This week's Civic Skinny 11-09-05

[Debi]

Despite being warned by the governor's office and repeatedly by the state ombudsman, Secretary of State Chet Culver's office will not remove the personal financial information of some extremely heavy hitters, a number of whom are Democrats, leaving them "wide open" as targets for identity theft. "It's not criminal. He's not breaking the law," a top state source told Cityview. "But he's leaving a lot of people exposed." A brief search of the site showed personal financial data and/or social security numbers and EIN numbers for politicians like Sen. Majority Leader Stewart Iverson and Sens. Jack Kibbie and Brad Zaun, as well as some of Central Iowa's wealthiest business leaders - some of whom have given money to Culver campaigns.

(I really didn't want to post that! x()

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Gubernatorial candidate Patty Judge has been going after Mike Blouin for being pro-choice, but the former state senator voted for parental notification (what Jim Nussle wants to see happen) while serving in that capacity...

(Hmmmmm...having a voting record isn't always helpful)

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http://www.dmcityview.com/skinny.shtml

[IA_Seth]

1. Parental Notification

Well...it looks like Judge should probably clarify her stance on that pronto before she uses her pro-choice stance in her stump speeches.

What is the 'standard' reason for democrats opposing parental notification?

[Debi]

2. The instant thought that came in to my head was

sexual abuse by a parent....but I'll have to do some research (unless there are DUers here who know the answer).....