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Four days before a Dubuque County man was sentenced to lifetime sex offender registration for molesting a child, state Rep. Shannon Lundgren wrote the judge a letter on official letterhead vouching for his character. iowastartingline.com/news/politics/…
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“I don’t know Zach Lahn from a hill of beans,” said one of the more than 100 Republicans now backing Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee for Iowa governor. iowastartingline.com/news/sand-anno…
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Rob Sand in Monticello notes there are still some big fans of the Iowa school voucher program: “Our current governor and my opponent. He actually wants to expand the school voucher program.”
“It feels that the state is trying to balance the budget on the backs of state employees. The governor is telling us that Iowa is a great place to work and live, but that doesn’t apply to state employees,” worker for state corrections facility in Jones County tells Rob Sand
In Manchester, Rob Sand knocks Kim Reynolds’ rejection of federal funds to feed school kids in Iowa, says it adds to problems for children at school
In Delaware County, Rob Sand says local/state governments should purchase more locally-produced food to help local farmers diversify their crops
“The school voucher program is lighting hundreds of millions of dollars on fire,” Rob Sand says at his town hall event in Manchester
Independent voter in Decorah tells Rob Sand “I trust you,” will vote for him to make the right decisions for Iowans
Asked by a younger Republican attendee about home prices, Rob Sand says private equity firms should be banned from buying single-family homes in Iowa
Rob Sand responds to a young woman who says her friends going to college want to leave Iowa: “Returning this state to balance would do a lot to make sure state government is making Iowa a place where people feel welcome again no matter who they are”
Rob Sand hands the mic to a Republican in the audience in case he had something to ask
In response to question in Decorah, Rob Sand says he supports removing the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits on child sexual abuse cases, relates his background prosecuting such crimes
Local woman standing next to a Lego dinosaur holding a Sand-Muhlbauer sign asks Rob Sand about ranked choice voting and election reform
Rob Sand on his new Republican opponent for governor: “We have a $1.3 billion annual budget deficit and he has put out no plans to deal with it”
They also decided to sing happy birthday to America
As has become tradition, Rob Sand starts his town hall in Decorah with the crowd singing part of America the Beautiful
Rob Sand calls out specific former teachers, family members and old friends in the Decorah audience tonight
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