WHICH DO YOU LIKE BETTER? GOVERNOR ‘GROSS’ OR GOVERNOR ‘SUKUP’?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:49 am
Good column in today’s Des Moines Register by David Yepsen. The ‘Gross-Sukup’ feud gains more intensity. Frankly, Sukup is becoming my kind of Republican—one willing to attack the opposition. If he does this to a fellow Republican now, makes you wonder what he’ll do to Governor Vilsack in the fall. Besides, I like the sound of ‘Governor Sukup.’ Finally, a politician with an appropriate name.
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The Des Moines Register just can’t help itself. More stories about the ‘devastation’ caused by Iowa budget cuts. But don’t feel too sorry for state employees. As noted yesterday, Iowa has the biggest pay gap between public and private employees in the nation. Funny, though, the Register has yet to call the author of the pay-gap study, Steve Garrison, for a quote. Can’t imagine why.
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Thanks to my friend Professor Mark Wrighton for pointing this one shop out to me. Some University of Iowa professors are holding a bake sake to raise scholarship money for UI students. Of course, the primary purpose is to stage a protest against state budget cuts. But don’t feel too sorry for UI, either. It turns out that professors' salaries are a bit out of whack too. Perhaps they could donate some of their own money to scholarships instead of the taxpayers forking over more.
CARTER, CUBA, AND THE FARM BILL
Tony at QuasiPundit has an interesting blog on how the farm bill is entwined with Carter’s visit to Cuba. He even thinks that Carter is more consistent than the Bush Administration. Now that ought to raise the hackles out in Conservative land.
YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW WE HAD THIS MUCH FUN IN IOWA
Headline in the Cedar Rapids Gazette: "Naked Soccer Players at Luther Face Penalties.
SOB STORIES
The Des Moines Register just can’t help itself. More stories about the ‘devastation’ caused by Iowa budget cuts. But don’t feel too sorry for state employees. As noted yesterday, Iowa has the biggest pay gap between public and private employees in the nation. Funny, though, the Register has yet to call the author of the pay-gap study, Steve Garrison, for a quote. Can’t imagine why.
MORE SOB STORIES
Thanks to my friend Professor Mark Wrighton for pointing this one shop out to me. Some University of Iowa professors are holding a bake sake to raise scholarship money for UI students. Of course, the primary purpose is to stage a protest against state budget cuts. But don’t feel too sorry for UI, either. It turns out that professors' salaries are a bit out of whack too. Perhaps they could donate some of their own money to scholarships instead of the taxpayers forking over more.
CARTER, CUBA, AND THE FARM BILL
Tony at QuasiPundit has an interesting blog on how the farm bill is entwined with Carter’s visit to Cuba. He even thinks that Carter is more consistent than the Bush Administration. Now that ought to raise the hackles out in Conservative land.
YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW WE HAD THIS MUCH FUN IN IOWA
Headline in the Cedar Rapids Gazette: "Naked Soccer Players at Luther Face Penalties.