The first ladies of Iowa and California have met. John Culver, Iowa First Lady Mari Culver’s father-in-law, was a close friend of Ted Kennedy, the uncle of California First Lady Maria Shriver. In 2000, for example, Mari & Chet Culver went to a party Maria Shriver threw when the Democratic National Convention was held in L.A. Both women have professional careers (Shriver is a TV reporter and Culver is a lawyer). The two women now have something else in common: they’ve been caught violating a law which their husbands signed into law.
About a year ago, Mari Culver apologized after she was seen smoking in a vehicle that’s leased by the state. Her husband, Governor Chet Culver, had signed Iowa’s smoking ban into law a few months before.
Now, Maria Shriver — wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — has been caught by celebrity photographers, holding her cell phone to her ear while driving. Her husband signed a law in 2008 which requires those driving on California roadways to use of “hands-free” devices when talking on their cell phones.
About O.Kay Henderson
Kay is a founding member of the Radio Iowa network newsroom. In 1994, she became the network’s news director. She’s a featured reporter and commentator on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” and the 2002 recipient of the Shelley Award.
Recent Comments