Sunday, March 8, 2009

By any other name

Because state legislators felt Iowa's older residents did not like the term "elder," lawmakers voted to change the name of the Department of Elder Affairs to the Department on Aging.

That's the Department on Aging...

That's the DOA.

OK, folks in the department said they will use the acronym DA, but I doubt the DOA reference will die hard.

Gov. Chet Culver has yet to sign the change into law.

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