60% of Iowans want stronger factory farm regs

New poll results released one day before 40th anniversary of landmark Clean Water Act legislation

Sixty percent of Iowans say “we need stronger laws to stop factory farms from polluting our air and water,” according to a September 27-29 telephone poll of 572 active Iowa voters conducted by Public Policy Polling.The new polling results were released by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund (CCI Action) members one day before the 40th anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act legislation on October 18.CCI Action’s sister organization – Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement – is hosting a meeting with Karl Brooks, the Region 7 Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday night at 7pm at the state historical building just west of the Iowa state capitol.The poll also found that 53 percent of Iowans believe “we need to let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire first before making cuts to the federal budget”, up from 47 percent in July.           Click LIKE and TWEET if you're in that 60%.