The Daily Iowan had this article on the fake rainforest in Coralville yesterday. Key quotes:



"We've already voiced our disagreement with the whole rain-forest proposal, and we concur with this latest assessment of the idea. Perhaps now that an organization beyond the state level is also crying foul over this, more taxpayers will begin to show interest. The nation is facing a $7.1 trillion debt that will not be overcome by spending more money in places where it need not be spent. The Iowa Child Project stands head and shoulders above all the other pork projects in its category of energy and water spending; the next highest amount of money allocated to any initiative of this kind is a mere $16 million. And the $50 million already devoted to the indoor rain forest will cover less than one-fourth the total cost - driving the nation further into debt to fund merely one-fourth of a rain forest in Iowa just doesn't make any sense. . . we consider that the success of this idea is far from guaranteed and that, quite frankly, a rain forest does not belong in the middle of Iowa. We trust that publications and watchdog groups such as this one will reveal the truth of this ongoing controversy."



So much for this article in the Des Moines Register asserting the fake rainforest had broad support in the under-34 crowd.