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State of Iowa is looking to save money by selling Prison Farms?

Article today in the Gazette about the Governor looking to downsize the government and sell some assets. I think this is a good idea, Iowa seems to have way to many public employees for a state this size. However, they are not focused on the huge recurring charges, they are talking about selling off the prison farms, which is a drop in the bucket and will save money only once. I think the state needs to eliminate major portions of the government.

Step 1, eliminate the Iowa senate. we have 100 house seats and the senate is 50 seats. Seems silly to have both, don't see any real reason for both. Can anyone explain why we need both?
Step 2, eliminate most counties. We have 99 counties because they wanted people to be able to travel to their county seat by Ox cart in a day. Personally, we could probably get by with 10 counties. Don't need to have 99 of everything. 90% of Iowa counties hit their peak in 1900, and have declined ever since. When we have whole counties that are smaller than Hiawatha, that is just stupid.
Step 3, eliminate about half the schools districts in Iowa. Even in the CR area, it is stupid to have at least 4 different districts in the metro, CR, CC, Marion, Linmar plus others. We have to pay for 4 School district superintendents and boards in the Metro area.
Step 4, wasteful duplication. How about the IC metro area with 3 completely separate public bus systems? How freaking stupid.

There is just so much inefficiency with the way our governmnet is set up in this state.

I tried a new apple

A variety called Opal....I had never seen it at HyVee before, and I always enjoy giving new apples a try.

Strange thing about it? It is BRIGHT yellow. I've never seen an apple like it.

I ate one tonight and it was good...pretty sweet.

Kinda pricey at 2.99/lb., but they aren't a huge apple like some Honeycrisps. Some of those almost weigh a pound on their own. This Opal is a perfect medium size.

That is all....

WBB

OSU more athletic & physical. Close doesn’t cut it. Disappointing times watching ISU b-ball of late.

I will never understand why players go to a place like OSU to play in front of such a sparse crowd. Maybe it just doesn’t matter that much to women 🤷‍♂️

Steph would’ve made this a much different game. She gave us a presence that teams had to deal with and it was difficult for them.

Yes, I’m down🙄
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***RELEASE: Cyclone Tennis ranked #4 nationally***

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State tennis team continued its ascent in the national rankings, sitting at No. 4 in the first Division I ITA Collegiate Tennis National Team computerized rankings.

The No. 4 ranking is the highest in school history and the Cyclones are the top-ranked Big 12 team in the poll.

Four Cyclones are listed in the singles poll, led by Thasaporn Naklo at No. 54. Miska Kadleckova jumped from No. 123 to No. 63 in this week’s rankings. Kadleckova is 11-0 in dual matches after earning her second-straight 6-0, 6-0 sweep last weekend. Ange Oby Kajuru and Anna Supapitch Kuearum round out the rankings at No. 70 and No. 115, respectively.

In doubles play, Kajuru and Chie Kezuka are No. 32, while Naklo and Kuearum are also in the Top 40 at No. 39. Kadleckova and Kajuru are ranked No. 59.

Iowa State is one of three teams nationally with four singles players and three doubles teams in the national rankings, joining UNC and Texas A&M.

The Cyclones return to action Friday at No. 40 Iowa in an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup that starts at 5 p.m.

FB - TE (over) reliance?

For years prior to CMC, the TE was an afterthought at ISU. An occasional bright spot but often forgotten.

When OC TM returned from his hiatus as an NFL TE coach that changed. We emphasized the TE effectively and with Kolar, Allen, and Soehner turned that into a big year in 2020. But 2020 was a strange year. Covid limited crowds (0 to 25%) and also gave rest breaks after every 3 games. In some ways, it wasn't totally real.

The next year two things were subtly different. First, Soehner was replaced by Rus. Two different players. That impacted the role of Allen particularly. And maybe asked Rus to do things he wasn't as good at. And made us more predictable. The second thing was the lack of bye weeks and the resulting injuries. We are deeper than we have ever been but the step down from our stars to their reserves is still significant. And in close losses, that can be significant.

Then last year, sans Kolar and Allen, we didn't change much. Our TE's were weak at blocking which impacted the running game and even pass protection. Rus became pretty much a fullback type. Hannika developed into a competent receiver but was not Charlie Kolar.

And the OC still tried to do what he had done since he returned as a TE expert from the NFL. Offensive Line aside, I believe that was a huge factor in our offensive inefficiency in the red zone.

We also did a poor job of recruiting TEs.
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