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Reached 250 supporters
May 24, 2009
May 22, 2009
I have been reading through the comments all morning and honestly the stories about how these services actually impact people in our rural towns are just gutting to read. It feels like they are making these decisions from behind a desk in a vacuum while everyone else is left wondering where the support for their local projects went. I am still trying to pull together a formal response to send over to the admin office because their silence is getting pretty loud.
May 21, 2009
The numbers are creeping up and I really need us to find that extra gear because if we hit two hundred fifty soon it will actually force a conversation with the people in charge. My coffee is already cold and I keep checking the screen but if everyone here just grabbed one neighbor or a friend who actually cares about rural services the momentum would be unstoppable.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2009
May 1, 2009
We are getting dangerously close to triple digits and I keep refreshing the page like a maniac because I swear it moves faster when I do that. Please just drop a quick link to this somewhere because if we can hit that hundred mark before the end of the day it might actually force them to acknowledge we are still paying attention to this nonsense.
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100 years of history ruined by some desk jockeys in an office. leave it alone.
My family has used the extension services for years. They are throwing away a huge part of what makes iowa work. Very disappointed.
The extension is a lifeline for small towns. stop gutting them!
total BS. they talk about being local but then pull the rug out from under us. fix this.
Keep the extension offices open. We need that local knowledge more than ever.
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Reached 250 supporters
May 24, 2009
May 22, 2009
I have been reading through the comments all morning and honestly the stories about how these services actually impact people in our rural towns are just gutting to read. It feels like they are making these decisions from behind a desk in a vacuum while everyone else is left wondering where the support for their local projects went. I am still trying to pull together a formal response to send over to the admin office because their silence is getting pretty loud.
May 21, 2009
The numbers are creeping up and I really need us to find that extra gear because if we hit two hundred fifty soon it will actually force a conversation with the people in charge. My coffee is already cold and I keep checking the screen but if everyone here just grabbed one neighbor or a friend who actually cares about rural services the momentum would be unstoppable.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2009
May 1, 2009
We are getting dangerously close to triple digits and I keep refreshing the page like a maniac because I swear it moves faster when I do that. Please just drop a quick link to this somewhere because if we can hit that hundred mark before the end of the day it might actually force them to acknowledge we are still paying attention to this nonsense.
6 Comments
This is ridiculous. Rural iowa depends on these offices. Stop cutting everything just to save a buck.
100 years of history ruined by some desk jockeys in an office. leave it alone.
My family has used the extension services for years. They are throwing away a huge part of what makes iowa work. Very disappointed.
The extension is a lifeline for small towns. stop gutting them!
total BS. they talk about being local but then pull the rug out from under us. fix this.
Keep the extension offices open. We need that local knowledge more than ever.
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This is ridiculous. Rural iowa depends on these offices. Stop cutting everything just to save a buck.