DES MOINES – Senator Amanda Ragan says she is set to revitalize communities in North Iowa by making sure they get their share of state resources this year.
“I’m proud to represent communities in North Iowa,” Mrs. Ragan said today. “With the 2017 session underway, I am eager to get to work building an economy that helps all Iowans.
“We’ve faced some big challenges in recent years though, with more than 70 counties in the State of Iowa losing population since 2010. Iowans need higher wages. Businesses need skilled workers and more customers. With bipartisan support, we can help create jobs and economic prosperity across our state. We need the kinds of investments that make people proud to call Iowa home.”
Mrs. Ragan offered “a few ideas” she’ll be working on this year “to turn things around”:
· Making sure all communities get their share of state resources for education, job training and economic development efforts that help them capitalize on their strengths and invest in themselves.
· Guaranteeing everyone in Iowa no matter where they live have access to quality health care and mental health services, including quick response times in emergencies.
· Improving water quality. Many communities struggle to provide safe drinking water to local residents. That’s why I’ve supported additional funding for water quality efforts in recent years. This year, we’re ready to bolster monitoring and bring together stakeholders—industry, cities and landowners. That way we can make real progress toward our long-term clean water goals.
· Encouraging more production and use of renewable energy, like solar, wind and biofuels. Between 2012 and 2016, Iowa’s solar energy tax credit led to more than 2,500 solar energy projects that created more than 700 jobs and investment of more than $130 million.
· Strengthening our economy with a skilled workforce that can compete against other states and countries by making K-12 schools our No. 1 priority and keeping down the cost of college and job training.
Improving water quality is nice -but first you have to have water – Falk gravel whatever and Poet ethenol plant have dropped the water table in worth county in my area that I no longer have water – New deeper well -got $50,000 for a start to loan me /grant me ???
So this year is the year change happens? What about all of the years before this year that she has claimed she was going to do amazing things, yet fell short? Politicians are professional bull shitters. Its always a new promise that never ends up coming into fruitation the way they claim it will. Twenty bucks says her way of helping northern iowa is by raising taxes. Seems to be the norm anymore. Raise taxes to fix short comings, just to spend more.
@ Anon, Ragan is all talk, never does nothing anyways except for them that is on welfare. Gets paid a nice chunk of change to dole out food to them that vote’s her in keeps her there. She runs next year, it will be like her 6th time on the ballot. She should of got out before this, time for her to retire. Maybe somebody will bounce her back to that kitchen, this is where her power, it all comes from.
why dont she just let us keep our money, and then she wont have to worry about how to give it back to us
And, how does she plan on doing this???