Local Iowa Governments Taken Advantage of by White Houseby Darrell Lewis
National Public Radio documents how thousands of Americans have been denied access illegally to Presidential and Vice Presidential events. Unless an event is called a campaign event and fully paid for by the campaign, persons CANNOT legally be denied access.
However, in this piece NPR documents the requirements to sign "loyalty oaths" and threats of arrest.
The Vice Presidential appearance of Dick Cheney in Clear Lake clearly meets the test of a campaign event because the general public was denied access. The failure to re-imburse the Cities of Clear Lake and Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa State Highway Patrol, Clear Lake School District and other public agencies is simply wrong and an abuse of our local governments and misuse of our state and local tax dollars.
The story documents how local law enforcement agencies and local governments are told by the White House what to do, even though it is wrong and they have no authority to do so.
Click here to listen to the shocking story on NPR.
This article first appeared on the Drury for Iowa Senate website.
