How much longer can we wait for our elected officials to act? Please don’t let them continue to ignore you and the mandate that Iowa voters overwhelmingly gave them.
In 2010 63% of Iowa’s voters approved a constitutional amendment to create the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, a permanent and protected funding source for Iowa’s communities and natural places. That’s a rather resounding approval rating.
Sadly no funding has ever been provided since. More than ten years later, the Trust Fund sits empty, requiring a sales tax increase of 3/8 of a cent for funding. If funded, the Trust Fund would generate at least $171 million annually and provide farmers, local communities and state agencies with reliable and accountable funding.
I encourage you to ask your elected officials how they can get this funded. Talk to them, call them or email them and tell them you want this oversight taken care of in this legislative session.
They need to hear from you. Otherwise they won’t do anything.
