DES MOINES - Today, AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan issued the following statement regarding Polk County District Court Judge Scott D. Rosenberg's ruling and order on the plaintiffs' application for preliminary injunction and defendants' motion to dismiss in Homan et al. v. Branstad et al.:
"We are pleased that the court has sided with the plaintiffs by opening the Iowa Juvenile Home. Iowa's young girls are the real winners in this decision.
"For the sake of the safety of Iowa's children, the governor should immediately comply with this court order and reopen the Iowa Juvenile Home as instructed by the District Court."
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