In sourcing information from the Iowa Wind Energy Association the Trib trips with its link to www.iwea.org because that's a link to the Ironworker Employers Association of Western Pennsylvania.
The correct link to the Iowa Wind Energy Association is iowawindenergy.org
The Occupy-errs couldn't be there in full farce because they tied up the court system with a feeble First Amendment defense of arrests from their first night of protests in October.
First they cost the City of Des Moines $10,000, then the Des Moines Police Department $75,000, now the City will have to replace grass in the park that these leaches have occupied.
It might be that I'm a little jaded by my 11 week run around with American Airlines in seeking a refund for a ticket I purchased for my Mother, but I'm with Mitt Romney.
I submitted three refund requests (October 25, November 5 and November 10) to American without a response.
On November 17, I contacted Customer Relations and received instructions from Terrance G. Bailey on canceling the ticket and submitting the death certificate.
The ticket was canceled and the death certificate faxed on November 21.
On December 7, The Refund web site advised that there "may be some correspondence or other activity associated" with my request.
On December 14, I received an e-mail from Pat Reeves addressed "To Whom It May Concern" (even though I put my name on all contacts with the company) and it requested a written explanation along with a copy of the death certificate.
It took a week to send an e-mail?
On December 15, I let the American Refund Department know they were incompetent, as they had received the death certificate on November 21 and had finally begun processing the request, I also called them inconsiderate and insensitive.
What the hell kind of written explanation is needed regarding death?
I had copied Customer Relations on the December 15 correspondence and received an automatic response on December 19 that included a reference number and stated, "The Customer Relations team are eager to resolve issues that arise in the hope of seeing you fly American Airlines again and again".
On December 29, I received the same exact correspondence from Pat Reeves as I received on December 7.
That's further proof of incompetence and is likely a canned response with a fictitious name.
My wife put the story on the American Airlines Facebook page and has not received a response there, even though American has responded to almost every other post after hers, even to people that called them "...holes".
Because I've done time in the customer service industry, I go out of my way to compliment people who do a good job in their service to me. I often ask for their manager to let them know how pleased I am, most managers don't know how to react because they only hear the negative.
I was originally advised it would take 4 to 6 weeks, but I have received no further communications from American.
I am extremely disappointed in American Airlines, but this is not over!
Mark Tauscheck has been freelance reporting with KCCI since leaving 'HO in 2009.
One does have to wonder why KCCI News Director Dave Busiek would jeopardize the credibility of Iowa's News Leader by utilizing a freelance reporter who also acts in commercials, most notably for Mediacom.
I've been attending contested caucuses since 1988 and this is only the second time a candidate I voted for (Mitt Romney) won the evening, George W. Bush was the other in 2000.
Thankfully, just like the candidate himself, a majority of Iowans can't really see Ron Paul in the Oval Office either.
"It is the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."
Chris and I have come to the conclusion we're going to Caucus for Mitt Romney tomorrow night.
I had been leaning towards Rick Santorum, since Tim Pawlenty dropped out after the Straw Poll, but I was never comfortable with the drubbing he took in his 2006 Senate re-election bid.
I started moving towards Romney in an effort to stop Ron Paul from winning on Tuesday.
I then vacillated, or waffled, between Santorum and Romney from day to day and figured I would decide after judging the strength of Paul in my precinct.
I became completely comfortable with Romney because of this ad --
