Legislative Forums are a productive way to learn if your legislator will support bicycle and traffic safety issues that are important to you. These forums are usually under-attended by the same people. If you and your bicycling friends show up, you can be a block that they cannot ignore. You can ask questions about their positions and ask directly for them to support your issues. Unlike email or letters, they usually have to respond to your comments.
Some tips:
1. Do a little research. Check out our policy and legislative page for more information.
2. Be polite. Never be mean.
3. Ask if they are willing to support a specific issue. e.g. Will you support standard penalties for traffic and bike crashes?
4. If there are questions and you don’t know the answer, don’t guess. Follow up at a later time when you can find the answer.
5. Thank them for their service and be appreciative of their time.
The following legislative forums are scheduled. PLEASE RSVP ON THE FORM BELOW.
- 2/25/2022 7:00- 8:00 AM Legislative Forum- Lenox Representative Dolecheck Lenox City Hall, 200 S Main St., Lenox, IA 50851
- 2/25/2022 8:00-8:30 AM Town Hall- Plainfield Speaker Grassley Plainfield Public Library, 723 Main St., Plainfield, IA 50666
- 2/25/2022 9:00-9:30 AM Town Hall- Waverly Speaker Grassley Waverly Public Library, 1500 W. Bremer Ave., Waverly, IA 50677
- 2/25/2022 10:15-10:45 AM Town Hall- Janesville Speaker Grassley Janesville Rivier-Roose Events Center, 307 Maple St., Janesville, IA 50647
- 2/25/2022 11:15 AM- 12:00 PM Town Hall- Denver Speaker Grassley Denver Public Library, 100 Washington St., Denver, IA 50622
- 2/25/2022 12:00-1:30 PM Legislative Roundtable- Council Bluffs Area Legislators Council Bluffs Public Library, 400 Willow Ave., Council Bluffs, IA 51503
- 2/25/2022 4:30-6:30 PM Legislative Forum- Black Hawk/Bremer Counties Area Legislators Virtual Event – see link for attendance https://www.facebook.com/events/689587302221046/?ref=newsfeed
- 2/26/2022 8:00- 9:00 AM Legislative Forum- Shenandoah Representative Dolecheck Bricker Room, 410 Sheridan Ave., Shenandoah, IA 51601
- 2/26/2022 8:00-9:30 AM Eggs & Issues- Rock Rapids Sen Rowley and Rep Willis Frontier Bank, 301 First Ave., Rock Rapids, IA 51246
- 2/26/2022 8:30- 9:30 AM Eggs & Issues- Fort Dodge Representative Sexton BHS Auditorium, Iowa Central Community College, 1 Triton Circle, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
- 2/26/2022 8:30-9:30 AM Eggs & Issues- Oskaloosa Sen Rozenboom, Rep Hite and Rep Brink Smokey Row Coffee House, 109 South Market St., Oskaloosa, IA 52577
- 2/26/2022 9:00- 10:00 AM Legislative Coffee- Clinton Senator Cournoyer Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, 721 S. 2nd St., Clinton, IA 52732
- 2/26/2022 9:30-11:00 AM Legislative Forum- Johnson County Area Legislators Virtual Event – see link for attendance https://www.facebook.com/events/604357954005585
- 2/26/2022 10:00- 11:00 AM Legislative Briefing- Clarinda Sen. Costello and Rep. Dolecheck Lied Public Library, 100 E. Garfield St., Clarinda, IA 51632
- 2/26/2022 10:00- 11:30 AM Legislative Town Hall- Sioux CIty Area Legislators Sioux City Public Museum, 607 4th St., Sioux City, IA 51101
- 2/26/2022 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM February Talk with Officials- Urbandale Rep Forbes and Rep Andrews Urbandale Chamber Office, 2830 100th St., Ste. 110, Urbandale, IA 50322
- 2/26/2022 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Legislative Coffee- Clinton County Sen. Cournoyer DeWitt Community Center, 512 10th St., DeWitt, IA 52742
- 2/26/2022 1:00- 2:00 PM Legislative Forum- Mount Ayr Representative Dolecheck Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W Madison St., #204, Mount Ayr, IA 50854
