INTEGRITY RANKING OF 50 IOWA SENATE LEGISLATORS

The following tables set an example for Iowa newspapers.  They are provided for awareness and to improve legislation in the Iowa Senate.  

The first table shows the actions that significantly impact a senator's integrity level.   Iowalive challenges senators who claim they have not taken any such actions.  We also challenge them to avoid taking such actions to raise their integrity levels--and to improve legislation as well. 

Few senators are significantly miss-using campaign funds.   The consequences and likelihood of being caught if doing so, have obviously limited such behavior.  The consequences and likelihood of being caught should be raised for the other actions listed as well. 

The second table provides the integrity level ranking for all 50 senators--at no charge to anyone.  It is estimated to cost at least $125,000 to have qualified professionals prepare a comparable table. 

For comparison with levels in the table, Governor Branstad's Integrity Index Level is 550.   There is no way he can fairly or effectively negotiate with any senators having integrity levels shown in red in the table.    He can either capitulate or ignore their demands.  Those in red should be excluded from Senate leadership positions. 

Iowalive challenges newspapers and other media to improve their integrity and at least show some interest in investigating and reporting senator's and legislation integrity levels.  This especially applies to the Des Moines Register and Cedar Rapids Gazette, whose integrity levels are 70 and 120, respectively, as posted on website http://www.iowalive.net/daily%20newspaper%20ranking.htm  along with other Iowa dailies. 

ACTIONS THAT IMPACT SENATOR'S INTEGRITY LEVELS

SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW INTEGRITY LEVELS.   AVOIDING SUCH ACTIONS RAISES INTEGRITY LEVELS.
SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW INTEGRITY INDEX LEVELS OF IOWA STATE SENATORS	*OCCURRENCE/SIGNIFICANCE, ON SCALE OF 1 TO 10 TOPS
MISS-USING OR DISTORTING FACTS	10
TELLING UNTRUTHS	9
ABUSING POWER	8
SELLING OUT TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS	7
PREVENTING OR OBSTRUCTING VOTES ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES	6
PROMOTING HOMOSEXUAL SEX, AND/OR  MARRIAGE	5
SOLICITING PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN IGNORING IT WHEN RECEIVED.  THIS INCLUDES FAILURE TO TIE AGENCY OR SCHOOL FUNDING ETC.,  TO MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTATIONS	4
ACCEPTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUT-OF-STATE, SPECIAL INTEREST CONTRIBUTORS	3
CUTTING 'BIPARTISAN' DEALS TO BENEFIT  LABOR UNIONS AND BUSINESSES ETC., AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE.	2
MISS-USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS	1
* Occurrence is Combined with Significance to Place Both in Better Perspective.  It Prevents a Single, Exceptionally Evil Act From Transcending a Multitude, or Combination, of Less Evil Acts.
Anyone Claiming to Have Better Numbers is Asked to Provide Them.

Algorithms and database used in deriving the following numbers are proprietary to Iowalive net workers. 

 People routinely assess the integrity levels of those they are dealing with.  The government routinely makes such assessments of people seeking security clearances.  Iowalive merely uses numbers to show the results of the assessments—and asks for anyone claiming to have better numbers, to  provide them.  People can then decide whose numbers to believe. 

INTEGRITY RANKING OF 50 IOWA SENATE LEGISLATORS

IOWA SENATE INTEGRITY LEVELS SHOW NO DEMOCRATS HAVING SIGNIFICANT INTEGRITY.
Integrity Rank	Name--Yellow Hi-Lite Indicates Leadership Position	District	Party	County	*Avg. 2011 Session Integrity Index Level on Scale of 0 to 1,000 Tops.
1	Nancy J. Boettger	29	Republican	Shelby	710
2	Hubert Houser	49	Republican	Pottawattamie	705
3	Tim L. Kapucian	20	Republican	Benton	700
4	David Johnson	3	Republican	Osceola	605
5	Bill Dix	9	Republican	Butler	510
6	Steve Kettering	26	Republican	Sac	420
7	Merlin Bartz	6	Republican	Worth	305
8	Rick Bertrand	1	Republican	Woodbury	305
9	Roby Smith	41	Republican	Scott	305
10	Kent Sorenson	37	Republican	Warren	290
11	Tom Rielly	38	Democrat	Mahaska	285
12	Bill Anderson	27	Republican	Woodbury	260
13	Steven J. Sodders	22	Democrat	Marshall	230
14	Jerry Behn	24	Republican	Boone	220
15	Paul McKinley	36	Republican	Lucas	220
16	James F. Hahn	40	Republican	Muscatine	215
17	James A. Seymour	28	Republican	Harrison	215
18	Robert Bacon	5	Republican	Story	210
19	Daryl Beall	25	Democrat	Webster	210
20	Swati A. Dandekar	18	Democrat	Linn	210
21	Shawn Hamerlinck	42	Republican	Scott	205
22	Randy Feenstra	2	Republican	Sioux	160
23	Wally E. Horn	17	Democrat	Linn	160
24	Mark Chelgren	47	Republican	Wapello	110
25	Tod Bowman	13	Democrat	Jackson	55
26	Amanda Ragan	7	Democrat	Cerro Gordo	55
27	Mary Jo Wilhelm	8	Democrat	Howard	45
28	Joe Bolkcom	39	Democrat	Johnson	25
29	Thomas G. Courtney	44	Democrat	Des Moines	25
30	Jeff Danielson	10	Democrat	Black Hawk	25
31	Dick L. Dearden	34	Democrat	Polk	15
32	Jack Hatch	33	Democrat	Polk	15
33	Brian Schoenjahn	12	Democrat	Fayette	15
34	Dennis Black	21	Democrat	Jasper	10
35	Pat Ward	30	Republican	Polk	10
36	Tom Hancock	16	Democrat	Dubuque	5
37	Pam Jochum	14	Democrat	Dubuque	5
38	Dr. Joe M. Seng	43	Democrat	Scott	5
39	Jack Whitver	35	Republican	Polk	4
40	Joni Ernst	48	Republican	Montgomery	3
41	John P. (Jack) Kibbie	4	Democrat	Palo Alto	3
42	Herman C. Quirmbach	23	Democrat	Story	3
43	Brad Zaun	32	Republican	Polk	3
44	Sandra Greiner	45	Republican	Washington	1.3
45	Robert E. Dvorsky	15	Democrat	Johnson	1.1
46	William A. Dotzler, Jr.	11	Democrat	Black Hawk	1
47	Gene Fraise	46	Democrat	Lee	1
48	Michael E. Gronstal	50	Democrat	Pottawattamie	1
49	Robert M. Hogg	19	Democrat	Linn	1
50	Matthew McCoy	31	Democrat	Polk	1
SENATE AVERAGE					162
SENATE REPUBLICAN AVERAGE					279
SENATE DEMOCRAT AVERAGE					54
*Integrity is Adherence to Moral and Ethics Principles.  Evil is the Antonym of Integrity.  Significant Integrity Starts at 300.   Evil is at or below 250.
Anyone Claiming to Have Better Numbers is Asked to Provide Them.