and perhaps discourage some from voting at all. This legislation is promulgated by the Republican Party,
which is working across the country to make it harder for people to vote.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Carol deProsse</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Caroline Dieterle</span> </span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Council says 'no' to garbage container ordinance; good riddance to a bad idea</b></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b></b></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Carol deProsse</span></i></span><br />
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</style> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Current relations between Iowa City and Johnson County lead
one to conclude that either City Manager Markus is in desperate need of a basic
civics tutorial on Iowa local government, or he is adopting an exceedingly
selfish “me first and the devil take the hindmost” policy in his dealings with
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Since he has stated publicly that he wants to stay here for
the rest of his active career it seems that ignorance is the more likely reason
for his intransigence. He spent many years in Michigan where local government
is structured far differently and the county does not play the role that it
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With a strong township structure the system is more diffuse
in Michigan, but here the city is a mere pimple on the face of the County (or as with Coralville, a running sore). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In Johnson County the cities are starving the County by
their use of TIFs and are still expecting the County to take care of all the
key services that it is responsible for under the Code of Iowa. This cavalier
and shortsighted view has got to STOP.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> With those thoughts we reprint -- with permission and some
minor editing -- the comments of Supervisor Rod Sullivan in his latest edition of
<b>Sullivan’s Salvos</b>. If you are
interested in subscribing to Rod’s weekly comments, mostly on county business, you may do so by sending an
email to <a href="mailto:rodsullivan@mchsi.com">rodsullivan@mchsi.com</a> with
the word ‘subscribe’ in the subject line.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">--<i>Carol deProsse</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> Caroline Dieterle</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear Tom:<br /><br />You blew it. There was a great opportunity for Iowa City and Johnson County to work together, but you blew it.<br /><br />OK – let me get the obvious out of the way. I am speaking for myself, and not the whole Board of Supervisors. (I have a disclaimer that says as much at the end of every edition of Salvos. Today is no different.) Let me also say – if individual Board members disagree with me, you should ask them to explain their own theories. You deserve to know how the people that represent you think.<br /><br />You screwed the County when it came to the Animal Shelter and now you are being disingenuous when it comes to SEATS negotiations. I do not trust you. I do not like the way you do business.<br /><br />It was not always this way. Yes, Iowa City has always assumed itself to be superior to Johnson County. That mild arrogance is just Iowa City. It is almost heartwarming. (DELETE ‘For you”) But Iowa City was never malicious. As a matter of fact, Iowa City used to be quite friendly and helpful where Johnson County was concerned. Things took a turn for the worse during the whole JECC debacle, but we were recovering from that. You blew it.<br /><br />So Tom. Let’s talk a bit about YOUR “theories” as they apply to local government.<br /><br />First of all, Iowa City recently put out a press release on the SEATS program. In the first sentence of the 5th paragraph, it stated: "Johnson County has firmly indicated that they intend to phase out funding of para-transit services."<br /><br />That sentence is patently false. Johnson County is committed to continuing to provide SEATS services in EVERY case where SEATS is a County responsibility. The only "phasing out" is the decision Johnson County made to "phase out" a $500,000+ annual subsidy to Iowa City. I would like the public record to reflect the reality rather than your gross misrepresentation.<br /><br />Johnson County's commitment to pay for para-transit services has been demonstrated for 40+ years. Now it is time for Iowa City to step up and meet its federally mandated responsibilities.<br /><br />The press release goes on to state: “Central to these discussions is the issue of having each community fund their equitable portion for the services provided to their residents. Iowa City firmly believes that our residents should pay an equitable share of costs for these critically important para-transit services. However, we also understand that our residents pay taxes to both Iowa City and Johnson County and further believe that equitable funding shares should include the source of tax dollars regardless of the governmental entity that collects them.”<br /><br />That would be great. But it is not true. You do not REALLY want equitable funding and you apparently don’t mind gouging the County.<br /><br />Want to pay equitably, Tom? We can get together a bill for Ambulance services – about 80% of the calls occur in Iowa City. Your Public Health bill will be huge – you can cover the costs of inspecting all the restaurants, tattoo parlors, swimming pools, saunas, etc. You’ll also owe quite a bit for WIC and Child and Maternal Health – most of those clients come from Iowa City. Don’t even get me STARTED on alcohol issues!<br /><br />A high percentage of the people who use Johnson County Conservation areas/trails are from Iowa City. We will need to charge you accordingly. Almost all of our Medical Examiner calls occur within Iowa City limits. That will cost you well over a million bucks. The County has an annual Mental Health budget of over $15 million. Most of the clients live in Iowa City. Your check for $12 million can’t arrive soon enough!<br /><br />Iowa City residents can pay a surcharge every time they use the Recorder’s Office. Most of our births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and property transactions are in Iowa City. Same goes for the Treasurer’s Office - whenever they pay taxes or renew plates. These offices cost money to run, you know! Oh, and the Treasurer collects and distributes all of Iowa City’s annual property taxes – over $70 million. We are going to need to begin charging a small fee for this service; perhaps 1%. Surely you don’t object!<br /><br />Iowa City cops can start paying to drop prisoners off at the jail. Better yet, build your own <span style="font-size: small;">g</span>oddamned jail! Iowa City puts the most people there anyway! And you’ll be getting a bill for Iowa City residents who access the Courts. The County Attorney will need to charge about $400/hour to prosecute all Iowa City cases. That will be a lot, but don’t worry – it should be under $10 million!<br /><br />Johnson County is spending about $4 million on human services. Ummm…. I hate to break it to you, but –yeah. Mostly Iowa City. Plus we pay to house DHS and Juvenile Court. The people using those offices are largely from Swisher. (Whoops! I mean largely from Iowa City! Just seeing if you are still paying attention!) Veteran’s Affairs? Almost all Iowa City. But that is a relatively small budget.<br /><br />And last but certainly NOT least – we’d love the millions in TIF money you have stolen over the years!<br /><br />Still want “equitable funding”, Tom? Yeah, that is what I thought! It makes for a great sound bite, but in reality, your “principled stand” is all bullshit.<br /><br />I live in Iowa City. My home is assessed at $162,000. I pay about $1400 (44%) of my taxes to Iowa City. I pay about $550 (17%) of my taxes to Johnson County. (About 37% goes to the ICCSD.)<br /><br />Now that I think about it, Tom – why don’t you put your money where your mouth is and charge Iowa City residents based only upon the services they use? If your theory works on the city level, why not the individual level?<br /><br />I have never had a fire, and don’t wish to pay for the Fire Department (and their fancy fireplaces). So chop that off my taxes. The public art you have chosen is not to my liking – I’ll take a refund on that, too. Senior Center? I’m not even 50 yet.<br /><br />Streets? Frankly, the plowing is piss-poor. I’m not paying full freight there. Cut my share in half. Building inspectors? Used one once, and paid a fee to do so. Count me out.