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Activist governor [Vilsack, (D-IA)] to be honored during MLK ceremony (restored felon vote)
AP via WHO-TV ^
| Sunday, January 15, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 01/16/2006 4:25:19 AM PST by newgeezer
DES MOINES, Iowa—Des Moines activist Adin Davis and Gov. Tom Vilsack will be recognized tomorrow during the state's ceremony honoring Martin Luther King Junior.
The Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans will award Davis a King Lifetime Achievement Award. He will be recognized for his activism, diversity consulting and organization of King and Kwanzaa celebrations in Des Moines.
Davis, who met King 40 years ago in Chicago, says the late civil rights leader was a hero who changed the hearts of Americans.
Vilsack will be honored for helping to restore voting rights for felons who have served their sentences and reaching out to newcomers and immigrants.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: felonvote; happyholiday; mlkday; vilsack
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posted on
01/16/2006 4:25:23 AM PST
by
newgeezer
To: newgeezer
To: newgeezer
That is so funny, on a day set aside (allegedly) to honor civil rights heroes, here's someone being championed for coddling criminals.
Makes you wonder what the real agenda is.
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posted on
01/16/2006 4:29:44 AM PST
by
AbeKrieger
(Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
To: All
Felons used to have to petition the governor to get their voting rights restored. Vilsack himself denied hundreds of them. Then, he pulled this stunt. That says it all.
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posted on
01/16/2006 4:32:45 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: newgeezer
Birds of a feather...see
here.
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posted on
01/16/2006 4:44:47 AM PST
by
Ed_in_NJ
(Who killed Suzanne Coleman?)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: Ed_in_NJ
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posted on
01/16/2006 5:04:08 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: AbeKrieger
You want funny. The proof readers at the Des Moines Register screwed up big time yesterday. They did an article on MLK celebrations and they interviewed a guy by the last name of Coon.
They kept writig "Coon said" and then went on with his quote about MLK.
I got a chuckle out of that.
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posted on
01/16/2006 5:19:33 AM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: Shakedown Street
Vilsack is also involved in a program that grants scholarships to homosexuals. I've always wondered how one proved they qualify.
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Vilsack is also involved in a program that grants scholarships to homosexuals. I've always wondered how one proved they qualify.PLEASE. Don't ask that question.
On another matter, did you see Congresscritter King on FNC yesterday? He did a great job.
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posted on
01/16/2006 5:30:51 AM PST
by
Iowa Granny
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: Iowa Granny
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Abramoff and related issues.
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posted on
01/16/2006 6:07:16 AM PST
by
Iowa Granny
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Scratch that. It was on Murda (or whatever his name is)
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posted on
01/16/2006 6:07:57 AM PST
by
Iowa Granny
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: Iowa Granny
To: nonliberal
They did an article on MLK celebrations and they interviewed a guy by the last name of Coon. Maybe the names should have been changed to protect the innocent.
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posted on
01/17/2006 2:49:01 AM PST
by
AbeKrieger
(Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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