"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news91Wc.21556$9d6.17529@attbi_s54...
After living in Iowa for the last 7 years, it seemed that we were the only
ones left who had NOT been to the "Great Iowa State Fair." This year is
the 150th anniversary of this grand old tradition, so last weekend we
decided to check it out.

Welcome to Iowa...

Every 4 years Iowa gets pounded by political candidates starting the
fall/winter before the election up until the Caucuses, then it's back to
'normal' for a few months then gets pounded again until the first Monday of
November. Then, 3 years of silence! (Iowa? Where's that?)

The local enforcement following the candidates are inconsistent on the
security depending on where they're at. I've seen various candidates running
around Iowa at the State Fair and the Hawkeye football games on election
years with little or no security (pre-911).

The Des Moines and Polk county patrol, SS, etc., were probably at the GA
ramp mostly for looks. I find it helpful to watch the local news and the
paper to see when someone is suppose to be around and try to avoid it if
possible. If you had known Mr. Edwards was going to be in Des Moines from
4-6 (or whatever), you could have planned to be in or out before or after
the 'security'.