<br /><br />Parks? I use a lot of them. But none on the west side. Put my bill for them at 75%. My kids are basically grown, so no more paying for soccer fields or swimming pools for me. Let the users pay, right Tom?<br /><br />Oh, and salaries! Your $160,000 salary? I believe in paying a livable wage, so put me down for my share of the $50,000 I think you are worth.<br /><br />OK – I will freely admit that I have been cheeky in presenting these examples. But the fact remains, my examples are EVERY BIT as legitimate as your arguments re: SEATS. Iowa City residents may be paying a tiny bit too much in one area – they are paying a tiny bit too little in others. If folks are too upset by this, they have recourse!<br /><br />We have a great system in County government – we vote. If the majority of the people want me gone, I’m gone. You, meanwhile… there is NOTHING I can do to get rid of you. I’d have to recruit 4 candidates who all agreed to fire you. All 4 would need to win, that takes two election cycles. You are pretty untouchable – I’ll give you that!<br /><br />Markus, you should probably focus on the 44% of my taxes that is your job! If you want to be a County Supervisor, you should run for the job! Meanwhile, the city I have called home for 30 years is getting worse, not better. Tom – you have work to do. Why don’t you quit whining about Johnson County and do it?<br /><br />By the way, I am happy to discuss any and all of this in any public forum. I prefer a public forum, where minutes are kept or recordings are made. See, I have nothing to hide, <span style="font-size: small;">this </span>is public business – may you have the courage to discuss it in public!<br /><br />I have known/visited Iowa City my whole life. I have lived in Iowa City for 30 years. I am an Iowa Citian. I am not going anywhere. You, on the other hand, are a hired gun. You are going to be here 2-3 more years, then take the retirement you want to deny your cops and firefighters and retire to someplace you consider home. And I’ll be here to clean up your mess. I care about this <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ity, and I care about this <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ounty. You decided to put my town<span style="font-size: small;">'</span>s future in the balance. You now have a fight on your hands and may the best man win.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Supervisor Rod Sullivan </i></span></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">It shall
be the policy of the board to provide equitable learning environments for the
students attending ICCSD. It is the board's policy that greater diversity and
enhanced learning will be the result of establishing the following goals</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> . . .</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;">The School Board is split 4-3 on the proposed policy.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Putting a whole new meaning on the
generally accepted understanding of 'minority' in today's political climate,
the draft policy defines "minority students" to “mean those students
receiving free or reduced price lunches” and "non-minority students"
as “those not receiving free or reduced price lunches”. These definitions
cement in writing that the diversity policy addresses low socioeconomic black
children attending the ICCSD and further stigmatizes this segment of our school
age population. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;">We hope that those who haven't done so and who are
interested in this issue will go to this link<span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.edline.net/pages/ICCSD/" target="_blank">http://www.edline.net/pages/ICCSD/</a></span>and read the policy for
themselves. Here is a sample:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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“No more than 10 percentage points of difference between the comprehensive high
schools (grades 9-12) with the highest and lowest percentages of minority
students at such schools in the District; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;">
No more than 15 percentage points of difference between the junior high schools
(grades 7-8) with the highest and lowest percentages of minority students at
such schools in the District; and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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For each elementary school (grades K-6), no more than 15 percentage points
above the mean percentage of the district-wide percentage of minority students
for all students in grades K-6.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The rest
of the policy is equally obtuse; the four members of the School Board who
support this policy need remedial work in how to write a coherent document. If
you haven’t read the policy and think you support it, start from ground zero
and see if you change your mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The Board
majority that favors passage of this mind twisting policy must rethink its
position. A 4-3 vote is, as Sarah Swisher stated recently, enough to pass the
policy, but her belief that after its passage the minority dissenters should
get on board and work to implement it is wishful thinking. The
superintendent and school administrators will implement the policy, not the
board; and after implementation begins, it may become clear that the majority
was wrong to pass it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> We
- and apparently a large number of parents in the district - are not certain
exactly how the proposed policy is to be carried out. Until clarification of
the practical aspects of implementation is provided, the vote on the policy
should be held in abeyance. For example:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> If
it is determined that a given school should have ‘x’ number of students
transferred out, but more than ‘x’ students express interest in relocating,
how will the decision <span style="color: black;">of w</span>hich students
go and which remain behind be made? Who will be the final authority? What would
be the impact on those who want to transfer out, but are not selected to go? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Similarly,
assume it is determined that ‘x’ number of students should be transferred out,
but less than ‘x’ students express interest; will students who don’t want to be
transferred be forced to do so in order to meet the goals set by the diversity
policy? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;">The policy states that the
“Superintendent shall not fail” in the implementation of the Board’s wishes on
this matter. It is hard to believe that this policy will achieve the desired
numbers without collateral damage, <span style="color: black;">so we must ask
ourselves if </span>the policy <span style="color: black;">isn’t </span>also intended
as a thinly disguised way to some day achieve what the Board can’t bring itself
to do now: dismiss Superintendent<span style="color: black;"> Stephen F.</span><span style="color: #9999ff;"> </span>Murley. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Citing "some" evidence as "seeming" to support the
conclusion that students do better in schools where the disparity between
free-lunch (minority) and not free-lunch (non-minority) is within "acceptable
range" is a shaky basis upon which to decide to transfer out free lunch
kids (minority) and transfer in not-free lunch kids (non-minority.) And why
would any parent volunteer to transfer a child who is performing satisfactorily
in his/her current school into a school where a majority of the students haven't
been performing well, possibly have more unmet emotional needs, and
still need much remedial work to get to grade level?</span></div>
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What makes the majority of the School Board believe that free lunch kids
(minority) and non-free lunch kids (non-minority) who have been transferred in
or out will be accepted and welcomed by their new classmates into their
cliques? The transferred children will likely be stigmatized immediately and
may be isolated socially in a way that can be extremely painful: around
income levels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> How will children
who are transferred in and out get to their new schools? Will transfer
buses go around to all the school<span style="color: black;">s<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4632811768112215716" name="_GoBack"></a> </span>p</span>icking up the
transfers and then dropping them off at the school they are now to attend - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and later picking them up and bringing
them back to their home neighborhood at the conclusion of the school day?
