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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Branstad Funding Our Campaign?!

Managing Editor — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:22:55 +0000

[Posted by Jonathan on Facebook]

Last night I stopped at Smokey Row in Des Moines in my quest for an Oatmeal Raisin cookie. I also got a chicken caesar salad, and it was delicious.While there I ran into a gentleman I hadn’t seen for a while. He’s a passionate community activist and a Democrat. As we chatted he asked me directly “is your campaign being funded by Terry Branstad, that’s what Jack Hatch told me?”Now this is not the first time I’ve heard this. I was even ...

Meet Jon in Davenport Wed Oct 22 at Genesis/Adler and Kahl Educational Buildings

Managing Editor — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:46:11 +0000

For Immediate Release @NarcisseForIowa

Narcisse Speaking at Genesis Hospital & EICC Kahl Building Jonathan Narcisse, the Iowa Party candidate for Governor will be in Davenport, Iowa on Wednesday October 22nd for two public speaking engagements.

After touring facilities with hospital officials, Narcisse will be speaking at Genesis’ Adler Health Education Center from 3pm to 4pm, on Wednesday at Genesis EAST, in Davenport.

He will be addressing invited employees of Genesis Health System, and ...

Publication: Iowa Values, Common Sense Solutions

Managing Editor — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:44:58 +0000

The Narcisse for Governor campaign published its literature drop piece and is making a pdf of the 8 page publication available online as a downloadable PDF. IowaValues8PageTab2014.11×11. It covers the legacy of Narcisse and quotes supporters like former Branstad Chief of Staff Gretchen Tegeler, Iowa State Board of Education member Greg McLain. The promotional piece, which will be distributed door to door by volunteers in the last two weeks of the election campaign, includes sections that summarize Narcisse’s white papers on Restoring Iowa’s World Class Education ...

Reader: Iowa Party Potent Tool

Managing Editor — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:41:51 +0000

[Published in River Cities’ Reader, Oct 16th 2014]

A Potent Tool for Reform: Narcisse and The Iowa Party

If you’re an independent candidate for governor in Iowa, you know you’re getting traction when your message earns the support of county chairs from both major parties across the state. Your campaign must be striking powerful chords when you get endorsements from both conservative talk-radio hosts and liberal-activist leaders alike.

Jonathan Narcisse is running for governor again. (I have volunteered for and contributed to his campaign.) And if he garners ...

An Accountability & Watchdog Party

Managing Editor — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 03:59:36 +0000

Iowa Party Defined on KTIV

Narcisse says he needs two percent of the popular vote to launch the Iowa party as an official political party in the state.

“A new unique Iowa Party this isn’t ideologically driven, but is focused on accountability and watchdogging government on behalf of the tax payers.”

KTIV News 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and Sports

Original source: http://www.ktiv.com/story/26763734/2014/10/11/candidate-makes-push-for-the-iowa-party

There Is a Choice – Jim Fisher (WOC 1420AM) on Jon Narcisse

Managing Editor — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:26:27 +0000

< Play the 12 minute interview here. Davenport, Iowa | October 1, 2014 - Jim Fisher hosted Jonathan Narcisse at WOC 1420AM for a 5 o’clock drive time interview.

“There is a choice. You are not stuck with two echoes,” said Fisher when he introduced Jonathan as the Iowa Party candidate for governor.

Narcisse explains the Iowa Party as a “watchdog, accountability and political tool or weapon… that has the ability to begin restoring Iowa to her people.”

“We do that by focusing on where the money is spent. ...

Malfeasance, Sloth or Incompetence?

Managing Editor — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:43:50 +0000

by Jonathan Narcisse – September 26, 2014 During my time on the Des Moines School Board I became painfully aware The Des Moines Register lacked a general interest in facts, data and empirical evidence. They had an agenda, and if the truth had to be sacrificed in subjugation to that agenda, it was slayed enthusiastically.

At the time I assumed their constant embrace of the irrelevant, inaccurate and blatantly false was malicious.

As I travel the state speaking with publications in all 99 counties, relevant and healthy discourse ...