As Iowans check in here for responses and opinions about today's important primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, take the time to read this letter I sent to every member of ther Kansas state legislature back in February.

Our Governor, Kathleen Sebelius, had the courage and the foresight to defy our Republican-ruled legislature, and vetoed the bill that would have allowed construction of a pair of coal-fired plants in western Kansas.

While Kansas would have gotten all the pollution from the plant, Colorado, which has outlawed future coal-fired plants, would receive all the power those plants produced. The only other obvious Kansas beneficiaries are those lawmakers who supported the bill, who also have taken campaign contributions from the energy giants who want this plant up and running and belching out smoke and not-so-green money.

The same legislature was four votes short of overriding her veto, and those courageous lawmakers who joined her defiance of this callous, careless attempt by our own lawmakers to capitalize on the suffering of their fellow Kansans, are true-blue heroes in this state.

Just change “Sunflower State” to “Tall Corn State” and change the word “Kansas” to “Iowa” and it fits the situation in Iowa just as appropriately. 

Don't let your lawmakers make pawns of their own citizens, in exchange for some cheap campaign money, folks, take a stand against these modern-day fire-breathing dragons, and tell your public servants they work for you, not the other way around.

Feel free  to revise and sent them this letter, if it suits your needs.