If you set the bar low enough, I could be an Olympic high jumper.
Tom (Mathews)
In a message dated 12/18/2008 7:06:51 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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A behind-the-scenes political friend once told me, “Iowans eat their young
when it comes to politics.”
Vilsack didn’t get as far as we’d like in his environmental efforts, but he
worked with a Republican legislature his entire tenure. Our former
Governor, for example, vetoed legislation enacted by the statehouse that would have
disbanded the EPC after the fishable / swimmable regulations. He appointed
EPC commissioners who were decidedly in favor of more water quality regulation.
He hired Jeff Vonk and gave him leeway to seek enforcement measures against
CAFOs. OK, the Power Fund was nothing but corporate welfare, and biotech is
absolutely a double-edged sword, but that was what all the states were doing
at the time.
Has anybody paid attention to the job performance of our present Governor?
Could anybody seriously question that Culver is absolutely in bed with the
Farm Bureau? Vilsack never embarrassed himself the way the Big Lug doesn’t
even understand it’s wrong to hold government meetings at Farm Bureau
headquarters.
Why don’t we start congratulating our former Governor instead of criticizing
him? Vilsack will be making appointments of assistant secretaries, on down.
We are wasting an incredible chance for access and influence if Iowa
Sierrans continue to eat their young.
Donna Buell
Vilsack appointee to the Environmental Protection Commission 2003-2007
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From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phyllis Mains
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:16 AM
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Sierra Club Praises Nominations for Interior, Agriculture
So much for the official Sierra Club Response to Obama's environmental
choices. For me personally I feel Hope goes up in Smoke! Phyllis
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