(Washington, D.C.)– Representatives of the Corridor of Opportunity have arrived safe and sound in Washington, D.C. where they’ll spend the next couple of days lobbying the local congressional delegation on several issues. Among them is the ongoing stalemate over the Veteran’s Administration’s plans to locate an outpatient clinic in Spirit Lake. U-S Senator Charles Grassley says he hasn’t heard anything new on the matter, but says he’d be more than happy to write a letter to the V-A to make sure they know of his interest in the letter and the importance it has to the people of northwest Iowa. Grassley is hopeful they’ll be able to arrange a face-to-face meeting with the local delegation and V-A representatives.
Grassley told KUOO news this (Tues.) morning he had already met with a couple of members of the local delegation. He says Spencer City Councilman Steve Bomgaar and Randy Van Dyke of Clay Regional Water joined him at his home at 5:30 a.m. for Grassley’s morning jog. He says they brought him up to date on the various issues during their jog and over a bowl of oatmeal Mrs. Grassley fixed for them.
In addition to the V-A outpatient clinic, other issues the delegation is bringing to Washington, D.C. include the west Spencer Beltway project, the Spencer storm sewer project, funding for Dickinson county’s new 911 Communications Center, upgrading Highway 86 between Highway Nine and the Minnesota border and trails and railroad abandonments.
The delegation returns to northwest Iowa Thursday.
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