What happens to students wanting to stay later for extracurricular activities
or get back to their old school in order to participate in after school
activities there? This is not a way to achieve healthy neighborhoods or good
neighborhood schools. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> History
has proven busing to be inadequate in addressing socioeconomic integration; and
making everyone average is not a good long-term goal. Equality of opportunity
is a worthier end for which the ICCSD should strive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> A more
sensible solution for improving schools that are not demonstrating adequate
academic performance would be to upgrade their physical structures; equip all
classrooms with the latest technology; reward the teachers and administrators
in those schools who use innovative and successful measures to improve student
achievement; and provide top notch librarians as well as additional teacher
aides, counselors and social workers.</span></div>
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<i> </i>--<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Carol deProsse</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> --<span style="font-size: x-small;">Caroline Dieterle</span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contact the School Board at:<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <a href="mailto:board@iccsd.k12.ia.us" target="_blank">board@iccsd.k12.ia.us</a></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Supervisor Vacancy </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Kevin O'Malley</span></span></span></h2>
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</span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">New Pioneer</span> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With rumors swirling that the Supervisors might allow an appointment to fill the vacancy created by Sally Stutsman's move to the Statehouse they voted to hold an election on March 5, 2013.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /> Two Democrats have so far expressed interest for this seat: Mike Carberry and Terry Dahms. The candidate to be on the ballot on the Democratic ticket will be chosen at the party's convention on March 13. Information can be found at<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> <a href="http://www.jcdems.org/" target="_blank">www.jcdems.org.</a></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /> There are two years remaining in Stutsman's term; it would have been an overtly political move to allow three people (<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Auditor </span></span>Travis Weipert, Recorder Kim Painter and Treasurer Tom Kriz) to select the person for this vacancy. When Janelle Rettig was appointed a few years ago it was because there were only a few months remaining in the vacancy created by the death of Supervisor Larry Myers. She then had to run a full bore campaign anyway because Lori Cardella of Solon managed to get enough signatures to force an election, a move many people believed was based on Lori's personal prejudices against Janelle's 'lifestyle'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I hope the delegates elect Mike Carberry; Carberry has a better position on the issue of TIFs and will probably be a bit more independent in his thinking. Dahms served admirably as chair of the JC Dems, but is pretty buddy-buddy with state Senator Bob Dvorsky, a big TIF proponent and a legislator not inclined to push for more tightening of TIF.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I will miss Kevin O'Malley as Iowa City's Director of Finance. Kevin was always fun to talk to about City business and taught me a little something about TIFs in the process. He was everything a good public employee should be including being accessible to citizens. I wish him good times in his retirement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>Having failed in its plans to build a new store at the corner of College & Gilbert Streets the board should welcome the renewed opportunity to talk to the city about acquiring land directly east of the Unitarian Church for a somewhat larger store; such a move would keep New Pi financially viable, remove any need for TIF assistance, and maintain a location in <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">the </span></span>downtown<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">. This would also allow the City to r<span style="font-size: small;">aze the <span style="font-size: small;">old store and build an attractive parking lot for City employees. It would be <span style="font-size: small;">ideal</span> if <span style="font-size: small;">a<span style="font-size: small;">ny</span> bui<span style="font-size: small;">lding on this site<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">wer</span>e</span> in harmony with <span style="font-size: small;">the other st<span style="font-size: small;">ructures on this blo<span style="font-size: small;">ck: </span>Iowa<span style="font-size: small;"> Avenue and</span> Van Buren, Was<span style="font-size: small;">hington and Linn Streets.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The board should<span style="font-size: small;"> also</span> undertake a <span style="font-size: small;">survey of members to g<span style="font-size: small;">auge support for the possibility of cooperatively working with the City toward a </span></span></span></span>City built and maintained structure for the Farmer's Market in the planned Riverfront Crossings District south of town; this would be a perfect spot for the construction of a larger New <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pi, one that would serve <span style="font-size: small;">the greater community in a <span style="font-size: small;">mixed-use</span> setting with plenty of parki<span style="font-size: small;">ng and open space<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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isn't much to be said about having another jail vote in May except what
this article by Professor Jeff Cox states most eloquently in the
December issue of <b>The Prairie Progressive</b>. The committee that has been
formed to address the issue of race in Johnson County incarceration can
meet and come up with all the suggestions they want, but until those
suggestions are implemented and measurable changes occur we see no
reason to vote for a new, bigger jail, especially one that has simply
reduced the number of beds by about 60, but will "rough in" the
additional cells so they can be funded separately by the Supervisors
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">--Caroline Dieterle </span><br />
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successful campaign to defeat the new Johnson County jail produced unusual
political alliances. The small Vote No committee included libertarians,
Republican central committee members, Trotskyites, AARP officers, and a few
aging Democrats with civil liberties sympathies. On the other side was the
entire Democratic Party in Johnson County, including all local elected
officials who took a position with the honorable exception of city council
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The organizations that endorsed the
jail constitute a virtual catalog of the local Liberal Establishment: the
Johnson County Democratic Party, Iowa City Federation of Labor, Johnson County
Bar Association, Iowa City City Council, League of Women Voters, University of
Iowa Student Government, Iowa City Area Crimestoppers, Johnson County Local
Homeless Coordinating Board, Painters <span style="font-size: small;">&</span> Allied Trades District Council 81,
Public Professional & Maintenance Employees Local 2003, and (my favorite)
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<span style="font-size: small;"> How could all of these liberal
organizations endorse a proposal to jail even more victims of the war on drugs,
and more African-Americans? The answer to that question lies in the initial
