The Governor and Senate Democrats have been talking all session about reorganizing government with the express purpose of saving taxpayer’s money and shrinking the size of government.
Republicans have always supported limited government and have proposed legislation and amendments to increase government efficiencies and limit the expansion of programs. As we have seen with the Democrats control of the legislature and the governor’s office the last three years, we have a billion dollar budget shortfall.
Governor Culver’s rhetoric and the rhetoric of Senate Democrats have led us to legislation that sounds like true re-organization but is smoke and mirrors.
In the State Government committee on Wednesday these same Democrats attempted to run a bill that would create an Iowa Public Information Board that could employ as many employees as needed and cost the state $600,000 in FY 2011.
Republicans support open meetings and open records, but is this the time to create another bureaucracy when we are trying to shrink the size of government? Once again, Democrats provide no leadership in the Iowa Senate.