Kick-off Meetings – This week staff held kick-off meetings for both the Comprehensive Master Plan update and the Streetscape Concept Design projects. A primary focus of both kick-off meetings was public engagement. We will be providing regular updates as we progress along with these two extr…

Advancing E-Verify Bill

Ourth appointed to statewide commissions

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I am absolutely appalled that lawmakers in the majority party unveiled a plan this week to inject politics into the process of selecting judges in the state. Under current law, Iowa judges are selected through a merit based system nominated by a nonpartisan commission. The plan put forward b…

Judicial reform bill

We are a week old — and getting smarter every day!

CVB (Convention and Visitors Bureau) Focus Group - On Monday Doug and I attended a meeting with consultants hired by the CVB. The purpose of the meeting was for the consultants to obtain information from various stakeholders. Our meeting was one of several focus group meetings that the consu…

I am introducing a bill in the Iowa Senate, to make the Homeland Security E-Verify program mandatory for Iowa employers.