DUELING JUDICIAL BUS TOURS STOP IN SIOUX CITY

DUELING BUS TOURS REGARDING A RETENTION VOTE OF IOWA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DAVID WIGGINS ROLLED INTO THE FLOYD MONUMENT PARK THURSDAY.

THE IOWANS FOR FREEDOM BUS TOUR OPPOSES JUSTICE WIGGINS RETENTION ON THE COURT BASED ON HIS 2009 DECISION SUPPORTING SAME SEX MARRIAGE.

THREE OTHER JUSTICES WERE VOTED OFF THE SUPREME COURT IN 2010 BECAUSE OF THAT DECISION.

GROUP CHAIRMAN BOB VANDER PLAATS SAYS THE ISSUE GOES BEYOND THAT COURT DECISION, IT'S HOLDING JUSTICES ACCOUNTABLE FOR POLITICS AND PERSONAL BIAS:



VANDER PLAATS SAYS A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THE COURTS HAVE TAKEN POWER THAT ISN'T THEIR'S TO TAKE, AND IOWANS ARE TAKING A STAND AGAINST THAT:

THE VOTE YES TO IOWA JUDGES BUS ARRIVED A SHORT TIME LATER. DAN MOORE, A SIOUX CITY ATTORNEY, SAYS THE IOWA SUPREME COURT FOLLOWED THE CONSTITUTION IN THEIR MARRIAGE RULING, AND THAT A LOT OF MISINFORMATION HAS BEEN SPREAD BY OPPONENTS OF THAT RULING:

LOCAL ATTORNEY ALAN FREDREGILL SAYS MOST OF THE MONEY RAISED AGAINST JUSTICE WIGGINS HAS COME FROM OUT OF STATE.  HE SAYS WIGGINS HAS DECLINED TO CAMPAIGN FOR HIS OWN RETENTION, AND CAMPAIGNING COULD PUT THE SYSTEM AT RISK:



FREDREGILL SAYS JUSTICE IS NOT FOR SALE IN IOWA.