News from governors past and present.
It’s official, former Gov. Tom Vilsack is your new U.S. secretary of agriculture. From Reuters:
The U.S. Senate confirmed former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as U.S. agriculture secretary on Tuesday, a job he plans to use to promote renewable energy including biofuels and put healthier food in America’s school meals.
Vilsack was [...]
January 20, 2009
Vilsack In, Culver in the Money
January 20, 2009
Dreams Big and Small
More first grade wisdom, reported by my wife, our Indian Creek Elementary School correspondent.
My daughter’s class wrote “I have a dream” messages today.
Her pick was “to be a rock star.” Not surprising, coming on the heels of the Hannah Montana birthday party spectacular Saturday.
Another classmate said, “To see fireworks more than once a year.” Yeah, me too.
Best [...]
January 20, 2009
Grandy Remembers Lundby
State Sen. Mary Lundby was among the first prominent Iowa politicians with the guts to back Fred Grandy’s insurgent run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1994. This morning, Grandy said in an phone interview that he remembers her has a “good person, a good advisor and a friend.”
Lundby died Saturday after a long battle with cancer.
“Mary was [...]
January 20, 2009
So What Are the New Rules?
NPR was spewing lots of chatty inaugural coverage this am. My children were half-listening as they dabbled in Cheerios and oatmeal. My 3-year-old likes to say “Barack Obama” and did so with abandon.
Then my seven-year-old asks “So, Dad, what are the new rules now?”
I say, “What do you mean?”
She says, “We’ve got a new president. Something’s [...]
January 20, 2009
Tuesday Reads
Inauguration Day has the papers and blogs buzzing. Today’s Gazette is wrapped in a special print section. Find one at your local newsstand today. And hit gazetteonline for coverage throughout the day.
Inaugural coverage is everywhere. You can’t escape it. And why would you, as a patriotic American? Iowans are having their pride stirred, according to [...]
