From the Desk of Senator Zimmer One thing I love about this job is the way it presents interesting questions about our past, present, and future, and about the way we solve thorny problems for our communities. Here’s an interesting question I’ve been chewing on recently. In the late 1970s, in a quest to find more uses for Iowa corn, the Iowa Corn Production Board introduced a 10% ethanol blend. Recognizing the potential benefit of this ethanol blend as an alternative energy