REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN NORTHWEST IOWA ARE ACCUSING IOWA SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MIKE KLIMESH OF RETALIATION AGAINST REPUBLICAN SENATOR DOUG CAMPBELL OF MASON CITY.
THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE IN LE MARS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A FORMAL RESOLUTION TUESDAY CENSURING KLIMESH FOR STRIPPING CAMPBELL OF ALL HIS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
DON KASS IS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY REPUBLICANS AND SAYS CAMPBELL WAS PUNISHED FOR HIS ACTION LAST YEAR WITH OTHER SENATORS TO BLOCK THE STATE BUDGET BILL FROM BEING PASSED BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED EMINENT DOMAIN FROM BEING USED AGAINST LANDOWNERS OPPOSED TO A CARBON CAPTURE PIPELINE ON THEIR PROPERTIES:
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KASS SAYS HE AND OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE UPSET OVER BILLS BY THOSE 12 SENATORS THAT HE SAYS KLIMESH KILLED DEBATE FOR IN RETALIATION FOR THEIR OPPOSITION TO EMINENT DOMAIN:
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THE RESOLUTION CONDEMNS THE “BRAZEN ACT OF POLITICAL RETRIBUTION” THAT STRIPPED SENATOR CAMPBELL OF ALL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS”.
IT STATES THIS PUNITIVE MEASURE APPEARS INTENDED TO INTIMIDATE NOT ONLY SENATOR CAMPBELL BUT ALSO THE 11 OTHER PRINCIPLED SENATORS WHO FORCED DEBATE ON HF 639, EXPOSING LEADERSHIP’S UNWILLINGNESS TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT IOWA LANDOWNERS FROM GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE OVERREACH.
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BRUCE RASTETTER IS THE FOUNDER OF SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS.
SENATOR CAMPBELL REQUESTED A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE WEDNESDAY TO ADDRESS HIS FELLOW SENATORS:
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CAMPBELL DID NOT DIRECTLY MENTION BEING STRIPPED OF ALL OF HIS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AS HE CONCLUDED HIS TWO MINUTE SPEECH:
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STATE SENATOR KEVIN ALONS, WHO REPRESENTS PART OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY, AS WELL AS WOODBURY AND MONONA COUNTIES, ALSO VOTED WITH CAMPBELL AND 10 OTHER SENATORS LAST SESSION.
ALONS HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HIS VICE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE SENATE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND REMOVED FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT, WORKFORCE AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEES.
HE HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
KASS SAYS THE SIOUX COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PASSED THE SAME RESOLUTION TO CENSURE KLIMESH, AND SAYS OTHER COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES ARE CONSIDERING THE SAME MOVE.
THE CERRO GORDO COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS FORMALLY OBJECTED TO THE ACTIONS AGAINST SENATOR CAMPBELL, AND HAS ASKED IOWA SENATE LEADERS TO RESTORE HIS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
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