Saturday, March 18, 2023

What's the matter with Iowa? Plenty!

 
As the state boogies its way to deeper irrelevance with its growing support of an increasingly homophobic and transphobic legislature.

Top headline:  Des Moines Register
Middle headlineDes Moines Register
Bottom headlineLos Angeles Times, 2/23/-23

From the L. A. Times:
I am a former Iowan and a graduate of the University of Iowa, which had highly regarded programs in many disciplines. But with the advent of extreme conservatism in state government, funding for education and especially higher education has eroded to the point where these once highly competitive academic institutions can no longer maintain their level of excellence. 
There are no Democrats representing Iowa in Washington and a pitiful few in the state Legislature. The current governor, in my opinion, is a threat to social progress and basic academic freedom. She has supported banning books from school libraries, eliminating gun safety, banning almost all abortions, restricting LGBTQ rights and more.

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What's the matter with Iowa? Health benefit plans mean you're screwed when it comes to pre-existing conditions.  (10/5/2018)

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