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Sometimes I guess it isn’t such a bad thing to be left out of a debate or two if the result is front page news coverage In today’s Sunday edition of the Express-Times newspaper with the headline “Some Debates Exclude Jake Towne,” reporter Lynn Olanoff covers my being left out of a debate [...]
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Front Page Coverage in the Express Times!!
Interview with Comcast’s Candidates on Demand
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Yesterday I was fortunate to be invited to Comcast’s studio in Philadelphia to record an interview with Jill Horner. Portions of the 15th district use Comcast as a main provider and this video will be made available free as “Candidates on Demand” later in the election season. An HD version is here but has a [...]
Campaign Featured in the Reading Eagle!
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In July, I interviewed with Reading Eagle reporter Mary Young on the wars and also on my campaign. In August, this article was featured in their Sunday paper, the main newspaper for the Berks county region of the 15th congressional district. Ms. Young struck me as solid journalist, taking notes a mile-a-minute in shorthand (which [...]
Upcoming Events and Debate Schedule!!
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The campaign debate and events schedule is listed below. It is time to take on the Republocrats!
College Hill Neighborhood Association Candidates’ Forum, Monday, September 13, 7-9 PM at Lafayette College. Oechsle Hall, Room 224 (#62 on this map, Parsons and Hamilton on College Hill in Easton). Open Q&A. Press Release HERE.
Delta Kappa Gamma/League of Women [...]
Charlie Dent Paid $101,000 by Military-Industrial Complex
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Pro-War Congressman Charlie Dent has taken over $101,000 in campaign contributions from the military industrial complex PAC groups. Donors include Halliburton, General Dynamics, Day and Zimmerman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and L-3 Communications, which provided translator contractors at Abu Ghraib prison. Independent challenger Jake Towne commented:
“Since a prime source of funding for military-industrial companies [...]
Upcoming August Events!!
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Now that the ballot access drive is successfully completed, the next and tougher step is to WIN VOTES for the election! While we do urgently need to raise some funds, the campaign could use your help of the below several community events, and many of the ways you can help is by donating your time [...]
Patriots Money Bomb on August 16!!!
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With lots of wonderful help from campaign volunteers, the campaign collected nearly twice the necessary amount of ballot-access signatures, and is now listed on the November 2nd ballot!!! However, we have a lot of work ahead, and some of it can only be done with the use of funds, so we are holding an [...]
Towne’s Signatures Unchallenged
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Jake Towne confirmed today with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania that no challenges to the signatures has been submitted prior to the August 9 deadline. Towne, an independent, will be on the November 2nd ballot for United States Congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th district.
With a mantra to “Stop the Endless Debt and Endless Wars!” [...]
T-Shirt Fundraiser and Special Debate Announcement!!
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The campaign has just been reached by phone by WFMZ, Channel 69 TV, and invited to participate in an October debate – no date or time specified. I was also informed that both Mayor Callahan and Representative Dent from the Republocrat Party have also accepted.
I was recently featured on WFMZ-TV a couple days ago, and [...]
The Economy in Pictures
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“Truth persists and illuminates, even if there is no one to utter it.“
Government is not the solution; rather, it is causing the problems. The below slides (view at Scribd, backup PDF) highlight the economic situation, updated from a May presentation. I’ve written about the solutions to the unemployment problem, the deficit, Social Security, [...]
“Who Is Jake Towne?” Top Story on WFMZ-TV
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Last night I was quite happy to be the top news story on WFMZ, Channel 69 TV. Check out the video and article below, and feel free to leave any comments!! Also below is just a few of the letters to the editor concerning the incumbent’s efforts to avoid debating me. We should be so [...]
It’s Official, Towne is on the Ballot!
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has accepted the signatures submitted, and Jake Towne is now an official candidate for United States Congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th district which covers Northampton, most of Lehigh, and parts of Berks and Montgomery counties. Towne, an independent, will square off against two Establishment-backed career politicians in the November 2nd election.
While 3,629 [...]
War, Civil Liberties, and Freedom of Speech
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These remarks were given July 30th, 2010, at the campaign’s Freedom Concert. For those unaware, the campaign has been featured on four (4) front pages (see 2 of them here) of both of the district’s key newspapers during the past 6 days due to incumbent demanding that I be barred from debating him and also [...]
Jake Towne Calls on Charlie Dent to Repeal Health Care Tax
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Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne issued this statement today:
“During his sorry 20-year political career, Charlie Debt has repeatedly supported unconstitutional legislation that has created raging, out-of-control deficits. He also supports vast expansions of federal control over the people’s healthcare, such as his support of S-CHIP, the Medical Rights Act of 2009, and now [...]
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