success of the Jail Coordinating Committee in disguising the causes of
over-incarceration in Johnson County. Approximately 50 beds were needed to deal
with jail overcrowding, which still left 80-100 to explain. Jail advocates said
that we must “plan for growth”, but they were unable to explain who would be
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readily available to anyone who asked: 40% of those incarcerated locally are
African Americans, who constitute slightly less than 6% of the population of
Johnson County. All the Vote No campaign had to do was cite these figures to
cause an electoral turnaround among many Iowa City liberals (note the voting
totals at Horace Mann and
Longfellow schools). Sheriff Pulkrabek responded to these figures with a series
of dizzying nonsequiturs, while other liberal Democratic leaders responded with
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considerable degree of denial about race among Iowa City liberals. It would be
worthwhile having a video of the meeting of the local chapter of the American
Civil Liberties Union, which was actually divided on whether to take a position
on the issues of racial disparity raised by the Vote No campaign. One member
denied that the 40/6 ratio should even be discussed as evidence of racism on
the local level, and this denial has continued after the defeat of the jail. Jail
supporter and Press Citizen columnist Bob Elliott, normally a reasonable person,
published a post-defeat article entitled “lies, damn lies, and statistics” in which
he suggested that even raising the issue of racial disparity was an
“insinuation” of racism in the community, as if that were intrinsically
outrageous. Pro-jail statistician John Neff posted on Facebook an outright
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Well, perhaps these
liberal Democrats are right, and there is no racism at all to be found in our
well-meaning and color-blind People’s Republic of Johnson County. It is certainly
true that calling people racists, or even public policy issues racist, is
counterproductive. But it is equally true that this community needs to face up
to the racial polarization that has occurred in Johnson County, and especially in
Iowa City, over the growth of a working class African American population. The
proposed jail does not exist in isolation from other racial issues that have
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<span style="font-size: small;"> In 2009 a homeless
immigrant from Africa, John Deng, was shot and killed by an off-duty Sheriff’s
Deputy dressed in civilian clothes. This incident was referred by
County Attorney Janet Lyness to the office of Iowa Attorney General Thomas
Miller, who issued a report in September of 2009 that is well worth reading.
Like almost all reports on police killings, the report exonerates the officer,
but in this case the racially charged nature of the incident is simply whitewashed.
The report wades through a cloud of contradictory evidence, but it appears that
one way to read this incident is that a white man came out of a bar and got into
a fight with a highly intoxicated black man because he was spilling cans, apparently
retrieved from dumpsters, on to the street. It is possible that John Deng was
using what the report describes as a “small knife” to defend himself against this attack, although
that is unclear. What is clear is that an off-duty (white) sheriff’s deputy
arrived, intervened in the fight, watched the white man knock the black man
down, ordered the white man to leave (which he refused to do), and then when
the almost unbelievably intoxicated black man (blood alcohol of .295) stood up,
shot and killed him. As far as we know, County Attorney Lyness never filed any
charges against the white man. John Deng has been, for the most part,
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into the John Deng killing proceeded, the Iowa City Council was imposing
an unprecedented curfew
on young people. Unlike other Iowa cities, Iowa City had never imposed a
teenage curfew, largely on civil liberties grounds. Why impose one in 2009? In
the color-blind language of the curfew resolution: “Whereas, persons under the
age of eighteen are particularly susceptible by their lack of maturity and experience
to participate in unlawful and gang-related activities..... the City has found
that there has been a significant breakdown in the supervision and guidance normally
provided by parents and guardians for juveniles resulting in an increase in crimes
and other unacceptable behavior”, etc. In other words, we now have black
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irresponsible behavior of black young people came up again. For many years
white bus passengers have waited in cold weather behind the glass doors of the
Old Capitol mall, watching for the bus. As the number of African-American
students at City High and Southeast Junior High grew, many came downtown after
school, and made the mall a kind of gathering place. In response to complaints
about their behavior, a new apartheid-style sign appeared: “Stand Ten Feet Back
from the Door”, complete with a security guard to enforce the rule. Now bus
passengers either have to wait outside in the cold, or stand behind the sign
under the supervision of a security guard. As someone who grew<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>up in the legally<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>segregated south, I can<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>recognize signs telling<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>black people where to<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>stand and sit when I see<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>them. So can they.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">With<span style="font-size: small;"> most <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ouncilors not expressing a preference for a particular<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> pro<span style="font-size: small;">posal<span style="font-size: small;">, the three that made the cut will <span style="font-size: small;">undergo further review by <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ity staff and the <span style="font-size: small;">National Development Counc<span style="font-size: small;">il<span style="font-size: small;">,<span style="font-size: small;"> based in New York</span></span>. Jeff Davidson, Director of Planning & Community Development, several times emphasized that the <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ouncil could reject all proposal<span style="font-size: small;">s and set new criteria for <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">submission of another round of proposals, but <span style="font-size: small;">the <span style="font-size: small;">Council rej<span style="font-size: small;">ected that op<span style="font-size: small;">tion on the basis that the remaining developers <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">already </span>had<span style="font-size: small;"> considera<span style="font-size: small;">ble resources </span></span>invested. