Comments on: The Pizza Ranch, Blue Bunny and Bob Vander Plaats http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/ Off The Record: On Religion, Politics & Equality Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What up Kim Reynolds? Lt. Governor and another anti-gay Iowa bus tour | Andy Kopsa http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-774 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:48:14 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-774 [...] The Pizza Ranch, Blue Bunny and Bob Vander Plaats [...]

]]> By: susan http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-748 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:33:30 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-748 Pizza Ranch Founder Cleared Of Sex Abuse Convictions
By News Staff
Published: October 20, 2006, 7:50 AM

The founder of the Pizza Ranch restaurant chain has been cleared of sexual abuse convictions that landed him in prison for more than four years.

In a court ruling filed this week, a judge cleared Lawrence Vander Esch of wrongdoing after a state Supreme Court decision redefined the parameters for sexual abuse. The judge’s ruling also lifted requirements that Vander Esch register as a sex offender.

Assistant Iowa Attorney General Mary Tabor says her office is considering appealing the ruling.

Vander Esch pleaded guilty in 2001 to fondling teenage male employees of the Pizza Ranch in Hull after falsely persuading them to donate semen samples for a medical research project.

Vander Esch was sentenced to ten years in prison but was released in March for good behavior.

A month before his release, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in a separate case that sexual abuse does not occur if a defendant deceives a victim to get consent to perform a sex act. The ruling was applied retroactively to Vander Esch.

]]> By: akopsa http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-747 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:38:08 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-747 No – thank you! It is people like you on the ground that do the foot work and bring attention to the things that need to be seen! Andy

]]> By: Pete Hussmann http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-746 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:15:17 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-746 Hey, thanks for picking up my VanderPlaats/Pizza Ranch connection.
Pete Hussmann
Newton Independent

]]> By: akopsa http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-745 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:22:05 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-745 Hmmm. I will look into it. Because if they do – the shouldn’t.

]]> By: Helen Kopsa http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-744 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:17:22 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-744 Just wondering if Pizza Ranch throws out the welcome mat for Dems as well as Repubs?

]]> By: Darrell Lewis http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-742 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:49:08 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-742 The Iowa Laws do NOT apply to candidates for Federal Office, but they do apply to state candidates, state PAC’s and state ballot issues.

]]> By: Darrell Lewis http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-741 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:47:48 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-741 You should take the information you have compiled and file a complaint and ask for an investigation by the Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Board.

]]> By: Darrell Lewis http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-740 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:45:39 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-740 If the Pizza Ranch is giving in-kind support for candidates for any local or state office in Iowa this is quite likely a violation of Iowa Campaign Disclosure Laws. (Ia Code, 68A.503 Financial institution, insurance company, and corporation restrictions).

]]> By: akopsa http://akopsa.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-pizza-ranch-blue-bunny-and-bob-vander-plaats/#comment-739 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:44:12 +0000 http://akopsa.wordpress.com/?p=2370#comment-739 Um, it should – It’s all your fault! xo a

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