Branstad cornered in SE Iowa
Bloomfield, Iowa --Independent family farmer and small business owner Garry Klicker of Bloomfield told Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds to fire Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter for ethics violations during a townhall meeting in Davis County in Southeast Iowa Wednesday afternoon.
"Rastetter did a real number on Davis county back when he was building factory farms down here with Heartland Pork, and now he's trying to do the same thing in Tanzania," Klicker said during a Q&A period. "What he did was a conflict of interest. Mr. Governor, I think you should ask Rastetter to step down from the Board of Regents."
Branstad briefly defended Rastetter and said he would wait for an Aug 23 ruling by the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board before considering the matter further.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members will attend an Iowa Board of Regents meeting in Cedar Falls on Friday and demand the regents enforce their ethics policy.
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