Cedar Rapids, Iowa (RI) — The Iowa GOP has hosted the first of six party fundraisers billed as a “Legacy Tour” for outgoing Governor Kim Reynolds. The tour will stop later this year in Sioux Center.
Reynolds, Iowa’s first female governor, was interviewed onstage in Cedar Rapids last night by Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
One of her projects has been tax policy — eliminating the state tax on retirement income, cutting Iowa’s corporate tax rate, and reducing the individual income tax to a flat rate of 3.8 percent.
The GOP hosted similar events in 2017 when then-Governor Terry Branstad was appointed U.S. Ambassador to China. The party’s other “Legacy Tour” events with Reynolds will be in Davenport, Dubuque, Clear Lake, Des Moines, and Sioux Center. The Sioux Center event is tentatively scheduled for September 10th.
Reynolds took over as governor in May of 2017 and announced last spring that she would not seek re-election.
Last night, about three dozen protesters gathered in Cedar Rapids to criticize the governor’s record on water quality and the decision to redirect state tax dollars into accounts that now help cover tuition for many students attending Iowa’s private K-12 schools.
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