(Oakland, Iowa) – The Western Iowa Labor Federation (WILF AFL – CIO) and Concerned Citizens of Pottawattamie County, will host a Community Conversation at Destination Coffee, this weekend, in Oakland. Organizers say the event, which begins at 10-a.m., Saturday, is intended to discuss the August 1st Supervisor districting election in Pottawattamie County.

In the Special Election, county residents will have the chance – for the first time – to decide how they want to elect members to the County Board of Supervisors. Organizers say “Now that the groups have collected nearly 4,000 signatures from across the county to trigger this election, their focus for the final weeks before the ballots are cast, will be to inform citizens of early voting and absentee ballots and to answer questions regarding redistricting and their advocacy for Plan 3.” (Sample ballot for the Special Election)

In a press release, Jen Pellant, President of WILF AFL-CIO, says “Our current Board has been irresponsible with taxpayer dollars and unresponsive to taxpayers’ concerns. So we want to talk to people about why we think Plan 3 is a way to get a more accountable Board.” 

Concerned Citizens of Pottawattamie County member Geri Frederiksen says “We want to answer any clarifying questions concerning the election and let people in the rural part of Pottawattamie County know why Plan 3 is the best for everyone.”

And, Shawna Anderson, a resident and business owner in Oakland, says “The best, greatest ideas usually come from people sitting down and having conversations…..having a conversation about supervisor districts,” she says, “Is the best way to understand the facts rather than lies, misinformation and disinformation.”