GOVERNOR "EVERYTHING'S FINE" IS WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD

[rurallib]

https://iowastartingline.com/2018/02/28/governor-everythings-fine-is-whistling-past-the-graveyard/

Iowa is the best place to live in the nation?

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Tell it to the Hispanic family whose children were mocked with racist chants at a school sporting event by fellow students who feel empowered by the racism of Reynolds’ campaign co-chair, Steve King.

Tell it to the young student who had to drop out of college because they couldn’t afford yet another massive tuition hike.

Tell it to young woman who got a sexually transmitted disease after being unable to get reproductive care because her local Planned Parenthood clinic shut down.

Tell it to the father who’s out of work after getting injured on the job, but can’t get his workplace to compensate him for his injury.

Tell it to the young couple who can’t even pay for their apartment from their minimum-wage jobs.

This doesn’t feel like the best state in the country to live in for a lot of people, and more and more Iowans are experiencing those kind of lives every year. And no amount of rankings, data or cheerful words from their governor is going to make them feel otherwise.

Sure doesn't feel like it to me anymore

[mikeysnot]

1. We used to have a Presidents

weekend in Dubuque, hotel, pool, hot tub, eat out. There was a big MAGA sign in downtown. I told my family I would not stay there if he wins the election and Iowa goes for idiot... the last two years have been in Galena, Il instead.