Iowa senator warns colleagues about playing games during sessions |
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Iowa senator Bill Heckroth recently reminded clerks and fellow senators in Iowa that playing video games on state-issued laptops while debates and other proceedings are going on is inappropriate and may be viewed negatively by the visiting public.While with his family in the hall, he observed that people were talking about how everyone with computers in the hall were playing videogames on their laptops. "I looked down and there were a lot of people, clerks as well as senators, with solitaire, stuff like that. I just got to thinking that just doesn't look real professional," said Heckroth.
"You hear enough bad things about being a politician," adds the senator as he made it clear that as a new senator, he wants to feel good about the image of the institution he is serving. Heckroth didn't take long to find himself up at the podium, telling everyone of what he thought.
Minority leader Mary Lundby was apparently unfazed by Heckroth's speech. "Freshmen are always shocked by what goes on," she says. "Next year he won't even mention it. He'll probably be playing games."
Senators and their staff explained that playing games has been part of a day's work to pass time when proceedings drag on and sessions go on extended hours. Solitaire, by the way, is the game of choice.
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