Formal Ethics Complaint Against Senator Bartz Filed Today

fallonlynn@gmail.com (Lynn Fallon) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:51:51 CDT

Today, Ed and Lynn Fallon plan to deliver to Secretary of the Senate Mike Marshall at 11:15 this morning their formal ethics complaint against Senator Merlin Bartz for encouraging county recorders to break the law by refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.

On a Senate Republican website, Senator Bartz posts a link to a petition that appeals to county recorders to "refuse to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples on April 27th, 2009, and every...

Clarence Page to Speak in Des Moines

fallonlynn@gmail.com (Lynn Fallon) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:23:40 CDT

Clarence Page To Speak About His Support For Same Sex Marriage

Iowa Historical Building • June 11 • 7:00 p.m

Clarence Page, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, has been a columnist and a member of the Chicago Tribune's editorial board since July 1984. His column is syndicated nationally by Tribune Media Services in close to 200 papers. He has been based in Washington, D.C. since May...

Time for a New Groundhog

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:16:43 CST

Bicycle Legislation to Support

fallonlynn@gmail.com (Lynn Fallon) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:51:06 CST

I received the following note from Mark Wyatt on Facebook:

Senate File 34 has specific, positive code changes for bicyclists. Please take a look at

Check This Out

fallonlynn@gmail.com (Lynn Fallon) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:04:06 CST

Although I don't like to clutter my email inbox with junk mail, I really enjoy getting the daily tip from Ideal Bite. The topics aren't always of interest to me, and if not, I don't spend a lot of time reading them. But often, there's great information and resources throughout the note. Check it...

End of an Error

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:57:43 CST

This is a monumental day in our nation's history, marking the end of an error and the beginning of an era. I have great hope that future generations will say that today was the day America began to get itself back on track.

I'd love to believe that we've done our part, that we can let Obama take it from here. I'd love to go back to being a full-time farmer and musician. But the "change we believe in" won't happen unless we all continue to commit our lives to service, to the...

McCarthy and VOICE, by Ed Fallon

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:31:58 CST

In his opposition to campaign finance reform, Iowa House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Democrat, has attracted a questionable ally in Sean Parnell, president of the Center for Competitive Politics. Recently, Parnell praised McCarthy for calling Voter-Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE) "flat-out bad."

Prior to joining the Center, Parnell was vice president for external affairs at The Heartland Institute. Heartland's priorities include opposition to...

Making the World Safe for Chickens, by Ed Fallon

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:27:45 CST

"Sustainability is a big part of our work. Iowa - and America - needs to become more locally self-reliant when it comes to food and energy production.

"Yesterday, Lynn and I took a small step in that direction, cleaning an abandoned chicken coop, making it safe and welcoming for a small flock of...

Welcome to the New Site! by Lynn Fallon

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:44:08 CST

Since it's the new year, we decided it was time to re-launch our new website! We hope you find it to be a good resource for information. If you have suggestions, especially if you know of other local businesses we can add to our "Shop Locally" section, please write to us at imforiowa@gmail.com.

Ed and I each hope to make blogposts at least 2-3 times each week, so check back often.

Lynn

Chopin, Politics and Local Food

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:16:02 CST

Friday, January 23, 2009
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Our Home
752 16th St.
Des Moines, IA

Ed will give a 30-minute piano concert. Then Lynn and Ed will discuss their work with An Independence Movement for Iowa (I'M for Iowa). They will serve a sampling of appetizers of Iowa-grown nibbles and bubbles, and will ask you to consider helping and supporting them in their work...

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