VOTER
Thanks to everyone who attended and worked at the Candidates' Forum on August 18.
The public learned more about the six candidates vying for four seats on the Muscatine Community School Board. The election is September 8. See you at the polls!
National Voter Registration Day is September 22. Our League hopes to have volunteers at local grocery stores registering potential voters. I will be calling you to enlist your help. If you are employed, I will ask that you connect with a new hires at your workplace. Everyone can pitch in on this important day.
Thanks to Susan Cory for offering voter registration at the Multicultural Fair. I went to the MCC opening and registered 7 people.
LWV Iowa continues to focus on water quality and climate change. Who do you know that wants to act on climate change? Together we can make a difference.
This Month
Finally, invite a friend come with you to the September 22 meeting at Wine Nutz. The purpose of this meeting is to welcome prospective members! See you there!
Sue
Clean Air
Earlier this month, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and President Obama unveiled the final regulation limiting carbon from coal fired power plants! The Clean Power Plan will improve public health while saving lives, creating jobs and protecting our environment.
The Muscatine Journal reported that GPC switched to using natural gas as its ole fuel source for boilers at the wet milling facility, making coal obsolete. This was in response to EPA standards for sulfur dioxide. It is currently addressing regulations for particulate matter 2.5.
LWV Upper Mississippi River Region Inter League Organization (ILO)
An organizational meeting will be held in Dubuque on October 24. This is an exciting endeavor of four states, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota to work together to promote:
--public understanding and active, informed citizen participation in evidence-based decision-making as essential elements of responsible and responsive management of the natural resources of the Upper Mississippi River Region;
-- resource conservation, science-based stewardship, and long-range planning for managing the region’s natural resources; and
-- efficient and economical government requiring competent personnel, the clear assignment of responsibilities, adequate financing, effective
enforcement, coordination among the different agencies and levels of government and well defined channels for citizen input and review.
Money in politics is the theme of National's review of Campaign Finance Reform. Our League will participate in this study by promoting a Community Read of the book, Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform by Robert E. Mutch. It was our lucky day when Todd Pettys, U of I Law professor, agreed to facilitate the discussion on December 1 at MCC. (This is a change in location.)
