octex Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Radio Iowa:State senator questions ethics of proposal for Harkin institute at ISUby Dar Danielson on April 22, 2011A state senator is asking the president of the Board of Regents to delay a decision on a proposal to create a public policy institute named for Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin at Iowa State University. State Senator Sandra Greiner, a Republican from Keota, says she has some serious questions about the proposal.“My basic concern is the impropriety of a seated senator…whose organization would be soliciting funds to run their institute from the same people who would possibly be seeking regulation from that senator,” Greiner says. Greiner says this is the same type of thing that was part of the ethics investigation against Democrat New York Representative Charlie Rangel.http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/04/22/state-senator-questions-ethics-of-proposal-for-harkin-institute-at-isu/ --------------------------This Senator is one of ours! She's a member here at TRR! ....Octex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octex Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Oooops! Appears there is an extra "http//:" in the url! Please delete the first one and the link should work to read the entire article. ...Octex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Oooops! Appears there is an extra "http//:" in the url! Please delete the first one and the link should work to read the entire article. ...Octex Gotchyour back! Thank you so much for finding this! GREAT article and go SANDY! We love ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octex Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thanks, Polly!! I just copied and pasted the url into the spot and forgot it already had the http//:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thanks for finding this Octex! Way to go IowaGranny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 She says in her letter ( Greiner Letter PDF) that it is clear the proposal has been discussed in length internally among the Regents and Iowa State, while the legislature and the governor have been “kept in the dark about the proposal.” “Particularly I think it was…not the wisest thing to do to move forward with this without at least alerting the governor,” Greiner says. She says she doesn’t know that the legislature has to sign off on the issue, but said at the least it would have been a courtesy to notify the governor. Notify the governor! Why that's just crazy talk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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