The Daily Nonpareil has details of a protest at Congressman Steve King’s office in Council Bluffs yesterday. Along with the rest of Iowa’s Republican Congressional delegation, King supports the Ryan plan which will end Medicare as we know it and increase seniors’ health care costs by nearly $6,000:

Protest aimed to send message to King

By Tim Rohwer, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil

June 30, 2011

It was not a loud protest, or even a long one.

But the message, or rather the messages, should be plainly clear to Congressman Steve King – don’t cut Medicare, and come talk to the people.

“There’s a lot of frustration because Steve King hasn’t presented himself at town hall meetings about Medicare,” said Chris Tinley, chairman of the Pottawattamie County Democrats. “He had town meetings on a regular basis, but hasn’t been to any here to my knowledge since last November’s election.”

Tinley was among a dozen people, and a couple of pooches, displaying makeshift signs highlighting their concerns outside his Council Bluffs office Wednesday evening after it closed for the day. It lasted about 10 minutes, but enough to gain attention of passing motorists.

“Thank you,” said one driver, who then gave the thumbs up gesture.

The main concern among the protestors is King’s support for the budget of fellow Congressman Paul Ryan, which they said would cut benefits to Medicare, even Social Security, so as not to raise taxes on the rich.

“The Republicans are taking it from the people who need these programs so that they can go to their main constituents, who are the wealthy and who make up just 1 percent and say ‘We’re not going to raise your taxes,’” Tinley said.

Ryan held a town meeting in a Republican stronghold and got booed, according to Tinley, which he believes is a reason King is avoiding one here.

“People are not in favor of these cuts. He doesn’t want to face the music.”