The Iowa Ethics Campaign and Disclosure Board's looking into a complaint that newly drawn redistricting maps for the Polk County Board of Supervisors give a definite advantage to democrats already in office. The new maps put two GOP supervisors in the same district. KCCI reports the maps were approved by the Board of Supervisors and the redistricting commission which both happen to have democratic majorities.
Monday, October 3, 2011
KFC Loses Iowa Tax Fight
KFC has a check top write to the State of Iowa for $250,000 in corporate income taxes. The U.S. Supreme Court's refused to hear an appeal KFC's challenge of a state Revenue Department decision that they owe the money, on taxes from 1997 to 1999. KCCI reports none of the KFC's in Iowa are owned by the company, they're all franchises, that pay KFC for the use their logo and systems. KFC claims with no property in Iowa it didn't owe the state a dime. Iowa's courts didn't agree.
Guv Unveils New Education Plan
Gov. Branstad wants to tie teacher salary to performance in the classroom. Branstad and State Education Chief Jason Glass say they want a system where teachers are also ranked from apprentice to master, with those at the master level given the chance to be mentors to their colleagues. KCCI reports they also want to raise teacher start pay to attract better candidates into education.
Iowa Backup QB Suspended Two Games
Iowa backup quarterback A.J. Derby's going to be sitting out Iowa's games against Penn State and Northwestern on suspension. KCCI reports he's charged with criminal mischief and public intoxication after admitting to damaging a window on a bus as he was getting off outside an Iowa City bar, and having a blood alcohol level of.12 late Saturday night. Derby's been in two games for the Hawkeyes this season.
Four year old Calls 911, Saves Mom's Life
WOW! The patience of a 911 operator, same as that of a saint. Dispatcher Maggie Brodeur answered the call from a four year old on Thursday who said his mom needed help. KCCI reports that the call came in just after 1 p.m., and Brodeur spent 14 minutes with the very calm child on the phone trying to determine exactly where he was. Those in dispatch used E911 technology to determine that the child and his mother were in Urbandale, so first responders were sent to where the child called from. His mom is okay now and is credited for teacher her son how to call 911. He's credited with saving her life.
Keokuk Man Faces Murder Charge
A Keokuk man faces a murder charge for allegedly killing his mother. Police say that 23 year old Adam Pitman killed his mother, 46 year old Rosa Pitman back in August. Pittman was arrested on August 30 as police made a traffic stop in Fort Madison. That's when Pittman told police that he killed his mother almost a month earlier, and that they should go to their house in Keokuk. They did, and found her body, with an electrical cord around her neck. Pittman's arraignment is October 10. Pittman's in the Lee County Jail on a two million dollar bond.
Another of 11 Sentenced Suspended
Another of the eleven fake ID cases, in which illegal workers at the Wildcat Dairy used other people's identification materials to get their jobs, has been sentenced. Last week, District Court Judge Douglas Vannoy sentenced 32 year old Raymon Gutierrez of Fort Morgan to on year, suspended, so long as he cooperates with ICE and the Morgan County Sheriff's Department. Gutierrez, and ten others were arrested in a federal ID sting in June, and now he wants to go home to Honduras. But prosecutors also asked for, and got 90 days to determine restitution for the victim who's ID Gutierrez used to get work. A total of 20 were indicted.
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