WAUKEE – Dan Dutcher, a long-time Waukee resident with an extensive business background that includes managing the construction of the 801 Grand Building in Des Moines, said today he will seek a seat on the City Council in the Nov. 3 municipal election. “Waukee has a lot of great things going for it. I believe […]
DES MOINES – Iowa Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal’s statement Wednesday that lawmakers will take action to shore up the ailing finances of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System underscores anew Gov. Chet Culver’s failure to understand the gravity of challenges facing the state and his inability to provide effective leadership, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob […]
MANCHESTER, Iowa – Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said today that he will establish a fund during his first term in office to repay the massive long-term debt created by Gov. Chet Culver’s I-Jobs program. In remarks prepared for the Delaware County GOP Dinner, Vander Plaats noted that Culver and legislative Democrats approved a […]
DES MOINES – Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats scored a huge victory in a straw poll conducted at the Iowa Family Policy Center’s gubernatorial forum Saturday night, receiving 197 votes to easily outdistance a field in which former Gov. Terry Branstad received three votes. Vander Plaats won by a more than 4-to-1 margin over […]
COUNCIL BLUFFS – Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats, who formally announced his candidacy for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination on Monday, toured Taylor Plastics in Pottawattamie County on Tuesday as part of a statewide tour of small- and medium-sized companies to learn more about how state government can help them grow and thrive. Mike […]
SHELDON, Iowa – Speaking before a crowd in the town where he grew up, Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats today formally announced his candidacy for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination by pledging to pay down the enormous debt generated by Governor Chet Culver, improve Iowa’s tax and regulatory climate to draw new companies to […]
DES MOINES – State Rep. Christopher Rants’ second consecutive day of attacks on fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats’ leadership of a Sioux City nonprofit rehabilitation facility is based his continued use of an inaccurate timeline and other flawed assumptions. “Voters want candidates who spell out a clear, constructive vision for Iowa’s future. Bob […]
DES MOINES – Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Rants today released inaccurate information about GOP frontrunner Bob Vander Plaats’ tenure as President and CEO of Opportunities Unlimited, a long-term care facility for individuals with brain injuries. Rants based his false attack on Vander Plaats’ success as a turnaround chief executive officer on the contention that Vander […]
Two Korean journalists will visit The Concept Works on Sept. 21 as part of a U.S. State Department project, “Politics-Journalism Cooperation and Competition.” Mr. Song Min Jin, a reporter on the Seoul Broadcasting System Economic Issues Desk, Seoul Broadcasting System, and Mr. Sewon Lee, a reporter on the Yonhap News Agency Social Affairs Team, will […]
SIOUX CITY – Republican gubernatorial front-runner Bob Vander Plaats said today that Governor Chet Culver should bring together the state’s best business minds to develop a plan to fix Iowa’s economic climate and stop mounting job losses, including Tuesday’s announcement that 400 Lake Mills workers will be laid off as their jobs are moved to […]
