Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough?

The head of ASSME, Danny Homan (pictured) and 25 correctional officers stood in a cold, steady rain outside the Newton Correctional Facility on Wednesday to protest what they contend are shortfalls in prison staffing.

If employees were able to get time off to attend a union rally, staffing can't be all that bad and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Homan said, "...Enough is enough. It is not OK to blame public employees for the problems that this state has suffered through, if this state has suffered through any problems.”

IF?

For the record, State and local government debt has jumped by more than 6 percent to $13.8 billion the largest additions to the debt were $160 million to pay for former Democratic Gov. Chet Culver’s I-Jobs program and $130 million for a new maximum-security prison at Fort Madison.

I fear for public safety when those charged with enforcing it aren't smart enough to come in out of the rain & cold.