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Friday, December 3
Urge Gov. Vilsack to Request $1.2 Million for Legal Aid Funding
by
Linda Thieman
on Fri 03 Dec 2004 02:12 PM CST
 Urge Gov. Vilsack to Request $1.2 Million for Legal Aid Funding
Iowa Legal Aid
Your
help is needed now to maintain low-income Iowans' access to legal
assistance for issues involving domestic abuse, housing, utilities,
health care and other basic necessities. Iowa Legal Aid is
turning away almost 900 people each and every month who need
help. Without additional state funding, thousands more who
have nowhere else to turn will not receive the help they need.
Iowa
Legal Aid has seen dramatic reductions in federal funding, funding from
Iowa's IOLTA Commission and, most recently, the elimination of a grant
from the United State Department of Justice to fund services to
survivors of domestic violence. As a result of these reductions,
Iowa Legal Aid's funding in 2005 will be $1.5 million less than it was
in 2002.
In 2004,
Iowa Legal Aid received $594,000 in state funding. As a result of
other funding reductions, if state funding remains at $594,000 in 2005,
Iowa Legal Aid will be short over $700,000 to maintain existing staff
in calendar year 2005. This projection does not include filling
any of the 19 attorney positions around the state that are currently
vacant. Some offices are operating with less than the full-time
equivalent of 2.5 attorneys serving 14 counties.
Iowa
Legal Aid's Board of Directors is seeking state funding in the amount
of $1.2 million. Although this is double the state funding for
2004, the increase is needed to maintain services. This amount of
state funding is also being supported by the Iowa State Bar Association
and the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
Iowa
Legal Aid staff and Board members have met with the Governor's office
to explain the crisis currently facing the delivery of civil legal
services to low-income Iowans. The Governor's office is exploring
ways in which they can be helpful. You can help by contacting the
Governor's office and urging the Governor to support state funding in
the amount of at least $1.2 million in the coming fiscal year.
Emphasize that legal aid needs the Governor to support state funding
for Iowa Legal Aid of at least $1.2 million in order to maintain
existing services. Iowa Legal Aid is already turning away almost
900 people every month. Without additional state funding, that
number will increase dramatically.
Time is
of the essence, so please send an e-mail, make a telephone call or send
a letter to the Governor's office within the next two to three
days. Please contact any or all of the following people in the
Governor's office:
Governor Tom Vilsack
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-5211
tom.vilsack@iowa.gov
Dusky Terry
Governor's Office
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
dusky.terry@iowa.gov
515-281-0141
Steve Falck
Governor's Office
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
steve.falck@igov.state.ia.us
515-281-0130
John Pederson
Governor's Office
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
john.pederson@iowa.gov
515-281-4495
ICLU Files Freedom of Information Act Against FBI
by
Linda Thieman
on Fri 03 Dec 2004 04:28 AM CST
 ICLU Files Freedom of Information Act Against FBI
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
ACLU Launches Nationwide Effort to Expose Illegal FBI Spying on Political and Religious Groups
In Iowa, ICLU seeks disclosure of surveillance records of both federal and state law enforcement
DES MOINES - Citing evidence that the FBI and local police are illegally spying on political, environmental and faith-based groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates today filed multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests around the country to uncover who is being investigated and why.
"The FBI is wasting its time and our tax dollars spying on groups that criticize the government, like the Quakers in Colorado or Catholic Peace Ministries in Iowa," said ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson. "Do Americans really want to return to the days when peaceful critics become the subject of government investigations?"
Ben Stone, executive director of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, which is among the state affiliates participating in the effort, said that the ICLU is involved because of what the U.S. Attorney's office did to Des Moines peace activists in February of this year.
"Ten months ago, citizens subpoenaed by the government courageously stood in the public square in an effort to convey to the world that they would not be intimidated," Stone said. "In the face of their resistance, the U.S. Attorney backed down. The ICLU's filing today of FOIA, privacy act, and open records requests on behalf of our clients represents the next step in our struggle to defend the right of free speech against government intimidation," he added.
The requests were filed by the national ACLU as well as its affiliates in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Oregon. The national ACLU FOIA names the central FBI agency as well as bureaus in New York, Washington, D.C., California, Michigan, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Additional ACLU affiliates are expected to file another round of FOIA requests in early 2005.
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