Report in From Bettendorf DFA Party
by Molly Regan, DFIA Environmentalist

[Last night] during the house party/fundraiser at Alta's house, I was chosen to ask a question during the conference call with...you guessed it, GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN!  It took several tries to break into the lineup, but was able to do it & asked a question written up by Karen Metcalf, a strong health care advocate here in Scott county and DEANER. 

I did start out by mentioning that I was running for Soil & Water Conservation Commission & Gov. Dean said "Good for you!" (or words to that effect).  Those in the room cheered & I told him that was my steering committee.  We all laughed.  They were all very excited, while I was just plain nervous.  The question was about a report by a number of medical groups that universal health care in this country probably would not be in place until 2010.  I cannot remember much about THE GOVERNOR'S answer other than he thought it could be done sooner.  Alta or Karen will probably remember more of exactly what he said.  I was still too pumped up to catch everything.  I forgot to invite him to my fundraiser next week, so I emailed the info to Vermont.  Here I go again, asking him to come back to IOWA.  One of these days, it will happen.
Thanks to Molly Regan for this great report!  Email Linda at blog@democracyforiowa.com for information on how to contribute to Molly's campaign.