Iowa Road Trip to South Dakota
Contributed by: jmccormally, IDP site
Spend
a weekend helping elect a Democrat to Congress! Volunteer buses
are being organized to head across the border, and help get out the
vote in the Special Election in South Dakota.
The
fight for new leadership in South Dakota is on, and your help is
needed. Thanks to Democratic activists road-tripping to knock on
doors, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee won in
Kentucky's Special Election in February. Now, we need to do it
again in South Dakota! That is why the DCCC needs you to get ready to
cut some turf and be part of the next Road Trip for a New Majority to
South Dakota over Memorial Day weekend. Sign up today!
http://www.dccc.org/sd
Buses
will depart from several cities in Iowa on the evening of Friday, May
28th, and return to those cities on the 31st of May. You can find out
more information about departure locations at the website listed above.
There are several volunteer organizers working in Iowa to recruit for
this trip. The DCCC state organizer is Christine Meehan. You can
contact her at the information below.
DCCC Iowa Organizer:
Christine Meehan
Christine.dccc-sd@midconetwork.com
302-381-9473
Weekend Details:
5/28 – 5/31
Pickup Location: Sioux Falls, Des Moines, Iowa City TBD
Pickup Time: TBD
All details will be provided via email one week before the road trip
All buses will arrive at the Sioux Falls Processing Center to be given hotel assignments and weekend assignments:
Sheraton Hotel
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
(605) 331 0100
Blog For Iowa 
I want to encourage everyone to check out what's going on in their area with special interest money. Here's the link to see the Iowa campaign reports that were filed earlier this week.
http://www.state.ia.us/government/iecdb/viewreports/index.htm
Allow me to give an example of something interesting I found.
First, Iowa law prohibits PACS from giving money to Iowa Legislators while the Iowa Legislature is in session. Thurman Gaskill (Rep. Senate District 6) received a $500 contribution from the Sac and Fox Tribe PAC of Tama on Friday, Jan. 9. The legislature convened on Monday, Jan. 12. Legal – yes, but barely. What makes it even more interesting is that on the campaign report filed by Gaskill the date originally written is overwritten by Jan. 9, with the original date not determinable.
Second, PACS too must have filed their reports by earlier this week. The Sac and Fox Tribe PAC of Tama is one of the handful of PACS in Iowa who have failed to file a report. Tom Jochum is the representative of this PAC.
Now, you may not know where Senate District 6 is located. It is way up north along the Minnesota border. One has to wonder why a Republican legislator is taking $500 from a gambling special interest from a distant Iowa location.
Because the Sac and Fox Tribe PAC has not filed the report required by law it is impossible to verify what irregularities might exist with them, other then checking each incumbents campaign report to determine who the Sac and Fox Tribe PAC is attempting to influence.
It truly was a shame that gambling took up so much of the Iowa legislative session particularly when one considers the issues facing education in Iowa. It's even more distressing to seeing the pay offs to these members of the legislature.
Let us be a unified voice and demand all candidates return any contributions from the Sac and Fox Tribe PAC!!!
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