[Iowa-dx] Shadow cabinet?

[hhart@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu]

I like this idea.   I think it would be fun, and as Rick suggests, we =20
need not cover everything, just do what we have people interested in =20
doing.  Almost every year, someone has suggested something along the =20
lines of a legislative agenda, but it's never gotten of the ground.  I =20
hope that will change - it's a great way to educate ourselves about =20
state issues and politics, and maybe also something to interest =20
potential new members.

I'd volunteer to work on the SoS stuff!

Holly



Quoting Richard Johnson <seiowagreen@fastmail.fm>:

> As the campaign was in its closing days the idea of
> developing/re-introducing a shadow cabinet came to mind.  I shared the
> idea with some others folks and we agreed that this needed to go to the
> wider party.
>
> Thanks to the work of many hands we have a good presence on the web for
> both our state party and the (former) Barth/Johnson campaign.  These
> forums could continue to provide a place for us to get our message out
> to the people of Iowa if we can find a way to articulate it clearly.
> One possible way to do this is to have a shadow cabinet provide regular
> updates on the legislative session and the policy statements from the
> governor.
>
> This has been tried before with mixed results.  Such an endeavor would
> take some hard work and would require a number of hands to pull it off.
> It cannot be the operation of just one or two people, or even five or
> six.  That would be a recipe for burnout.  I would guess that a minimum
> of two, and preferably three people would be needed for each "office" on
> the shadow cabinet.
>
> The goal could be for each group to review matters relating to their
> "office" and write a monthly editorial piece.  Ideally we would stagger
> these so that something was coming from one of the groups each week, or
> every other week, to keep content fresh on our web outlets.  These
> pieces would be used as op-ed pieces in the print media, blog entries,
> letters to our elected officials, webpages/PDF documents, or anything
> else we thought might be a good way to distribute them.
>
> Yes...it's a lot of work, and we are all tired of politics right now.
> But the new legislature starts in just 7 short weeks, and there will be
> much to talk about.
>
> This is just an idea.  A piece of clay.  If enough folks want to do it,
> we can make it happen in any way we want.
>
> Are there enough people interested to take on the following offices:
>
> Governor/Lt. Governor
> Secretary of State
> Secretary of Agriculture
> Department of Education
> Department of Economic Development
> Government Reform/Ethics
>
> Even if we can only do 2 or 3, is it still worth the effort?
>
> Rick Johnson
>
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