Shannon Lundgren

But House Speaker Pat Grassley, he tried to emphasize in his statement as well that this legislation ensures that there are performance incentives and that the jobs have to be delivered before the state pays out any money.

On Friday morning, the House Ethics Committee met to consider two complaints against State Representative Shannon Lundgren.

Both stem from the letter she wrote as a character reference to a convicted sex offender.

We talked about this a few weeks ago.

And so that means that unlike most committees, the majority party can't just push something through.

So they deadlocked three to three along party lines.

There was Democrats wanted to ask the Chief Justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate the circumstances surrounding shannon lundgren using her official letterhead to write this letter and submit it to the court whereas the republicans rejected that and then they also wanted to dismiss the complaint with prejudice meaning it couldn't be refiled and the democrats rejected that the ethics committee chair bill gustav he probably did not appreciate this falling in his lap he's in a really tough re-election race in a district in eastern Polk County.

And he even said, I was really struck listening to it online.

Search profiles of each soldier at telegraphherald.com slash ultimate sacrifice, or for more information, you can email j.young at thmedia.com. And area news and brief, Iowa Ethics Board dismisses complaint against Lundgren, citing lack of jurisdiction.

The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board on Wednesday dismissed a complaint against Iowa Representative Shannon Lundgren related to her submission of a letter in support of a convicted child sex offender's character prior to his sentencing.

The complaint, made by David Pugh, alleged Lundgren of Piasta violated a provision of Iowa Code classifying a public official's knowing misuse of public funds or resources as a serious misdemeanor.

The board doesn't have jurisdiction over that part of the code, though, nor does it have jurisdiction over a sitting member of the House of Representatives.