by Todd Dorman, 24 hour Dorman
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids
June 3, 2014
If you care about water quality, soil preservation or local recreation and conservation projects, Gov. Terry Branstad sent you a clear message Friday evening.
Go jump in an impaired lake. Or maybe a river. He really doesn’t care.
Under the flimsy guise of fiscal responsibility, and with timing intended to bury his actions on the back pages, Branstad used his veto pen to slash approved funding for the Resource Enhancement and Protection, or REAP, program, and to ax bucks for several water and soil conservation programs.
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