Local Iowa Governments Taken Advantage of by White House
by Darrell Lewis
National Public Radio documents how thousands of Americans have been
denied access illegally to Presidential and Vice Presidential
events. Unless an event is called a campaign event and fully paid
for by the campaign, persons CANNOT legally be denied access.
However, in this piece NPR documents the requirements to sign “loyalty oaths” and threats of arrest.
The Vice Presidential appearance of Dick Cheney in Clear Lake clearly
meets the test of a campaign event because the general public was
denied access. The failure to re-imburse the Cities of Clear Lake
and Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources, the Iowa State Highway Patrol, Clear Lake School District
and other public agencies is simply wrong and an abuse of our local
governments and misuse of our state and local tax dollars.
The story documents how local law enforcement agencies and local
governments are told by the White House what to do, even though it is
wrong and they have no authority to do so.
Click here to listen to the shocking story on NPR.
This article first appeared on the Drury for Iowa Senate website.
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