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via: State29

If you're going to have a debate and/or a public hearing about a bill called "fair share," maybe you should be fair to begin with.

Although the article points out that most lawmakers left town on Friday, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Democrats took advantage of the situation.

Radio Iowa: Tempers flare over "Fair Share" hearing

Tempers flared at the statehouse when some of the opponents of a pro-union bill were unable to sign up to speak at a public hearing. The bill requires non-union workers to pay fees to the union. With most lawmakers gone from Des Moines last Friday, Representative Rick Olson, a Democrat from Des Moines, scheduled a public hearing for this Wednesday and within a few hours union members had taken 60 of the 70 available slots to speak.

It's also no stretch to believe that union members were notified well in advance of the sign-up for slots to speak. It's one of those "give backs" that lawmakers kind of owe union members for their support.

Olson and House Republican Leader Christopher Rants of Sioux City quibbled about the situation on Monday. "If you've gone to any rock concert, sometimes tickets sell out in a hurry," Olson said. Rants replied: "True, but usually people know when the tickets are going to go on sale, Representative Olson."

There are also complaints that the hearing was scheduled on Valentine's Day when some legislators -- and potential witnesses -- had hoped to spend the evening wooing their sweetheart rather than spending it at the statehouse speaking out on proposed legislation.

Certainly "sweetheart deals" for union bosses would qualify as wooing...

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