Thread: IA Hundreds of Iowans thrown out of public hearing

BREAKING NEWS: Hundreds of Iowans thrown out of public hearing
By JASON CLAYWORTH • jclayworth@dmreg.com •
March 31, 2009

More than 500 people who are upset with a plan to change Iowa's tax laws were cleared from a hearing tonight at the Iowa House after they interrupted multiple times.

House Speaker Pat Murphy, D-Dubuque, cleared the crowd at about 8:30 p.m. The decision brought about loud protests as the crowd was escorted from the chambers by Iowa State Patrol officers.

“This is the most atrocious thing I’ve seen in the history of the 15 years I’ve been a lobbyist. Pat Murphy has acted like a jack-booted Nazi,â€

However, Democrats have proposed a plan that would instead lower the state income tax rates and increase certain tax credits to offset the increase.

Then why do it at all? What a scam!

[quote]...several of the speakers were booed.
“The idea behind the public hearing is to give people public input and allow people the ability to speak for and against the bill. This is not an athletic event,â€