This month in Iowa, the media has reported on two events that confirm we have a two-class system. No, I'm not referring to the upper and lower economic classes. I'm referring to government and non-government workers.
You see, it's come out that our governor-for-life Terry Branstad and his entourage don't have to worry about speeding when driving around Iowa. His state trooper driver was clocked many weeks ago doing almost 90 miles per hour, and when another trooper tried to report it, he eventually lost his job.
Talk about hypocritical. This the governor that's supposedly so concerned for Iowans' safety? The governor who's putting all kinds of my tax money into a program to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation? (Aside: That ain't going to happen in farm country.) Hey Terry, stop putting the people who employ and pay you at risk by being late and allowing your driver to go an unsafe speed!
To top this off, now it's been reported that many government vehicles are being exempted from photo-enforced traffic violations. 3,200 license plates have this special exemption (they are not in the usual state license plate database), presumably because they may have a need to be anonymous - for example a law enforcement purpose.
The thing is, law enforcement equates to only a handful of these exempted plates. How is it that folks who drive vehicles for agencies such as the Iowa Lottery need this exemption? And regardless, are they not as dangerous to other Iowans if they are speeding or running red-lights? At the least, it's dumb law. At the most, it's probably unconstitutional.
And so the government-versus-private sector two-class system in Iowa continues. You'd think the governor would do something about this scandal - if he wasn't so busy setting a bad example.
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