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The City <span style="font-size: small;">Finance Direc<span style="font-size: small;">tor has been removed from playing any fin<span style="font-size: small;">ancial </span>oversight role due to a <span style="font-size: small;">New Pioneer <span style="font-size: small;">board member filing a complaint <span style="font-size: small;">with the City <span style="font-size: small;">Manager, accusing the Finance <span style="font-size: small;">Director</span> of having a conflict of interest because he perso<span style="font-size: small;">nally </span>does not support the relocation<span style="font-size: small;"> of the <span style="font-size: small;">Co-op to the College/Gilbert site. I<span style="font-size: small;">t is bothersome</span> that a<span style="font-size: small;">nother member of the New Pi board<span style="font-size: small;">, a <span style="font-size: small;">City <span style="font-size: small;">employee, <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">has not </span>been asked by the board to resign from <span style="font-size: small;">one <span style="font-size: small;">or the other</span> </span>posi<span style="font-size: small;">tion </span>to avoid a perceived conf<span style="font-size: small;">lict of interest</span>. It<span style="font-size: small;"> is apparently acceptable to some board memb<span style="font-size: small;">ers</span> for a director/public emp<span style="font-size: small;">loyee to have a vigo<span style="font-size: small;">rous public voice in <span style="font-size: small;">suppo<span style="font-size: small;">rt of New Pi's relocation, but <span style="font-size: small;">not acceptable for a public employee/co-op member to have a<span style="font-size: small;">n opinion expressed private<span style="font-size: small;">ly to <span style="font-size: small;">New Pi directors. <span style="font-size: small;">It makes one wonder <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">whether other</span> New Pi board members may have been working with <span style="font-size: small;">City <span style="font-size: small;">staff </span>during the more than two years <span style="font-size: small;">of this process<span style="font-size: small;"> in an effort to secure their desired <span style="font-size: small;">re<span style="font-size: small;">location goal.<span style="font-size: small;"> A FOIA*<span style="font-size: small;"> request has been filed with the <span style="font-size: small;">City by this blog's author<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> in an attempt to <span style="font-size: small;">better understand<span style="font-size: small;"> the <span style="font-size: small;">process</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The <span style="font-size: small;">least attractive and totally unimaginative proposal (it looks like a<span style="font-size: small;">n inner city housing project of yor<span style="font-size: small;">e</span>)</span>, is 4.0.4, a brown blo<span style="font-size: small;">b of commercial space and rental apartments with <span style="font-size: small;">New Pioneer on the ground leve<span style="font-size: small;">l</span></span>. 4-0-<span style="font-size: small;">4 has com<span style="font-size: small;">mitted to Platinum Level L<span style="font-size: small;">EED Certification<span style="font-size: small;"> and at eight stories it is the shortest of the proposals and <span style="font-size: small;">would generate the least amount of property taxes</span>. LEED <span style="font-size: small;">Certifica<span style="font-size: small;">tion has come to be a desired end<span style="font-size: small;">, but is<span style="font-size: small;"> time consuming and involves considerable <span style="font-size: small;">expense</span></span>. Please see the <span style="font-size: small;">articles<span style="font-size: small;">, LEED Advantages and Disadvantages<span style="font-size: small;">, a<span style="font-size: small;">t <a href="http://www.lundygroup.com/about/historical-projects/green-projects-leed-certified/leed-benefits-and-disadvantages/">http://www.lundygroup.com/about/historical-projects/green-projects-leed-certified/leed-benefits-and-disadvantages/</a><span style="font-size: small;"> or<span style="font-size: small;">, Top Pros and Cons of LEED Certification, at </span><a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/top-pros-and-cons-of-leed/5879">http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/top-pros-and-cons-of-leed/5879</a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Chauncey Gardens (18 stories) and The Chauncey (16 or 20 stories) are <span style="font-size: small;">more architecturally attractive<span style="font-size: small;"> and better meet the ov<span style="font-size: small;">erall </span>criteria established by the <span style="font-size: small;">City; <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">this is espec<span style="font-size: small;">ially true of The Chaunc<span style="font-size: small;">ey, which would expand downtown entertainment venues<span style="font-size: small;"> with <span style="font-size: small;">a 12-<span style="font-size: small;">lane bowling alley and two theaters managed by FilmScene. I<span style="font-size: small;">n addition, the<span style="font-size: small;">re is a cafe,<span style="font-size: small;">art galler<span style="font-size: small;">y and 35-room hotel. Chauncey Gar<span style="font-size: small;">dens<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>mentions an "unspecified theater"<span style="font-size: small;"> in its proposal and has New Pioneer at ground level. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The h<span style="font-size: small;">eight of both these proposals is of concern to som<span style="font-size: small;">e residents and <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">the <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ou<span style="font-size: small;">ncil</span></span> </span>asked th<span style="font-size: small;">at shadow stud<span style="font-size: small;">ies be done, but will that make a difference?</span> They already agreed to put an incong<span style="font-size: small;">r</span>uously tall</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> building n<span style="font-size: small;">ext to the Black <span style="font-size: small;">H<span style="font-size: small;">awk mini<span style="font-size: small;">-park, so <span style="font-size: small;">any genuine concern <span style="font-size: small;">i<span style="font-size: small;">s dubious;<span style="font-size: small;"> this area <span style="font-size: small;">is not <span style="font-size: small;">necessarily </span>the start of any <span style="font-size: small;">'</span>transition zone', which could just as logically be one block east to Van Buren Street.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span>TIF can take <span style="font-size: small;">various forms including <span style="font-size: small;">money up front, which w<span style="font-size: small;">ould certainly be the least <span style="font-size: small;">acceptable<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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New Pioneer Co-op Relocation is Financially Risky</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>A</b></span></span></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> rosy outlook in
life and an optimistic attitude about the future are nice, but not useful when grounded in unreality, something Republicans learned in the recent election.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">I</span></b> believe</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a majority of the New Pioneer board is wearing
rose-colored glasses when it comes to its proposed relocation of New Pi to the
corner of College and Gilbert Streets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">For</span></b> tax
year 2011 the downtown New Pi paid $24,948 in property tax; a new store with a
$5 million assessed valuation would pay at least seven times that. (Tax levy on
100% of commercial valuation is $40.74369/$1,000.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">In</span></b> the first quarter of FY'13 labor costs for both
stores for 135 full and 59 part time employees was $1,438,150*, which projects
to an estimated $5,872,600 in yearly labor costs. <span style="color: black;">T</span>he
potential 40 new employees, to which the General Manager referred in his
presentation to the City on December 4, would add more than a million dollars
to the operating costs.</span></div>
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</span></b></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">New</span></b> Pi currently
carries no mortgage on the downtown store. A $4 million mortgage on any new
