Ed I appreciate you being a little "edgy" with this article. I'm accustom to Ed Tibbetts the journalist, who values balance, fairness and accuracy but you are now a commentator that is writing about what is happening and I appreciate it.
I find the term "Woke" by Republican to be extremely offensive. The one definition I read was that being "Woke" is a fake state of awareness only achieved by dummies that try to find justice everywhere except in their own behavior. Based on this definition I wonder if the Governor and legislature are just spewing more "Woke" thinking. The bottom line is their solution to all problems is to cut taxes and this includes their strategy for growing our population. Unfortunately there is no evidence that strategy works and not the reason why our children move away.
Thanks again, Ed. Good description of the lack of focus on what matters and to demagogue on books and bathrooms. I don’t want to return or reflect the hate I feel coming from the repubs Trans folks just want to be who they are even if they weren’t built exactly that way. Nobody should have the special right to have the government impose their particular religious beliefs on the rest of us. This is exactly what the repugs want to do My hubby and I left iowa 25 yers ago because his hostile workplace and my inability to find work after we came out publicly as a gay couple. I would like to comeback to die (full disclosure only in Iowa City) but Hubby is not healed yet from the trauma iowa inflicted on us. And why should we come back? We have beautiful rowhouse on Capitol Hill in DC. We have successful, accomplished careers in DC and are comfortably retired with all DC has to offer. What DC doesn’t have is prairies and family.
I can no longer intact with ‘those people’ so I appreciate your voice and the other great folk of the new Iowa Writers Collaboration. Best Wishes
Ed I appreciate you being a little "edgy" with this article. I'm accustom to Ed Tibbetts the journalist, who values balance, fairness and accuracy but you are now a commentator that is writing about what is happening and I appreciate it.
I find the term "Woke" by Republican to be extremely offensive. The one definition I read was that being "Woke" is a fake state of awareness only achieved by dummies that try to find justice everywhere except in their own behavior. Based on this definition I wonder if the Governor and legislature are just spewing more "Woke" thinking. The bottom line is their solution to all problems is to cut taxes and this includes their strategy for growing our population. Unfortunately there is no evidence that strategy works and not the reason why our children move away.
Thanks Ed. Axios had a story about Iowa’s brain drain. https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2022/10/04/iowa-brain-drain-cost-state-college-educated-adults. Ed is absolutely right about the attention to Iowa population losses by Iowa government in the 80’s and 90’s. Back then, if I remember correctly, both parties in the legislature bemoaned population losses.
Thanks again, Ed. Good description of the lack of focus on what matters and to demagogue on books and bathrooms. I don’t want to return or reflect the hate I feel coming from the repubs Trans folks just want to be who they are even if they weren’t built exactly that way. Nobody should have the special right to have the government impose their particular religious beliefs on the rest of us. This is exactly what the repugs want to do My hubby and I left iowa 25 yers ago because his hostile workplace and my inability to find work after we came out publicly as a gay couple. I would like to comeback to die (full disclosure only in Iowa City) but Hubby is not healed yet from the trauma iowa inflicted on us. And why should we come back? We have beautiful rowhouse on Capitol Hill in DC. We have successful, accomplished careers in DC and are comfortably retired with all DC has to offer. What DC doesn’t have is prairies and family.
I can no longer intact with ‘those people’ so I appreciate your voice and the other great folk of the new Iowa Writers Collaboration. Best Wishes