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recenIIy heard a
sIory from a IocaI
communiIy acIion
person IhaI nearIy broke
my hearI.
8he was
visiIing a Io-
caI eIemen-
Iary schooI
and a chiId
came in
sick. When
his parenIs
were caIIed
Io come and
geI him, he
cried. He
asked if he
couId pIease
waiI unIiI
afIer Iunch, knowing
Ihere was no food Io eaI
aI home.
Over a 4O-year career
in educaIion, ! have
Iearned and observed
a IoI on Ihe effecIs of
hunger and chiIdren`s
Iearning. ! know IhaI
brain deveIopmenI is
criIicaI in Ihe earIy
years and good nuIriIion
is criIicaI Io IhaI
deveIopmenI. ! know
IhaI chiIdren who come
Io schooI hungry are
Iess IikeIy Io be abIe Io
concenIraIe.
This is a scary
observaIion when in
Ihe eIemenIary grades
chiIdren Iearn Io read.
Keading may be Ihe
singIe mosI imporIanI
skiII Ieading Io success in
schooI.
Amanda !ieper,
direcIor of Ihe Hawkeye
Area CommuniIy
AcIion !rogram`s food
reservoir, reporIs IhaI
one in five eIemenIary
schooI chiIdren in
Ihe HACA! service
area go Io bed hungry
aI IeasI once a week.
ThaI IransIaIes inIo an
average of four Io five
chiIdren per cIassroom
in our seven-counIy area.
ApproximaIeIy haIf of
chiIdren under age 18
guaIify for free/reduced
Iunch in Linn, Johnson
and Jones counIies.
Chris Carman,
direcIor of Ihe
Linn CounIy ChiId
eveIopmenI CenIer, has
observed some famiIies
who are doubIed up wiIh
friends and reIaIives in
order Io cuI expenses and
sIreIch Iheir paychecks.
He has seen parenIs
who find empIoymenI
(or swiIch ]obs), and
unIiI Ihe firsI paycheck
comes (someIimes Ihree
Io four weeks, depending
on how Ihe pay periods
faII) run shorI on food.
ChiIdren come inIo Ihe
ChiId eveIopmenI
CenIer exIra hungry
on Mondays, afIer a
weekend aI home wiIh
IimiIed food suppIies.
The cenIer rouIineIy goes
beyond reguired porIion
sizes aI mosI meaIs in
order Io meeI chiIdren`s
hunger.
IorIunaIeIy, Ihere are
sIrucIures in pIace IhaI
do make a difference.
According Io Ihe Census,
Ihe arned !ncome Tax
CrediI (!TC) IifIed .7
miIIion peopIe ouI of
poverIy in 2O11. The
8uppIemenIaI uIriIion
AssisIance !rogram
(8A!, formerIy food
sIamps) IifIed 8.D miIIion
peopIe ouI of poverIy.
These programs work.
We musI do aII we can Io
proIecI and sIrengIhen
Ihem.
UnforIunaIeIy,
Congress seems
deIermined Io do ]usI
Ihe opposiIe. oIh Ihe
House and 8enaIe have
proposed significanI cuIs
Io 8A! and if Congress
faiIs Io acI before Ihe
end of Ihe year, Iow
and middIe income
famiIies wiII see Iheir
Iaxes go up as necessary
improvemenIs Io Ihe
!TC and ChiId Tax
CrediI (CTC) expire.
We cannoI IeI Ihis
happen. ChiIdren shouId
noI go Io bed hungry.
They shouId noI go Io
schooI hungry. We musI
Iake care of Ihese mosI
vuInerabIe members of
our human communiIy.
WhaI can you do" Take
acIion!

ConIacI 8enaIors
Tom Harkin and Chuck
CrassIey and Keps. ave
Loebsack and ruce
raIey Io urge Ihem noI
Io raise Iaxes on Iow-
income working famiIies.
TeII Ihem Io make Ihe
expiring improvemenIs
Io Ihe !TC and CTC
permanenI insIead.

TeII our members

of Congress Io proIecI
hungry famiIies by
opposing reckIess cuIs Io
8A!.

8upporI IocaI food

panIries.

ncourage
communiIy and schooI
gardens Io feed hungry
famiIies wiIh nuIriIious
food.

CeI invoIved wiIh

HACA!`s OperaIion
ackpack !rogram
(www.hacap.org)

Learn abouI supporI

for hungry chiIdren in
your own neighborhood
or communiIy. 8IarI
someIhing if Ihere isn`I
anyIhing in pIace!

Check ouI www.

