It is a lead pipe sinch the conservation plan that is touted by the governor and Republican legislators isn't working. Not looking for violations and counting on the public to report spills when they don't bother to look themselves suggests just how poorly they enforce the law. Who can tell? Yet the water quality speaks for itself, whatever they are doing isn't making things better, obviously. Removing the monitoring stations, as few as they were, also says they don't want to know the truth and they certainly don't want anyone else having proof positive they aren't protecting the public. Anyone who supports this inactivity is not the kind of people Iowa needs as legislators or administrators of legal remedies for a problem that isn't getting any better.
Rozenboom works on several key committees in the Iowa Senate that impact water quality. His record on protecting our water quality is abysmal. He touts having helped push through the water quality bill a few years ago - but that was not the more effective bill that would have focused on watersheds. It's the bill that Farm Bureau wanted and it's a scattershot approach to water protection with minimal money spent to achieve anything that might really make a difference. Rozenboom should not be near any committee that has any influence on legislation that addresses water quality - or education for the matter. His letter to Bob Leonard exposes his anger issues and immaturity. It's really unfortunate for Iowa that people keep electing him.
We should expect so much more than we get from our elected representatives. The denial of the existence of ag pollution and its effect on water quality and wildlife by people who should (or actually do) know better is insulting to the people they represent! Also, the votes need to let these people know that water quality should not be a political issue, as naive as that may sound. Their job is to problem solve and make sure mitigation strategies are based on science and achievement of the common good vs perpetuation of the self interest of those who seek to convince the people for who they are responsible to that they are not a part of the problem!
Hope Rozenboom reads this piece. Happy you are striking back with facts. All Iowans need to know we have 25 million hogs, 80 million chickens, 5 million turkeys, 4 million beef cattle in this state. Taxpayers pay to have human waste treated. We can no longer let anyone get away with the "geese" excuse. We can no longer let politicians in bed with big Ag get away with rhetorical and not hold thier feet to the fire until they address the cause of poor water quality across this state and county. Truth and facts matter. Keep pulling back the curtain Chris.
My goodness...Mr. Rozenboom sure seems to have a bee under his bonnet.
-do I sense a wee bit of contempt in his e-mail?
-I think I might describe it as....umm...grotesque. Where have I heard that word before?
Looks like the truth can even have an impact, no matter how sad the reflection, on those that refuse to acknowledge it. No wonder he's not gonna waste his time refuting all the lies in the article!
Chris, keep melting those snowflakes with that fire!
Time to stop subsidizing Big Ag and Big Oil. The Farm Bill is an outrage, but as long as the media participate in the conspiracy to keep Americans who live in big cities clueless about where their food comes from and what it actually is (i.e., that "the nation's breadbasket" feeds warehoused animals not people), and that making synthetic nitrogen is a fossil-fuel intensive process, and other stuff like that, the situation is hopeless. Anyway, thank you, Chris!!!!
Leader in water quality is laughable. Probably why the citizens pay for practices out in the countryside to help cleanup the water if he wrote the bill.
I will give Rozenboom credit, he signed his name to it. This is usually the rhetoric of some troll behind an anonymous Facebook post. These men are so fragile.
In the link you provided, Senator Rozenboom references a Bob and John. Are you familiar with their research? Is there an opportunity for the scientists to reconcile any differences and issue a joint statement and policy recommendations?
It is a lead pipe sinch the conservation plan that is touted by the governor and Republican legislators isn't working. Not looking for violations and counting on the public to report spills when they don't bother to look themselves suggests just how poorly they enforce the law. Who can tell? Yet the water quality speaks for itself, whatever they are doing isn't making things better, obviously. Removing the monitoring stations, as few as they were, also says they don't want to know the truth and they certainly don't want anyone else having proof positive they aren't protecting the public. Anyone who supports this inactivity is not the kind of people Iowa needs as legislators or administrators of legal remedies for a problem that isn't getting any better.
Rozenboom works on several key committees in the Iowa Senate that impact water quality. His record on protecting our water quality is abysmal. He touts having helped push through the water quality bill a few years ago - but that was not the more effective bill that would have focused on watersheds. It's the bill that Farm Bureau wanted and it's a scattershot approach to water protection with minimal money spent to achieve anything that might really make a difference. Rozenboom should not be near any committee that has any influence on legislation that addresses water quality - or education for the matter. His letter to Bob Leonard exposes his anger issues and immaturity. It's really unfortunate for Iowa that people keep electing him.
We should expect so much more than we get from our elected representatives. The denial of the existence of ag pollution and its effect on water quality and wildlife by people who should (or actually do) know better is insulting to the people they represent! Also, the votes need to let these people know that water quality should not be a political issue, as naive as that may sound. Their job is to problem solve and make sure mitigation strategies are based on science and achievement of the common good vs perpetuation of the self interest of those who seek to convince the people for who they are responsible to that they are not a part of the problem!
Oooh, that kind of response shows you've scraped a nerve.
Hope Rozenboom reads this piece. Happy you are striking back with facts. All Iowans need to know we have 25 million hogs, 80 million chickens, 5 million turkeys, 4 million beef cattle in this state. Taxpayers pay to have human waste treated. We can no longer let anyone get away with the "geese" excuse. We can no longer let politicians in bed with big Ag get away with rhetorical and not hold thier feet to the fire until they address the cause of poor water quality across this state and county. Truth and facts matter. Keep pulling back the curtain Chris.
Thx for the education.
My goodness...Mr. Rozenboom sure seems to have a bee under his bonnet.
-do I sense a wee bit of contempt in his e-mail?
-I think I might describe it as....umm...grotesque. Where have I heard that word before?
Looks like the truth can even have an impact, no matter how sad the reflection, on those that refuse to acknowledge it. No wonder he's not gonna waste his time refuting all the lies in the article!
Chris, keep melting those snowflakes with that fire!
Time to stop subsidizing Big Ag and Big Oil. The Farm Bill is an outrage, but as long as the media participate in the conspiracy to keep Americans who live in big cities clueless about where their food comes from and what it actually is (i.e., that "the nation's breadbasket" feeds warehoused animals not people), and that making synthetic nitrogen is a fossil-fuel intensive process, and other stuff like that, the situation is hopeless. Anyway, thank you, Chris!!!!
Leader in water quality is laughable. Probably why the citizens pay for practices out in the countryside to help cleanup the water if he wrote the bill.
I've really appreciated your writing. Thanks for sharing.
I will give Rozenboom credit, he signed his name to it. This is usually the rhetoric of some troll behind an anonymous Facebook post. These men are so fragile.
It would be good to know if Iowa’s high cancer rate is linked to our water quality.
Chris,
In the link you provided, Senator Rozenboom references a Bob and John. Are you familiar with their research? Is there an opportunity for the scientists to reconcile any differences and issue a joint statement and policy recommendations?