Culver Brings Signing Pen to CR Friday

Fresh from the office of Gov. Chester Culver:

PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR GOVERNOR CHET CULVER

Friday, May 22, 2009

WHAT: Governor Chet Culver will sign five disaster related bills :

• Senate Files 415 – an act relating to the acquisition of title to disaster-affected abandoned property by cities in certain years and authorizing cities to establish a property rights defense account.

• Senate File 377 – an act relating to the prescription drug donation repository program.

• House Files 705 – an act concerning safe rooms and storm shelters in newly constructed buildings.

• House File 756 – an act an act relating to regional watershed, land use, and floodplain management policies, and providing for the establishment of a council.

• House File 759 – an act requiring counties and cities with flood hazard areas within their boundaries to participate in the national flood insurance program.

WHERE: Mays Island

Linn County Courthouse

930 First Street SW

Cedar Rapids, IA

 TIME: 1:30pm

That’s What I Call Infrastructure

Gov. Chet Culver has signed I-Jobs into law, so the race to capture a chunk of those big, juicy bonded bucks is on.

I humbly make these proposals.

5. The Metro Marion Regional Institute of  Barbecue Sciences (MMRIBS)– Situated in a picturesque, subdivision of one of Iowa’s fastest growing communities, MMRIBS would foster vital research into charring, smoking, grillin’ and chillin’. It’s science. And science doesn’t come cheap, folks.

4. Downtown Iowa City Escape Pod Project — Why be accosted by unruly late-night drunks when you can jump into sleek escape pod and be whisked to safety? The rocket-propelled pods would land at the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, adding a critical tourism component.

3. The Kinnick Stadium Recliner Upgrade – Every game is victory for comfort once those hard bleachers are transformed into rows of weatherproof La-Z-Boys. Iowa wins the BCS: Big Comfortable Seats.

2. Coors Light Rail — A high-speed train running between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City that also spawns refreshing blizzards on sweltering summer days to the tune of the O’Jays’ “Love Train.”

1. And, of course, the Tower of Invincibility. (Many thanks to Krusty Konservative for putting me on the scene.)