DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad announced Friday that he will attend events in Mason City and Clear Lake this week.
On Wednesday, August 3, Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will attend The Iowa Downtown Conference. The event is claimed to be the premier statewide annual conference for professionals and volunteers involved in downtown revitalization in Iowa and neighboring states. It provides opportunities for attendees to make new connections, hear about the latest trends, acquire practical information and ideas, and learn strategies that are relevant to rural, mid-sized and urban communities and urban districts. The event is set for the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Avenue at 8:30 AM.
Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds will award the Give Back Iowa Medium Size Employer Category Winner at First Citizens Bank, 2601 4th Street SW in Mason City at 9:15 AM.
Shortly thereafter, Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds will visit McKesson Corporation, 2101 12th Ave. South in Clear Lake at 10:15 AM.
On July 22, Clear Lake Mayor Nelson P. Crabb and City Administrator Scott Lawrence Flory joined Clear Lake McKesson Distribution Center Manager Christopher Van Norman, Iowa Senator Charles Grassley, Iowa Department of Economic Development Director Debi Durham, and others in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
He’s here to see what can be done to accommodate Prestage, and find out if Bookmeyer’s apointment to replace Kuhn will play ball to his mansion directives. Death vacancies are golden opportunities for politicians.
Wrong on both counts Peter. Prestage is history and there will be no appointment made by Bookmeyer. Having a “bad day”?
“Bookmeyers Appointment”? that’s funny. So if he could get people to quit (instead of what happened to Kuhn) you think he could just appoint people? You think that is how government works? I am RELIVED you were not elected. There should have been a test to run for Clear Lake council but you would have quit half way through or failed it and declared it (like many other things) bullcr@p.
The Prestage deal is dead here in Mason City. Let it die.