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CCI upset with DNR cuts

By Jason Hancock 5/22/09

A move by the state Department of Natural Resources to cut the budget of one of its enforcement divisions by nearly a third has drawn the ire of a liberal activist group.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) said cuts to the Animal Feeding Operations budget leave it with only 13 field officers to regulate and [...]

House to weigh Mertz ethics complaint Monday

By Jason Hancock 2/27/09

The House Ethics Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Monday to discuss Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s ethics complaint against state Rep. Dolores Mertz, D-Ottosen.

Activist group calls on Dems to remove House Ag Chair

By Jason Hancock 12/15/08

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) is demanding Democratic leaders in the Iowa House remove Dolores Mertz as chair of the House Agriculture Committee.
The group points to what it calls Mertz’s ties to the factory farm industry, including the fact that her son owns a 4,000-head hog factory, as motivation for House Speaker Pat Murphy, [...]

EPC member resigns, cites anti-agriculture direction of board

By Jason Hancock 9/10/08

A member of the state’s Environmental Protection Commission who has been labeled by critics as “pro-factory farms” has stepped down.

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