This story, written by Jim Malewitz, was a collaborative effort by Iowa Public Radio and IowaWatch.org. Listen to the IPR report [http://www.iowapublicradio.org/audio/newsroom/nr100813SchoolTaxBreak.mp3]. Iowa Watch examines the affect that a failed state tax incentive has on Iowa taxpayers.
When University of Iowa student Jacques Similhomme, the son of a refugee Haitian preacher mysteriously disappeared on Sept. 28, 2009, his father pleaded with university, police and media officialdom to help find his son. For the most part, he met silence.
