Successful day for ISU College Republicans

The Iowa State College Republicans showed that they were a force to be reckoned with when their group gathered at the Iowa State House for Regents Day. Armed with information, signs, Iowa State Daily newspapers and passion the group immediately stood out from the crowd that gathered on the second floor rotunda.

Bus loads of college students and other supporters also gathered to lobby against proposed cuts to the Regent Universities’ budgets complete with buttons that said “Stop the Cuts.” And while this group lined up for a photo op on the House Chamber Floor the ISU College Republicans continued to give interviews with numerous media outlets and speaking with Representatives Jeff Kaufmann, Linda Upmeyer, Kim Pearson, Tom Shaw, Dave Deyoe and others who had made the effort to meet with the Republican group.

According to an article in The Iowa State Daily “this issue was not a political Republicans vs. Democrats fight until Mr. Pals made it one.” Today, in spite of the lobby training tips shared with ISU students by Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, Lisa Heddens and Herman Quirmbach and the Iowa State Ambassadors, Logan Pals and the ISU College Republicans were successful in getting their voices heard.

The debate about budget cuts will continue but with more opinions in the mix. Mr. Pals has taken a lot of criticism from his peers and others but because of his time and attention we are all called to do what the Iowa State Daily recommends: “consider writing to your local representatives to tell them how you feel about the potential cuts. It’s just one more way you can make your voices heard.”  Good advice, not only for students but for taxpayers and those that understand the ISU College Republican sign that said “You can’t spend what you don’t have.”