store, carrying an interest rate of 3% (likely higher) for 15 years would add
$163,115 per annum to operating costs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">If</span></b> New Pi becomes a member of a condominium association there
likely would be a substantial annual fee paid to the association.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">In</span></b> FY 2011 less than nine
percent of the Co-op’s approximately 26,000 members were responsible for 57% of
total sales at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">both</i> stores. This
means that approximately 2,340 members conducted a majority of all
transactions. Less than a third of the membership qualified for the patronage
dividend paid to those spending more than $500 during that year. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">It</span></b> is indisputable that the planned relocation would cause a large increase in
New Pi's operating costs. It is reasonable to conclude that it would be
difficult to generate the amount of sales needed to cover this large increase,
especially considering that New Pi is an expensive place to grocery shop (and
food costs are projected to rise considerably in coming years) and that a
very small percentage of total members do a majority of the transactions. </span></div>
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The</span></b> GM stated that the proposed location would attract 250,000 <i>additional</i>
people downtown, a per day average of 685. Where will they park and where would they come from? Would
those who currently shop at the Coralville store come to the new store on a
regular basis and why? If they did, would that not negatively impact the sales in
Coralville? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> The</span></b> impact on The Bread Garden cannot be as lightly dismissed as
the GM stated at the December 4 Council meeting. If the Bread Garden --
which is believed to be sensitive to any pressure that would detract from its
customer base -- went under, the assessed valuation of Plaza Towers would
decrease and so would the amount of taxes the City collects on this property.
(Plaza Towers was a TIF recipient.) </span></div>
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Pi also fails, the downtown would be without a grocery store, a significant
loss to the many who now live and will live downtown; and there would be two
very large spaces of ground floor commercial property standing empty. (The size
of the proposed new store is roughed out at about 20,000 square feet.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> The </span></b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">current New Pi board majority -- six of seven -- who want to relocate the store </span></span>include a retired adjunct
professor from the School of Business Administration and a Carlson-KPMG
Research of Accounting Professor from the same school. The 1999 New Pi board,
which voted to proceed with the Coralville store, included an Entrepreneur of
the Year and a full professor in the College of Business. This move, based on a
majority faith that we could afford a second store that would be wildly
successful, nearly brought the Co-op to bankruptcy. It was a long haul for the
Cooperative to return to the sound financial position it is in today; along the
road to recovery there were staff reductions, no bonuses, no raises, no
patronage dividends, no senior discounts, and no community donations. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">I</span></b> hope </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">any
member of the Council who may be giving consideration to any one of the
four proposals that has New Pi on the ground floor will seriously consider the
potential of Iowa City New Pi failing should it be relocated to the Gilbert/College site. No
one would want to see the bottom floor of whatever is built there empty in five
or six years, with only office space and apartments/condominiums above it.</span></div>
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I</span></b> believe the City and New Pi have a shared interest, one that would be served
by the City negotiating a land exchange with the Co-op, trading City land east
of the Unitarian Church for the Van Buren Street NPC property. New Pi would have
space to build a LEED certified larger store that could continue to serve the vital 'quick in, quick
out' shoppers who come by car as well as those that come by foot or
bicycle. In exchange the City would get land to build a permeable paver
parking lot for employees and visitors to the Civic Center. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><span style="color: #38761d;">For </span></b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">something visionary, how about this idea recently sent to a friend of mind: Iowa City </span></span>builds a year-round food market like the recently opened
NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids, with New Pi as the anchor. There could be
food trucks/carts with outdoor seating, and a covered, but open-air pavilion for
an expanded, pleasanter Farmers Market. Something like this would create a true
local foods destination. An appropriate location might be in the yet developed
Riverfront Crossings area. The City would be foolish not to be a willing and
supportive partner in such an endeavor, as such a project would help to drive the
future residential and retail growth the City hopes to see in that part of
town.<span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">While </span></b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">the citizenry is generally fed up with TIFs, a TIF to enable an option of public good </span></span>is a lot
different than one that simply allows a business to get a 20 year tax
break. It's a very good thing that the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center is
downtown. It's on prime development land and it doesn't generate a penny of
property tax. Citizens today would very likely support public funding to build
it if it weren't there already. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> TIF </span></b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">bonds to support bowling alleys, theaters, and an art gallery would be public money </span></span>spent to enable a
public good: expanded recreational and educational opportunities
downtown. For this reason, the Moen proposal's TIF request is far more acceptable
than the requests by the other developers to help them build for-profit
commercial space from which the ordinary citizen will not see any benefit for
at least 20 years when the TIFs expire. If the Council has concern about the height of The Chauncey that point should be negotiated with the developers.</span></div>
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*<span style="font-size: x-small;">Information
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Carol deProsse</span></i></span></div>
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belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous
of all delusions."</span></i></div>
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not build a gigantic earthen levee around the Idyllwild neighborhood and Park
View Church will put an end to this controversial issue. Years ago we, along
with many others, were opposed to this development in the flood plain. Of
course in those days the decision makers were thinking only of work for
developers and tax returns for the city and gave approval to this foolish plan.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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imagine this area flooding again, but it will. And those that chose to live in
the flood plain -- and rebuild or refurbish after a flood -- will have to bear
whatever consequences befall them. It's a tough life out there in the
world of climate and this time a majority of the City Council did, as Councilor
Payne stated, "use logic" instead of emotion by voting down the
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We love the water, we love being on the