K8ULT8.org for more
informaIion on how Io
advocaIe for chiIdren!
ChiIdren are our
fuIure. !overIy among
young chiIdren carries
conseguences far
beyond Iheir chiIdhood
in everyIhing from
educaIionaI ouIcomes
and worker producIiviIy
Io Iong-Ierm heaIIh cosIs.
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21. Naa, area food paatr|es hare seea record or aear-record demaad oa the|r |areator|es th|s
sammer, |ac|ad|ag maa, |ow-|acome fam|||es whose ch||drea qaa||f, for the free or redaced-
pr|ce mea| program dar|ag the schoo| ,ear.
T
hank you for asking Ihe
Linn CounIy aIIorney
(Jerry \ander 8anden)
Io concIude his invesIigaIion
before IecIion
ay (re: Iriday`s
CazeIIe ediIoriaI,
\oIers need
answer before
eIecIion day).
However, Ihe
counIy aIIorney`s
office was invoIved
in Ihe producIion
of Ihe reporI by
counIy Iinance
irecIor 8Ieve
Tucker (regarding
an invesIigaIion
of Ihe hiring and
performance of Joe CIarahan).
According Io Ihe oard of
8upervisors` JuIy 1O meeIing
minuIes, Tucker has Cary
Jarvis (assisIanI counIy
aIIorney) reviewing iI (Ihe
reporI) ... Jarvis recommends
IhaI he (Tucker) figure ouI Ihe
reaI aIIegaIion and go from
Ihere.
WhaI is Ihe reaI aIIegaIion"
Tucker`s ApriI 8O memo Io me
indicaIes: An aIIegaIion asserIs
IhaI Joe CIarahan submiIIed
frauduIenI Iime records for
Iime noI worked as a conIracI
empIoyee of KeIIy 8ervices. !n
his Monday reporI, Tucker ...
couId noI concIude Ihere was
frauduIenI misconducI by Mr.
CIarahan.
ow you, The CazeIIe,
concIude IhaI ! mismanaged
Ihe sofIware pro]ecI by wriIing,
We are IroubIed IhaI MiIIer ...
wouId preside over Ihis IeveI of
mismanagemenI. id anyone
associaIed wiIh Ihe reporI
before Ihe reporI was issued
boIher Io see if Ihe sofIware
worked"
On Tuesday, Ihe day afIer Ihe
reporI came ouI, ! chaIIenged
Ihe oard Io see a demo of
Ihe sofIware. To his crediI,
8upervisor en Kogers aIIended
a demo on Wednesday and
observed IhaI Ihe sofIware
worked and was being used for
iIs inIended purposes. Kogers
can aIso IesIify IhaI Ihe sofIware
did noI work when CIarahan
gave him a demo shorIIy afIer
CIarahan was hired Io fix Ihe
sofIware; hence, Ihe reason for
hiring CIarahan.
How do ! measure wheIher
CIarahan was worIh whaI !
paid him" He Iook a sofIware
program IhaI was noI sIabIe
or fuIIy operaIionaI when he
arrived see Tucker reporI Iab
IabeIed CasseII and made
iI sIabIe and fuIIy operaIionaI
before he IefI. When CIarahan
sIopped geIIing Ihe informaIion
he needed Io conIinue Ihe
pro]ecI, ! asked him Io Ieave.
y Ihe way, CIarahan`s gross
hourIy wage was $2G per hour
noI Ihe $8D.11 aIIribuIed Io him
by The CazeIIe`s Tuesday news
sIory and paid Io KeIIy 8ervices,
his empIoyer.
Why wouId Tucker wriIe
such a scaIhing reporI" Tucker
is a poIiIicaI appoinIee of Ihe
oard of 8upervisors. He is noI
a civiI service empIoyee. He is
an aI-wiII empIoyee, serving aI
Ihe pIeasure of Ihe oard wiIh
his compensaIion seI by Ihe
oard, and his performance
reviewed by Ihe oard. !n
Ihe oard`s JuIy 1O minuIes,
Tucker indicaIed he ... wouId
Iike (8upervisor renI) OIeson
Io review (Ihe reporI) as weII
since he is an aIIorney. !n
Ihe oard`s 8epI. 11 minuIes,
8upervisor Kogers asked ... if iI
(Ihe reporI) wiII go Io Ihe counIy
aIIorney firsI ..
My firsI poinI: Tucker knows
which way Ihe wind bIows. He
knew Ihe ouIcome Ihe oard
wanIed based upon Iheir pubIic
commenIs.
My second poinI: !f Ihe oard
was uninvoIved wiIh Tucker`s
invesIigaIion, why did Kogers
pubIicIy ask if Ihe reporI was
going Io be referred Io Ihe
counIy aIIorney before Ihe
