Heland Using Political Position For Private Cause

"Heland said he also is headed to the national capital this week, but as a citizen and not to represent the county.

However, he added, if he has the opportunity to bend the ear of lawmakers on behalf of the county, he will do so "in a heartbeat".

"If I get an opportunity to talk to (U.S. Senator) Tom Harkin's staff and they say, 'How's the economy where you're at?', I'm going to give him some straight talk," Heland said.

According to Heland, he was asked by a friend, attorney Mitch Taylor of Burlington, to go on the trip related to private business. Taylor initially was going to pay for the trip, but Heland said he has decided to reimburse Taylor the entire cost.

"A friend says, 'You want to go?' He's got his own private cause, and I thought about it and said, 'Sure, I'll go.' Why wouldn't I?" he said."

Jeff Heland owes every taxpayer in Des Moines a detailed explanation of what the hell he is doing lobbying for a private cause in Washington, D.C. Every dime he spends or his spent on him is subject to public scrutiny.

Any time this free loading Large Mouth Phony Ass decides to dip into his pocket to cover his tracks, you can bet his tracks need coverin'.

This is worse than Hoschek's stupid Timmy Travel Tricks. This is calculated deceit.

Wise up Heland. The spotlight is not off.

Spike

Spike,

http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/loebsack-hours-050509-brief

http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/Supes-trip-050509

http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/grrd-dc-050509

Why is everybody running to Washington?

County roads are rutted messes. Des Moines County's budget is in the red. Out of state travel is supposed to be a no go, but off they go to the District of Columbia. They may get another grant. For What?

We can not maintain what we currently have. How will we pay to keep up more?

Hinkle is going. Supposedly with a private delegation, but Hinkle hits the public treasury his budget to fill. Hinkle had his fingers in the Manor Mall disaster. Maybe Hinkle will study how the National Mall could be made into a strip mall.

What private business for a friend is Heland transacting? Is Heland house hunting as well in case the opportunity to be Congressman Heland presents itself?

http://loebsack.house.gov/Forms/TourRequest/

http://loebsack.house.gov/Contact/

Why must we run to our representatives? Can they not come to us? Certainly not Congressman Loebsack.

The Ad Vertiser dutifully proclaims the every so often visits to the area by a Loebsack staffer. Big deal. Loebsack's district covers a lot of turf. Check out Loebsack's field offices.

Burlington used to have Congressional Office. That all changed with Congressman Loebsack. Both of Loebsack's District Offices are within 25 miles of each other. If you ain't in Cedar Rapids, or Iowa City, you ain't s..t to Congressman Loebsack.

The single party crew headed east are all aglow over Loebsack and Harkin. Since those folks can always count on Southeast Iowa's single party political system to deliver for them, they can focus their attention elsewhere where there is competition.

Like a faithful lap dog, our local leaders go running to their masters.

ANL

Like all scavengers, bare bones for most.

Spike

Spike:

I wonder what Mike Seet thinks of Geithner, a known tax cheat and liar, standing in front of the American people, speaking for Obama on the new tax laws being developed to stop tax cheats from circumventing U.S. taxes. Of course this was on an MSNBC video which is a known puppet for GE that’s used to spread its lies to the American People.

Is this behavior not reminiscent of the fox in the chicken coup?

GE is just waiting in the wings for payback from the Obama administration as thanks for the warped news coverage during the campaign. Payback will be in the form of large government contracts in the environmental area with money stolen from the American people through the “cap and tax” scam.

Cap and Tax will never work and just plays into the socialism plans of Obama along with his socialized medicine plan, a form of medicine known for failure wherever its been attempted. Obama is drifting far away from his oath of office by meddling in things government should stay out of. Remember, Obama is the same man that denied hearing his pastor of 20 years say anything bad about the United States or white people.

Worried