river and we understand those who want to live by the water; and the original
occupants did and do. Smart construction for riverbank lovers does not include
wall-to-wall carpet, basements, expensive appliances and areas that cannot
stand flooding without being destroyed.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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structures of any kind in close proximity to a river are risky because rivers
meander. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Future plans for New Pioneer’s
relocation away from the creek might best be served by talking with the city about the possibility
of acquiring a portion of city land east of the Unitarian Church and making
part of the exchange the conveyance to the city of New Pioneer’s current site. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given the likelihood that any
development on the corner of Gilbert and College will result in reduction of
monthly permits, some of which are used by city employees, t</span>he city could raze the old New Pi and use the area for employee parking.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The best choice for the redevelopment
of the old Wilson's Sporting Goods/Greyhound Bus Depot site is The
Chauncey, a planned 20-story structure with a 150 seat theater managed by
FilmScene; two six lane bowling alleys; a cafe</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">; an</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
art and sculpture gallery; a 35 room hotel; Class A office space and workforce
housing units. It makes sense financially, culturally and aesthetically.</span>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The plan incorporates LEED
certification, geothermal and solar power, and permeable pavers; and it would
be a 100% local project – a big plus – led by Marc Moen who is known for his
commitment to developing only in downtown Iowa City; and Moen has his private
funding sources firmly committed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are two drawbacks to this
exciting proposal: the planned use of Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) and the
proposed height of 20 stories. At the public meeting Moen stated that
this development could be built at 16 stories, which would be more in keeping
with the general height limits already in place. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we heard in a previous presentation by Moen that he
needed TIF ($2 million) to put the top two stories on the Wells Fargo site
building, it seems reasonable to posit that taking four stories off the Chauncy
making it 16 stories instead of 20 would eliminate the need for TIF support for
this project.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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The Chauncey is clearly a project that would bring an exciting diversification
of entertainment opportunities to downtown and without reliance on TIF would
start returning 100% of tax dollars to the city, avoiding the strong citizens' objection
regarding the use of TIF for private development that does not create
affordable housing or other direct benefit to low and moderate wage earners in
Iowa City and Johnson County. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Downtown Iowa City has a fine public
library, the lovely Englert, unique stores, decent restaurants, banks, grocery
stores, and just enough bars now to make the area attractive for many people.
Developing the College/Gilbert Streets site with the attributes noted above
would round out this area quite nicely. I think more people who come downtown
are interested in going bowling or to the movies than in going grocery
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One thing that could be done to make
The Chauncy really top notch, would be to design a theater that had some old-fashioned
atmosphere. It wouldn't have to be as elaborate as The Paramount in Cedar
Rapids, but a little classic theater wall design, lighting, and a bit of velvet
here and there with maybe a swag or two and a curtain that opened to reveal the
screen would fit with the desire to collaborate with the University of Iowa and
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How is it that the Sheriff can say that people in the jail for marijuana offenses
aren't causing the overcrowding, if, as he also says, the statistics for who is
in there for what offenses, are not available? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If the<b> </b>stats aren't available, how
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some alcohol offenses, all pot arrests must be booked into the jail so it must
be possible to get the exact number jailed for those offenses and the exact
number using a bed, if only for one night.</span></span>
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available as public records. If they haven't been gathered, that is a
weak position from which to argue, especially considering the
spreadsheet/computerized information age we are in. Maybe we should start there,
by finding out just how many people take a bed -- no matter for how long -- for marijuana related offenses,
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opinion is that pot offenses aren't worth jailing people for and there is a
layer of simmering resentment towards the hounding of marijuana users by the
Drug Task Force, now is the time to test the waters with a ballot measure
asking voters to approve a <span style="font-size: small;">referendum that affirms the desire of the voters of Johnson County that <span style="font-size: small;">county law enforcement juri<span style="font-size: small;">sdictions make the arrest <span style="font-size: small;">of personal use of ma<span style="font-size: small;">rijuana</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> their lowest law
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If there is an election to fill Sally Stutsman's
soon-to-be-vacated Supervisor seat, there is a good opportunity to put this
measure on the ballot as well. Look at the 2012 election results nationally as
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Prohibition doesn't work, and as long as it is in effect in
Johnson County, it's going to be very hard to pass a jail bond issue.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Carol deProsse</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Caroline Dieterle </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">In his Nov. 7
recap of the results of local contests in the election Johnson County Blogger
John Deeth (<a href="http://johndeeth.blogspot.com/">johndeeth.blogspot.com</a>)
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">But
Dick Schwab didn't get as big a Johnson County margin as he needed, and fell
short in House 73. (A lot of local Dems are VERY mad at some locals who backed
Schwab's primary challenger, never really got on board, and publicly trashed
Schwab as recently as last month.)</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">Schwab</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">lost
was because he ran a lousy campaign: it
was rife with hypocrisy, smears, and a lack of coherent discussion
of the important state issues (his position on TIFS wasn’t as good as
his
opponent’s) and he all but ignored the Cedar County Democratic Central
Committee – which worked tirelessly and thanklessly anyway to try to get
him
elected. He tried to run entirely on his past experiences in education
and
business. He didn’t take the time to try and understand the rural
populations
of Cedar and Muscatine Counties, and grossly misunderstood the
importance of
winning the considerable Independent vote (about 1/3 of the electorate
in Cedar
County) and the many who would be fed up by his disgusting comments and
mailings. At one debate Kaufmann was so frustrated he asked Schwab,
‘why
don’t you tell voters your positions on the issues instead of trashing
me’? </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oct.
