Slow News Week A Boon For Captain Obvious

The news has been relatively slow for the Des Moines Register over the last week or so. The Iowa Legislature has less on its plate than previous years and Iowa’s news is generally good news – which isn’t as newsworthy.

So, last week, the Register apparently hired Captain Obvious to write some stories for them. Here is a run down of the stories that have been posted recently that lead me to believe there must be next to nothing going on in Iowa these days:

Pro-Choice Doctor Makes Pro-Choice Statements

Catholic Priest is Pro-Life!

A few days later, the Register followed up with this:

66% of Iowans Support Webcam Abortion Ban

The ban on webcam abortion is so obviously supported by Iowans, there is only one thing left to do – pass the bill.

It’s time for the Iowa Senate to take up HF2175 (webcam abortion ban) and send it to the Governor for his signature. It passed the House with a bipartisan vote, Iowans are behind this bill, and Iowans will be behind legislators backing it. Iowans should email their Senator and ask them to support HF 2175.

In other news: “Rally Against Apathy Draws Small Crowd!”

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Eric Goranson is a native of Lake Mills, Iowa. After moving to Austin, Texas and Southern California (attending 9 public schools in the process), he returned to Iowa where he graduated from Des Moines Christian School and earned his Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees at William Penn University. Eric is Principal at Goranson Consulting in Des Moines, specializing in Government Relations and Nonprofit Consulting.

Eric has more than sixteen years’ experience in state government and nonprofit organizations including the roles of Development Director at Iowa Christian Academy and Des Moines radio station Q99.5 KZZQ/Pulse 99.5. Eric has also worked in Governor Terry Branstad’s office during his fourth term and in the Division of Criminal Investigation. Eric ran for Iowa State House in 2004.Eric serves as a Curriculum Committee Member at the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute, is President of Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education, and is Chair of the Iowa Educational Opportunities PAC. He is a thinker, hunter, hiker, backpacker, movie watcher, traveler, soccer-lover/player, and music fanatic with a predilection for theatre and art; especially photography. His two children keep him and his wife very busy and very grateful.

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