OPINION: COUNTY OFFICIALS SEEKING TO CIRCUMVENT STATE LAW AND HARM SMALL BUSINESSES
By Kristin Failor, Esq.While most Iowans were enjoying the summer and preparing to return their children to school, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors recently began down a path to kill jobs, destroy our economy and by-pass legislative authority by attempting to increase the minimum wage in Johnson County without state leaders having the opportunity to debate the merits of such a measure. Make no mistake about it, their actions are detrimental to our economic growth and a clear deterrent to increasing employment for Iowans. The precedent has already been set across the country where