reporI was ready"
Tucker has been hosIiIe wiIh
me since he faiIed Io address
Ihe ouIside bank accounIs heId
by Ihe sheriff and recorder. He
was aware of Ihose accounIs
for years, buI did noI wanI Io
chaIIenge Ihen-8heriff on
ZeIIer abouI Ihe accounIs. Why"
ecause he knew which way Ihe
wind was bIowing.
Anyone who has worked
wiIh Joe CIarahan knows
IhaI he`s a hard-charging,
knowIedgeabIe and experienced
empIoyee . and workahoIic.
CIarahan wouId have been
more successfuI if he had noI
been undermined by a few key
pIayers.
!f you or any member of
Ihe pubIic wanI a demo of Ihe
sofIware IhaI is fuIIy operaIionaI
Ioday because of CIarahan,
pIease conIacI me aI audiIorg
IinncounIy.org. OIherwise, !
may posI iI on YouTube for aII
Io see.
And !`II gIadIy compare my
record of achievemenI on Ihis
sofIware wiIh any of Ihe oard`s
recenI sofIware pro]ecIs
Jocl Millcr is Iinn Coun/) cu-
di/or cnd is scckin rc-clcc/ion in
/hc Ao0. 6 Gcncrcl Elcc/ion.
Commcn/s: cudi/or@linncoun/).
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s anyone who has
ever had one can
IeII you, aII ]obs are
noI Ihe same.
ThaI`s why IasI week`s
announcemenI IhaI
!owa wiII Iose 4O7 wind-
Iurbine-bIade facIory ]obs
is a bigger Ioss Ihan even
Ihe numbers wouId sug-
gesI.
More Ihan a Ioss for
Ihose 4O7 workers and
Iheir famiIies, for Ihe
businesses Ihey freguenI
and Ihe banks who hoId
Iheir Ioans.
They`re a Ioss for Ihe
sIaIe, which has invesIed
a IoI of Iime and energy
inIo Ihe emerging wind
power indusIry. An in-
vesImenI IhaI unIiI
now, aI IeasI has paid
big dividends. They`re a
Ioss in Ihe fighI Io make
our counIry more energy
independenI.
And Ihey mighI noI be
Ihe IasI we Iose if Con-
gress doesn`I geI behind
an exIension of Ihe feder-
aI wind energy Iax crediI.
Wind energy eguip-
menI manufacIurer
8iemens nergy !nc.`s
announcemenI IhaI iI wiII
Iay off one-Ihird of iIs U.8.
workforce G1 wind
workers in !owa, Kansas
and IIorida is onIy Ihe
IaIesI caused, aI IeasI in
parI, because Congress
has decIined Io exIend Ihe
crediI.
The wind energy
indusIry has grown
furiousIy in Ihe pasI few
years, Ihanks in Iarge
parI Io Ihe incenIive,
originaIIy auIhored by
8en. Chuck CrassIey.
uI now wind indusIry
spokespeopIe say
congressionaI inacIion
has heIped creaIe an
uncerIain markeI and a
depressed demand for
Iheir producI.
And whiIe CrassIey
recenIIy has Iried Io
bIame emocraIic
Ieadership for
congressionaI fooI-
dragging, iI`s his own
parIy`s schizophrenic
response IhaI`s goI
everyIhing sIaIIed.
KepubIican opponenIs
Io Ihe Iax break,
incIuding presidenIiaI
candidaIe MiII Komney,
have caIIed iI noIhing
more Ihan a corporaIe
giveaway for ig Wind.
ven seIIing aside Iheir
dizzying doubIespeak
(apparenIIy, Iax
incenIives work for Iheir
friends, buI noI for Ihe
oIher guys` friends), iI`s
opponenIs of Ihe crediI
who are bIowing hoI air.
The CazeIIe`s own facI-
checkers veIIed !residenI
arack Obama`s cIaims
IhaI Ihe wind energy
indusIry supporIs aI IeasI
87,OOO ]obs naIionwide
and 7,OOO ]obs in !owa a
number aIso ciIed by our
own Cov. Terry ransIad
and found Ihem Io
be fair esIimaIes. !n a
8meII TesI arIicIe IhaI
ran IasI 8unday (you can
find CazeIIe facI checks
onIine, Ioo), Ihey raIed
Ihe biparIisan cIaim as
mosIIy Irue. And in Iheir
research, CazeIIe facI
checkers spoke Io experIs
who warn as many as
8,OOO !owans may be ouI
of work if Ihe Iax crediI
isn`I exIended.
CIearIy, iI`s Ioo soon
Io cuI Ihe cord on wind.
We`ve goI far Ioo much
IefI Io gain or Iose.
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