Carroll Launches Formal Open Records Request, Seeks to End Government Oversight Committee’s Double-Standard
DES MOINES, Iowa- Former Iowa House Speaker Pro Tem, and current Iowa GOP Chairman Danny Carroll today is requesting the documents and e-mails of Sen. Janet Petersen, Sen. Jack Hatch and Sen. Matt McCoy to determine what, if any, political motivations are behind the Government Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Department of Administrative Services.
“It strikes me as disingenuous for Democrats to launch a partisan investigation while hiding behind “legislative privilege” to never release their own communications,” said Carroll. “In the spirit of openness and transparency, I am formally asking these specific legislators to comply with the will of the people and turn over all pertinent documents.”
Carroll made the request via a formal open records request dated Monday, April 14, 2014.
Terms included within Carroll’s request include:
Settlements
Confidential
Hush Money
Mike Carroll
Danny Homan
Marcia Nichols
Campaign
Dean Ibesen
Carol Frank
Tony Schultz
Ken Thornton
“This investigation risks becoming a farce if legislative Democrats fail to hold themselves to the same standards as the administration,” said Carroll. “The separation of powers should be held to the same level of common transparency. If these legislators have nothing to hide, I suggest they begin compiling the requested documents and immediately release them for the public to see. Let’s level this playing field and have a full examination of the facts on all sides.”
“Thus far, there are some who appear to be willing to stall the session as a political tactic, said Carroll.” It appears to me that recent efforts by the Senate Oversight Committee serve more as political posturing than in determining facts.
I’m reminded of the Looney Tunes cartoon wherein Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny are arguing in front of Elmer Fudd (in this metaphor, played by the public):
“It’s Rabbit Season!”
“It’s Duck Season!”
“It’s Rabbit Season!”
“It’s Duck Season!”
Fudd ends up bagging neither.
Whatever the hell that means. Only a Democrat denies the truth.
I gotta agree with LVS. What the hell are you talking about anyway? Besides, it’s Wabbit season.
Indeed, Wabbit was more accurate, but I was trying to build the Rabbit(republican) and Duck (Democrat) metaphor.
Now that I see my efforts were confusing to you guys, I should have just not said anything rather than butcher a classic.
You guys are probably trying too hard.
It’s just that each side always tries to paint a target on the other, and as soon as they are in the sights, they point out the other side.
And we (as Fudd) never learn well enough to get rid of them. We let ourselves get confused and vote back in the trouble we say we don’t like.
Oh, and LVS, that Democrat crack was what, exactly? I don’t understand what democrat you are saying is denying the truth.
The democrat that was denying the truth is all of them. This next article is for peter cotton tail or wabbit.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/04/15/casual-marijuana-use-linked-with-brain-abnormalities-study-finds/
and if peter doesn’t like that article because it was on fox news then try this web page.
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2013/12/marijuana-users-have-abnormal-brain-structure–poor-memory.html
@Mediator-maybe answered it for me. Cheap shots are the thing that liberals do best.
I don’t understand what you think was a cheap shot. Or are you being ironic?
@Mediator-General statement was all. Not necessarily aimed at you.
@LVS
So you made a cheap shot to show how it’s done?
Yet you couldn’t explain how I’d made a cheap shot.
I made a fair analogy to the political climate today, calling out both sides for political theater.
And with what do you end? Another attempt at a cheap shot.
Yes cheap shots are what liberals do but not what they do best. Read this article and it will tell you what they do best.
http://www.newsmax.com/Morris/morris-democrats-electoral-college/2014/04/15/id/565661/?ns_mail_uid=296179
If that is what you are interested in check out these pages. http://scgnews.com/bundy-ranch-what-youre-not-being-told
http://www.goldismoney2.com/showthread.php?63414-Why-hasn-t-Bundy-paid-grazing-fees-Here-is-WHY-%21%21%21&p=715927
@maybe-I knew Reid was a slimeball that I consider a traitor who should be run out of the country but I didn’t realize he was this bad. They all learn from Obama. Thank you for the information.
I used to live in Nevada and I’m here to tell ya that harry reid has been crooked LONG before Obama was senator.
Hey Matt! How about somthing on the Bundys out in Nevada and our corrupt government behind it.