CEDAR RAPIDS — Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Dave Muhlbauer brought his “Restore Local Control” tour to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday.
The Crawford County supervisor argued that Iowa’s state government has increasingly sidelined cities and counties while local officials warned that recent state policies are making it harder to provide basic services.
Muhlbauer, running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand, convened a roundtable with Linn County elected officials. The discussion centered on the effects of state policies on local governments, particularly property tax changes, behavioral health reforms and what participants described as a growing pattern of state preemption of local decision-making…