Money Bomb Update, November Monthly, and a Call for Volunteers

November 8, 2009

MONEY BOMB UPDATE

On the Fifth of November, Towne for Congress took part in an online “money bomb” raising over $2763 in 27 hours from 74 individual donors.  A final count will not be available until after mail-in checks are received, and donations ranged from $5 to $200.  We thank all of the nearly 300 donors who have given to this independent campaign over the past 12 weeks of fundraising – I have truly been amazed and very humbled by the support.

Towne for Congress will deliver a competitive campaign because each and every dollar is a “vote” placed in faith with the campaign, and a mandate to deliver a race that will be remembered for some time to come.  Through November 4th, an informal breakdown of how funds have been used is here, and the official Sept 30th FEC is also linked.

I believe Towne for Congress was the only independent campaign in the money bomb and unofficially we placed about 10th in a field of 19 liberty candidates.  A HUGE thank you goes to grassroots activist Trevor Lyman who organized the money bomb site and updated it manually for 27 continuous hours.

Today Towne for Congress extended a formal invite to the incumbent and only other challenger to debate on the issues.  A fast-paced talk I gave Friday on Constitutional Money can be watched here.

  

EXCERPT FROM NOVEMBER MONTHLY

The website has seen a lot of updates over the past month – I suggest checking out the “Lots More!” and “Ways to Help” Menu above where we now have information on yard signs, spreading handouts, letters to Dent, campaign mentions in the media, videos, audio, speeches, and educational resources.  To receive immediate notifications, please go here and create and activate a login http://towneforcongress.com/register

 

 

Articles and posts by the campaign over the past month include:

1. 1. Jake Towne on FOX’s Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano
   2. To Nancy Pelosi on Health Care – Are You Serious? – An in-depth look at the Commerce Clause and Pelosi’s opinion that gov’t power over health care is “essentially unlimited”
   3. Lecture – Why the Stimulus Plan Will Fail… and a Better Alternative – delivered at Moravian College in Bethlehem
   4. Abolish the Department of Education! – synopsis and reasoning
   5. Iraq War Plank
   6. Barack Obama, Elinor Ostrom, and the Nobel Prize Part 1 – comment on Obama’s prize
   7. Barack Obama, Elinor Ostrom, and the Nobel Prize Part 2 – comment on Ostrom’s prize
   8. “The Wreck of the Hesperus” and the Meltdown of the Global Monetary System
   9. Bernanke’s Great Lie – The “Gold Standard” and the Great Depression
   10. America’s Military Empire

 

Due to $$ constraints, we started two advertising campaigns, and are actively promoting “Who Is Jake Towne?” on the streets and other campaign-related news

1. 1. “Who Is Jake Towne?” Ad Campaign Launches
   2. Liberty Candidates 2010: The Year of HOPE
   3. Positive Momentum Builds – Tea Party Slate for 2010
   4. PRESS RELEASE – Congressional Candidate Jake Towne: Stimulus Plan Ineffective in the Lehigh Valley
   5. Interview with the 912 Project Show and Commentary on the Chinese Economy
   6. Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
   7. Where is My Donation Going? November Report

 

As I mentioned in the last update the other key factor for this independent campaign – the eco-political climate – is continuing to improve with the third party Hoffman race in NY and the NJ Governor’s race.  Economic unrest causes political change.  Incumbents and career politicians both will start falling like scythed wheat everywhere in the coming years, just as they did in the Great Depression if the right message arrives.

 

There are certainly naysayers and party-hardliners out there, but please believe me – I have done a lot of talking with people from the polls yesterday to going door-to-door, and just about everyone wants to 1) have the problems fixed, 2) their voices heard and 3) select a newcomer who will serve the public best and is not the “lesser of two evils” and does not practice “politics as usual”.  I believe my message of transparent and accountable gov’t is arriving at exactly the right time as we move politics out of the Dark Ages. http://towneforcongress.com/mission/our-open-office

 

Towne for Congress is pleased to announce that Rebekah Forney has joined the campaign as Volunteer Web Leader last month and is quite busy spreading the word and leading the effort to take over local news’ comment trails among quite a bit else.

I encourage everyone to place a vote for me with a few bucks, even if its just $5.

 

 

 

For the Republic!

Jake Towne

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean that politics won’t take an interest in you.” – Pericles, 430 BC

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