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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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The Appel Report
By Staci Appel, State Senator
State Senator Staci some significantbelt-tight- Boards (IASB). During the can also tracklocaljob-cre-
Appel of Ackworth is ening this spring, the re- 2010 session, the Legisla- at*on projects at www.ijob
working to make Iowa forms we approved will turemade IASB subject to siowa.gov/en/ongoing_
government more ac- help us find more savings sunshine laws and will projects/search.cfm.
countable. Tuesday, Aug. in the future." consider further expand-
17 Senator Appel held Ac- Increasing Accountability ing open meetings and
countability and Transpar- & Transparency-2010 Leg- open records laws next Dog Show
ency Forums in Indianola *slat*on session. In September
and Winterset with special Making government Tax credit reforms thatApproximately 2,000
guest Senate President more efficient: Lawmak-save money and focuson dogs from 45 states and
Pro-Tern Jeff Danielson of ers shaved an estimatedhelping small businesses: several foreign countries
Waterloo. $125 million off the state To prevent the sort of will compete at the annual
"Last spring we saved budget by streamlining abuses exposed in the film Des Moines Dog Shows,
nearly a quarter of abillion services and eliminating industry, the Legislature Obedience Trials and Rally
dollars by reorganizing wasteful spending. The passed reforms that will Trials September 10, 11
state government and Government Reorganiza- provide more oversight and 12, at the Varied In-
downs*zing the number of tion and Efficiency Act in- and ensure that more tax dustries Building on the
state employees," said cludedideas fromIowans credits go to Iowa's Main Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Appel. "By increasing ac- from every corner of the Street businesses, not Wall The shows, approved by
countability and transpar- state, including consoli- Street. The legislation is the American Kennel
ency, we'll keep the spot- dating the state's informa: projected to save $115 million. Club, are open to the pub-
light searching for pro- tion technology and pool- Shining a light on spe-lic and feature one of the
grams that aren't as effi- ing state purchasing cial interests: It is now largest junior showman-
cient as they could be or power to get a better deal easier to track special in- ship entries'in the country.
aren't accomplishing their for taxpayers, terest lobbying at the State- Admission is free.
goals. When we do, we'll Reducing the size of house thanks to a new law The three-day cluster of
reorganize them or elimi- government: This year the that requires online re- dog shows begins Friday,
nate them just like we did size of Iowa governmentporting of who hired a lob- Sept. 10, at 8 a.m. with Best
last session." hit a 16-year low when by*st, how much they'reof Breed competitions,
During the 2010 ses- more than 2,000 govern-paid and which bills obedience trials and rally
sion, the Legislature en- ment workers accepted re- they're lobbying for and trials sponsored by 13 spe-
acted several major *nit*a- tirement incentives of-against. The reports are cialty breed clubs.
tives to reform state gov- fered by the Legislature. -available at www.legis. All-breed dog shows
ernment, including the Only the most critical po- state.ia.us/Lobbyists/ willbe held Saturday and
Government Reorganiza- sitions willbe refilled, gen- LobbyistReports.htm. Sunday, Sept. 11 and 12,
tion and Efficiency Act, erally at lower salaries, Keeping shadymoney beginning at 8.a.m. each
early retirement incenfives saving the state an esti- out of Iowa elections: day and conclude late each
for state employees, tax mated $85.2 million. Iowa became the first state afternoon with Group and
Vernon Ewell Meets Vernon Ewell
Recently Vernon A. EwelL "Bud", a 30-year resident
of Norwalk, participated in a lengthy telephone con-
versation with Vernon E. Ewell "Vern" of Cresson, TX.
As it turns out the two men, who are not related, both
have ties to Norwalk, Iowa. Vernon E. Ewell attended
Norwalk High School, graduating in 1957. At that time,
his family lived on a small farm near Fleur Drive and
County Line Road, just two miles east of what is now
the Lakewood neighborhood.
The "Bud" Ewell family have lived in Lakewood for
30 years. The only two common threads is the fact that
the men share the same name, a name that is unusual
for this part of the country, and that 50 years later, the
men found out they each had Norwalk ties with their
homes just a couple of miles apart.
The telephone conversation was set up by long-time
Norwalk resident, Jim Becket, who went to school with
Vernon E. Ewell.
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credit reforms and tougher Putting the budget in the nation to protect Best in Show competitions
campaign finance regula- online: The Legislatureelections from unregu- judged by internationally I
tions. Senator Appel voted to develop an lated cash from Wall Street respected purebred dog
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served as co-chair of the online, searchable budget corporations and shadowy authorities. Junior show- i
State Government Reorga- database, so that Iowans organizations after themanship, obedience trials " ]
niz,,a, tion Committee. know how their tax dollars U.S. Supreme Court and rally trials will also be :
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Senator Appel is a real are spent. The state also erased all limits on corpo- held each day. Meet the
leader when it comes to created an online database rate spending in political Breeds offers spectators a
being a budget watchdogof economic developmentcampaigns. The new law chance to learn more about f
and demanding answers pr°grams' including taxprevents big c°rp°rati°ns vari°us breeds °f d°gs" Iirm
for taxpayers," said Sena- credits, allowing taxpayers and foreigners from The three day shows
tor Danielson, a key player to see how they are sup- drowning out the voices of will feature over 150 _
in gove,r ,_ ent reform ef- porting jobs and growing Iowans with a flood of breeds of dogs, including Weight-control Info at*on
forts. She recognized our communities at www.anonymous, negative ads. several rare breeds and Network's resources on
early on that there s no bet- iowalifechanging.com/ Making sure recovery .many dogs entered at nutrition, physicalactivity,
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ter time than now to re- AnnualReport/2009/ dollars are used effec- Westminster (the New and weight control at
think and improve the way searchdatabase.aspx, tively: The new Iowa Ac- York show televised each www.win.niddk.nih.gov or -
government operates." Legislative pay was cut countability & Transpar- February). Exhibitors from call (877) 946-4627.*** ,'
"I'm working to in- and out-of-state travel encyBoardwillmakesure all over the country and aid cognitive skiils in healthy Lamb is for lovers and can
crease accountability be- was banned. Iowans know how federal
cause sunshine is the best Preventing misuse of recovery dollars are being
disinfectant," added Sena- taxpayer dollars: The spent to provide services
tor Appel. "When it's Legislature's Oversightand improve Iowa's
easier to track where tax Committee continues to economy. Learn more
dollars are going, it's easier investigate the misuse of about the board's work at
to find ways to save tax taxpayer funds by the www.iowa.gov/recovery/
dollars. While we did Iowa Association of School ExecutiveOrder12. You
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