7/10/2003
MEANWHILE, IN OTHER IOWA NEWS . . .
. . . the state’s governor, Tom Vilsack, publicly admits that he doesn’t know how to send an e-mail . . . and, oh, by the way, that’s why the governor’s office is unable to supply documents regarding plans to supplement a state employee’s salary with funds from the privately-financed Iowa Department of Economic Development Foundation.
Uh . . . huh. Riiiight. At least the governor has the courage to admit to this:
Vilsack said he uses his computer only to check the state’s daily financial receipts.“That’s all I use it for,” he said. “I don’t read my e-mails. E-mails are printed off - some of them, not all of them - for me to read. I’m technologically deficient, and I don’t understand it. I probably should, but I don’t.”
I take back what I said Tuesday. I think I’d rather be lied to than find out that the governor of Iowa doesn’t read his e-mail and only uses his computer as a giant cash register.
THE STORY THAT WOULD NOT DIE
Even in exile, Larry Eustachy’s still making news at Iowa State. Seems the ex-Cyclone coach and reknowned former light-beer enthusiast is now appearing in ads for a Des Moines-area sports bar . . . without his consent, of course, and with a curious compatriot beside him: ISU athletic director Bruce Van De Velde, the man who fired Eustachy. Adobe Photoshop strikes again.
Unintentional comedy highlight: an ISU spokesman began the university’s official statement by saying “Iowa State University takes alcohol abuse very seriously.” Anybody who’s ever been in Ames during the VEISHEA festival knows that this is the Understatement of the Century. The owner of the sports bar waxes philosophical about the whole matter:
“We were sensitive to Larry’s battle with alcoholism and therefore we used non-alcoholic beer for the ad,” McKoy said in his statement.
Just in case you figured there was nobody in Iowa with a sense of humor, after all.