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Defining Results – Disappointed, But Not Discouraged

Managing Editor — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:51:27 +0000

We didn’t get our two percent last night.

So what!

The reasons I ran for governor haven’t changed. Iowa has still lost two Congressional seats in the past 20 years. Our education system is still in real trouble. Poverty in urban and rural Iowa is still unacceptably high.

And last night, corruption prevailed over accountability.

I’m going to take a few days off to rest, go see my daughter’s performance at UNI, take care of some housekeeping duties literally and figuratively, eat some food that’s bad for me.

And then ...

The Man in the Arena – Election Day Reflections

Managing Editor — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:27:16 +0000

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the ...

What lesson can a penny teach us?

Managing Editor — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 01:40:35 +0000

A small group of disciplined, principled and dedicated Americans can bring about the change required to live in a free and open society, where justice and liberty prevails. On Feb. 28, 1854, a movement was born in Ripon, Wisconsin when about fifty abolitionists gathered with the expectation they would change a nation. They faced a formidable foe, lacked the technology we possess today, and were most important, unincumbered by the excuses that so often paralyze us when facing opposition – great and small. Six years after they gathered they elected the ...

Open Letter to Iowa’s Youth Voters

Managing Editor — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 22:21:14 +0000

Only 2% Changes Everything

Dear Iowa’s Youth Voters, As we near election day, please consider a vote for Jonathan Narcisse for Governor. Jon’s running on the Iowa Party ticket and if you help him win 2% of the vote, you will have helped achieve official ballot access for four years for the only party capable of holding both Republicans and Democrats in Iowa accountable – the Iowa Party!

Top 4 Reasons to Vote for Jon are below, and here’s his web page on Issues & Solutions.

[And, remember….if you vote straight ...

In the News Links

Managing Editor — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:03:52 +0000

WHO-TV 10.27.2014 - 3 Minutes in the Chair, Des Moines

River Cities Reader 10.15.2014 - Potent Tool for Reform, Davenport

KTIV 10.11.204 - News 4 Sioux City

Daily Gate City Fort Madison 10.08.2014 – Taxpayer’s Watchdog

Muscatine Journal 10.06.2014 - Iowa Needs a Hero

WOC-1420AM 10.1.2014 - Jim Fisher Show, Davenport

KWWL-TV7 9.23.2014 - Steele Report, Waterloo

Iowa City Press Citizen 9.16.2014 - Iowa gubernatorial candidate talks criminal justice in I.C.

Daily Iowan 9.17.2014 - Narcisse promotes criminal justice reform Dickson County News 9.16. 2014 - Narcisse bid for governor comes to Spirit Lake Times Republican 9.13.2014 – Narcisse makes play for governor’s ...

Open Letter to Iowa Educators

Managing Editor — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:25:45 +0000

The Governor Choice for Educators

Dear Iowa Educator, As we near election day, please consider a vote for Jonathan Narcisse for Governor. Below are the top three reason Jonathan deserves your consideration, and hopefully your vote on or before November 4th. [And, remember….if you vote straight ticket, you can still select a non-straight-party candidate for any single race and only that vote will be counted for that race. Iowa Voting Statute Says So!]

#1 Jon’s solutions for education reform are well documented.

In 2008, Jon helped organize ...

On Third Anniversary of Jason Glass’ Call to Action, Education Still Needs Fixed in Iowa

Managing Editor — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:47:01 +0000

DES MOINES, IOWA | November 1, 2014 – “Three years after former Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass announced ‘We have a system problem that we need to address,’ Iowa’s education system still needs reform,” says Jonathan Narcisse.

[Below these comments is the November 1, 2011 news release issued by the Iowa Department of Education.]

Narcisse, is running for governor on the Iowa Party ticket and has been a long time observer and critic of Iowa’s education system. He has called for the end of over $500 ...

WHO-TV “3 Minutes in the Chair” Airs

Managing Editor — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:08:32 +0000

October 27, 2014 | Des Moines, Iowa – WHO-TV’s, Dan Winters interviews Jonathan Narcisse and asks, is someone telling him to run (More inquiry into the rumor that Branstad is funding Jon’s campaign), what the purpose of the Iowa Party is (Accountability!), and what does he say to those who call him a conspiracy theorist when Jon re-asserts that the main party race for governor is “inside baseball” due to the fact that Branstad’s number one donor, Board of Regent’s chair Bruce Rastetter is Branstad’s ...

Register Can’t Endorse Either Bad Choice

Managing Editor — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:24:00 +0000

The fact that neither major party candidate is suited to lead as governor has been validated by the Des Moines Register’s inablity to endorse either one.

“While Branstad’s re-election has an air of inevitability, that’s more because he is blessed with a weak opponent than because his record suggests he deserves another term. Indeed, there are many reasons why he does not deserve re-election.”

“Even many of his fellow Democrats are not passionate about Hatch’s candidacy. For the most part, his campaign is weak on specific policy issues and ...

Iowa Party Governor Candidate Reaches Voters And Provides Solutions in all 99 Counties

Managing Editor — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 22:06:03 +0000

For the Iowa Party Platform: Ultimately, Each County Knows How to Best Pursue “Industry and Improvement” Iowa Values Common Sense Solutions: Eliminating Corruption & Welfare Dependency Growing Our Own Food & Creating Jobs Retaining Young Iowans Debt Free Re-Legalizing Hemp & Marijuana Reforming Tax Code & Saving Iowans Billions

October 25, 2014 | Jonathan Narcisse, the independent candidate for governor completed his 2014 campaign tour of all 99 counties in Iowa at Charles City located in Floyd County on Thursday, October 23rd. The Iowa Party gubernatorial candidate will be campaigning in Iowa’s urban ...