16 <b>Press Citizen</b> article about
Schwab: <u>S</u>chwab also mentioned Kaufmann’s legal record, specifically a public
intoxication charge Kaufmann received in Iowa City in February.</span></span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i><i>“My
short version of that is this: Do we really want to send a law breaker to be a
law maker?” Schwab said. “Bobby needs a little more consistent judgment before
sending him to Des Moines.</i><i>”</i></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It
was repugnant to see Schwab call Kaufman a "law breaker" for getting a
public intox charge. Kaufman is only one of many thousands of area
residents who have a similar mark on their record thanks to the ICPD and
Campus Police. We don't think such a minor offense should disqualify
someone from running for elected office and voters certainly
haven't held it against state Senator Bob Dvorsky who had his own
run-in with the law over a similar infraction six years ago, except that
his involved driving while drinking.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"><b>DM
Register</b> Oct. 8 2010:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>At
least six Iowa candidates for top state offices have been arrested for drunken
driving — but if history is any guide, it won't matter to voters on Nov. 2. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>Sen. Robert E. Dvorsky</i></b></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Dvorsky,
a Democrat from Coralville, is seeking re-election to the Iowa Senate. He
doesn’t have a Republican challenger.</i></span></span></blockquote>
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</i><i>WHAT HAPPENED: Dvorsky was driving away from a campaign fundraiser for a fellow
senator in Des Moines in April 2006 when a police officer stopped him for
improper lane use at 1:50 a.m. Police reports show Dvorsky had a .093
blood-alcohol content. Dvorsky received a deferred judgment, which meant that
if he stayed out of trouble for a year, the drunken-driving charge would be
cleared from his record. There is no sign of his OWI case in court records
today.<br /><br />
RESPONSE: Dvorsky immediately called his actions “a terrible mistake” and told
voters he took full responsibility for his actions. “This is totally out of
character. It’s just a terrible mistake,” he said at the time. “I cannot erase
what happened. … However, I can promise that it will never happen again.” He
was re-elected that November without a Republican challenger.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">What we think is far worse than a
public intox charge is the fact that the State Democratic Central Committee
gave Schwab more than $74,000 to produce and mail the negative flyers about
Kaufmann, which were nastily pointed in their message about Kaufmann's public
intox charge.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">Did the State
Democratic Central Committee give that much money to other state candidates?
Did the expensive flyer donation occur because Sue Dvorsky is chairwoman of the
State Democratic Central Committee and she and her husband were strong backers
of Schwab? We must not forget that Dvorsky loves TIFs and lives in Coralville.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">Dick Schwab is not universally
admired in Johnson County because of what many perceive as his cavalier attitude
toward rules, regulations and general citizenship. This was well articulated in
a column by Tom Carsner in the September 27, 2012 edition of the <b>Press Citizen</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The
Press-Citizen reported on July 3 that Dick Schwab was "delighted"
that his Celebration Barn on Sugar Bottom Road would not be required to comply
with the same fire and building code as every other business in Johnson County.</span></i></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We
think State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds, whose statutory priority is public
safety, caved to political pressure by granting Schwab a variance on a
sprinkler system for his barn. Reynolds accepted Schwab's laughable plea of
poverty that claimed that bringing the barn up to code would place an unfair
economic burden on its owner -- a self-described philanthropist. Since
when did it become the fire marshal's job to ensure that a non-compliant
business, built in violation of zoning ordinances and building codes, remain
profitable? His comment that "the beauty of the International Fire Code is
that it allows you to look for equivalencies" was cringe-worthy.</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">Finally, people like to feel their
representation is close to home, which is one reason we supported David
Johnson, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: small;">who has lived in Cedar County most of his
life. The <b>Tipton Conservative</b> had
this to say in their October 31 endorsement of Kaufmann:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Which brings the issue back to who should
succeed Jeff Kaufmann in the Iowa House. Bobby Kaufmann's opponent for the
newly created House seat is Dick Schwab from Solon. Solon is also in Johnson
County and if Schwab is elected, readers should realize, Cedar County will have
lost representation by one of its own in the legislature and we'll be, as
noted, solely represented in Des Moines by 2 Johnson County liberals. Residents
of Cedar County -- those who haven't yet voted -- should think hard about
whether this is what they want -- to only have Johnson County speaking for us,
or rather, to have Bobby Kaufmann speak for us in the Iowa House.</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;">Only the portion of Johnson County in
District 73 went to Schwab (68-32); Kaufmann won Muscatine County (District 73
portion) 63-37 and Cedar County 63-37. Schwab's total vote tally was 5,612 and
Kaufmann's was 7,476. In the end Johnson County delivered for Schwab, but he
was unable to overcome the shellacking he took in the rest of the district.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Carol deProsse</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Caroline Dieterle </i></span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><br /></span><br />
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