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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
The ninth and last presidential ticket to qualify for the Iowa ballot before last week’s deadline used an obscure approach, Ballot Access News reports.
Most third parties qualify for Iowa’s presidential ballot by getting 1,500 signatures. But the Socialists held a “party meeting” provision, and used it very loosely.
“Recently the Secretary of State ruled that the 250-person meeting requirement may be satisfied by holding a meeting at an outdoor location,” writes Ballot Access News editor Richard Winger. “The Socialist Party set up its meeting at an outdoor spot on the campus of the University of Iowa. That spot had lots of pedestrian traffic. Persons walking by were asked to sign, and that person was considered an attendee.”
“Good going on the homework and implementation for these folks,” said Karen Kubby of Iowa City. Kubby is no longer active in the Iowa Socialist Party, but while she was, she served 11 years on the Iowa City council. “They deserve some attention for this, Kubby said. “I hope it doesn’t result in Iowa tightening any definitions.”
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