Muscatine Mayor and City Council Forum
October 10, 2017
7:00 pm
Muscatine City Hall
Mayor: Diana Broderson, Charlie Harper
2nd Ward: Oz Malcolm, Michael Rehwaldt
4th Ward: Nadine Brockert, Vance Crumly, Brian Freitag and Larry Murray
At-large: Kelsey Brackett, Kerry Denison, and Scott Natvig
United Nations Day
October 24, 2017
7:00 pm
Muscatine Community College, Student Center
MCC has been approved as a site to hold a webinar with former
UN Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, who also served on the National Security Council.
Also speaking will be I. Allan Barber, President of Denver-Hainan Corporation. Mr. Barber began working with Chinese executives and officials in 1987, assisting with the development of Hainan Island, a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Done
Thanks to all members who helped with the school board candidates’ forum. We put our newest member, Nora Dwyer, to work timing while Debbie Paulson, Mel Steckel, and Paula Stover worked the crowd.
National Voter Registration Day. Thanks to Ann and Paul Mayes who registered voters at MHS and Jean Clark who went to MCC.
GROW WITH LWVIA
I attended the September meeting of Iowa League Leaders in Marshalltown. Discussions centered on new rules for voter registration in Iowa. GROW means to grow in all areas, membership, leadership, focus, outreach, funding, engagement, and sustainability.
LWVIA is not joining a lawsuit against the Secretary of State because a partisan SuperPAC, Foundation for Priorities USA, funds the litigator. Some of the attorneys and firms coordinating voting rights lawsuits have strong connections to the Democratic Party and SuperPACs, including Priorities USA. While the League supports the core issues of the lawsuits, we open ourselves up to criticism and put our nonpartisan reputation on the line if we allow SuperPACs to fund our lawsuits and political operatives to represent us.
I learned that one league offers prorated dues/membership based on age:
Student $5
Under 39 $20
Under 55 $40
What do you think of that!?
I also learned that there are people in West Branch who are interested in starting a League. This is so exciting! I am hoping that our League and reach out to them and help them GROW!
--Sue
The trees we planted in memory of Catherine Miller and Betty Smith are growing at the arboretum!
