No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Senate Democrats agreed at midday to let senators go home for the weekend before a long Monday debate on the controversial collective bargaining bill. The Ds portrayed the move as a friendly compromise with GOP senators, who sought to delay debate.

So what did the Dems get for playing nice? This just hit my inbox:

[naviga:font face="Times New Roman"]Friday, March 21, 2008

          Iowa Future Fund Launches Ads Educating Public About Labor Law Proposals

Des Moines, IA – Today, the Iowa Future Fund launched radio ads on stations across Iowa.

While the “hardest working Governor in America” vacationed in Florida, liberals in the Iowa House of Representatives gutted the decision making authority of school boards, city councils and the county boards of supervisors to control the level of property taxes by passing devastating revisions to Iowa's labor laws.

The ad launched by the Iowa Future Fund was created to generate awareness for and educate Iowans on what will happen to Iowa's right to work and collective bargaining laws if these pending pieces of legislation are passed into law. (Script attached)

Iowa Future Fund spokesman David Kochel said, “Chet Culver and the liberals in the legislature need to come out from the dark to have a fair and open debate on this issue. This is much too important of an issue to rush through the legislature without a fair and open discussion of the issues.  I encourage all Iowans to call their senator and express their concern about this issue.”

You can hear the ad entitled “Guts” by visiting: [/naviga:font][naviga:font face="Times New Roman"]http://www.youtube.com/IowaFutureFund[/naviga:font]

[naviga:font face="Times New Roman"]The ad will begin running immediately in the districts of the following Iowa Senators:

Senator Fraise

Senator Gronstal

Senator Hancock

Senator Heckroth

Senator Kibbie

Senator Olive

Senator Reilly

Senator Schoenjahn

The Iowa Future Fund operates as a 501(c)(4) organization, designed to further the common good and general welfare of the citizens of the United States by educating the citizens of Iowa about public policy issues affecting the State of Iowa.

For additional information, please call David Kochel at (515)865 – 6077 or email info@iowafuturefund.com

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Paid for by Iowa Future Fund

[naviga:font face="Georgia"]Gee, I hope heated holiday hyperbole goes well with ham. Bon apetit, fellas. [/naviga:font]