The Supervisors were introduced to the new naturalist Laura De Cook. An AmeriCorp grant was received to hire an assistant naturalist from the DNR. The assistant naturalist will be on the payroll for a year, with $6,000 of the salary coming from the local conservation budget. Environmental Services reports that since May of this year […]
Lt Governor Patty Judge made a lunchtime stop at Oskaloosa’s Smokey Row to help drum up support and encourage supporters. Governor Culver and Patty Judge are running for their second term together. They covered some of the highlights from the debate between incumbent Chet Culver (D) and challenger Terry Branstad (R). They feel good and […]
Oskaloosa is now one reading away from a 48 hour snow ordinance. At last weeks city council meeting, the Oskaloosa City Council approved the 2nd reading of the ordinance putting it only one reading away from finally being approved. The new ordinance would allow residents up to 48 hours to remove snow after a snowstorm. […]
For over a week we ran an early unscientific poll asking people to let their vote speak early for their choices on the upcoming November election. From the numbers it appears that the Republican’s are holding most races with the exception of Sone Scott the incumbent for Mahaska County Treasurer. The lead in that race […]
Congressman Leonard Boswell (D) made a campaign stop today in Oskaloosa. No big speech, no hoopla, just a simple walk in town to meet local residents. I am sure a knock on the door by a Congressman is very surprising. Folks smiled, shook hands and chatted. Iowa State Representative Eric Palmer (D) accompanied Boswell, greeting […]
Congressman Boswell is touting his experience both in the armed services and as a legislator as reasons to re-elect him. “I legislate on behalf of those who have elected me and believe in consensus-building in order to overcome the challenges that face us. I have a reputation of working across the aisle and am comfortable […]
Last night for just about an hour Chuck Grassley (R) held a Tele- Town Hall meeting with the people of south east Iowa. He answered 21 questions in all during this time. Callers from SE Iowa, including Bloomfield, Ottumwa, and Oskaloosa. I will include 2 of the questions by Oskaloosa residents. Kevin in Oskaloosa asked […]
Jonathan Narcisse, candidate for governor, is boasting his agenda for governor. Mr. Narcisse commented on several topics this evening including our state’s infrastructure, term limits, and the Iowa Judicial Process. When asked how he would improve our infrastructure he boasted the idea of using state inmates to do maintenance to free up resources.“When we look […]
In 1962, a constitutional amendment to the Iowa Constitution was approved that got rid of the election of judges and changed the process to a Merit Process. Every 2 years, Iowa holds a retention election to determine if a judge should be retained. If a judge receives a simple majority of yes votes, then they […]
It’s official: Jonathan Narcisse is a candidate for governor. On Friday, Narcisse filed the proper paper work with the secretary of state to run for governor. Narcisse will be running independent representing the “Iowa Party “. Narcisse’s petition contained almost 1900 signatures from 47 different counties. His signatures were collected in nearly 10 days. The […]
