Futility in the Face of War, Remembering Iowa City's Iraq Protest: Iowa City Daily Links, March 19

10 years since the Iraq war? That would make me? That's right, old.

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On to the Links!

Adam Sullivan of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has a story up recapping Iowa City's protest of the Iraq war (you know, the second one) back when it started ten years ago.

Now for something entirely different. Sullivan also has a story on City High's "standard-setting" show choir season.

More on the UI employee whose identity remained secret as he was dismissed from UIHC (whose identity has now been revealed thanks to an Associated Press lawsuit) in a story by Tara Bannow.

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen writes the account of the mother who gave birth in the car on the way to the hospital.

Mitch Schmidt of the Press-Citizen writes of a stymied Johnson County Board of Supervisors, unable to agree in a majority vote on changes to rural development rules.

Surely, Iowa House, if you're OK with shooting doves you'll be OK with us owning nonwild bengal cat breeds as pets, right? (he asked, hopefully) (Des Moines Register)

Speaking of the Iowa House, a bill making concealed weapons permits confidential passed there. (Des Moines Register)

The Iowa Senate approved a bill aimed at corporations who use expensive vehicle purchases as mobile tax shelters. (Des Moines Register)

Hmm, secret menu items of Iowa City restaurants. I smell a fun future feature. (Yahoo News)

Iowa City to Chicago train activists keep at it. (Des Moines Register)

A happy welcome back to you, Senator. (Des Moines Register)

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day:

As the war drug on, demonstrations fizzled. Today, the War on Terror wages on elsewhere, but relatively little of the local anti-war movement remains visible.

“I think there was a feeling of futility. People objected and hollered, but I think the futility of protest at that point was extremely frustrating,” said Ed Flaherty, an Iowa City organizer and member of Veterans for Peace.

 

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