Defining Results – Disappointed, But Not Discouraged

Defining Results – Disappointed, But Not Discouraged
Post Date November 5, 2014
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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 …

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The Man in the Arena – Election Day Reflections

The Man in the Arena – Election Day Reflections
Post Date November 4, 2014
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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 …

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What lesson can a penny teach us?

What lesson can a penny teach us?
Post Date November 2, 2014
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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 …

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Open Letter to Iowa’s Youth Voters

Open Letter to Iowa’s Youth Voters
Post Date November 2, 2014
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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 …

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In the News Links

In the News Links
Post Date November 2, 2014
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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 …

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Open Letter to Iowa Educators

Open Letter to Iowa Educators
Post Date November 1, 2014
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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!]

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

In 2008, Jon helped organize …

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

On Third Anniversary of Jason Glass’ Call to Action, Education Still Needs Fixed in Iowa
Post Date November 1, 2014
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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 …

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