ten-mile stretch of the 405 freeway is being closed to rebuild a bridge there. and former new york times publisher arthur solzberger has died. sulzberger s family bought the times in 1896. he ran the paper himself for more than three decades. arthur sulzberger was 86 years old. a local race caught our attention this week. it s going down in iowa there is a heavy campaign to unseat state supreme court justice david wiggins. wiggins is one of the seven iowa justices who took part in the 2009 decision legalizing same-sex marriage in this state. now national republican figures have joined the no wiggins tour as it s being dubbed to urge voters to replace wiggins. three other justices were ousted by a similar campaign back in 2010. why does a race to unseat a judge in iowa have an affect on the rest of the country? bob vander plaats is the
chairman of iowans for freedom, one of the no wiggins tour organizers. he joints me by phone from iowa city this afternoon. good afternoon to you, bob. hey, craig, good to be with you. critics say your group is going after wiggins solely because of his role in that guy marriage ruling. take a listen to dan moore of the iowa bar. i m going to talk to you on the other side. take a listen. they haven t cited one other decision that has caused them any kind of concern at all. and so i think by saying that it s a principle of the thing is just another misleading statement that they re putting out. is this all about that same-sex marriage ruling? , no it s all about the constitution, craig. and dan moore, he knows that as well. dan moore happens to be a good friend of mine. he just happens to be on the wrong side of this issue. the state bar association and attorneys like dan and others, they re doing everything they can to protect the institution of the bar association and the cour