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PRESS RELEASE – Towne Asks Republocrats to Stop Using Veterans as Political Pawns
“Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead… Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” – Five-Star [...]
Debate at the State – Towne Claims Victory
Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne claimed a clear victory at the “Debate at the State” – held and co-sponsored by Easton’s historic and beautiful State Theatre. The Express Times was the main sponsor, and is commended by the campaign for its commitment to hear all candidates. When Towne challenged Mr. Dent on the constitutionality of [...]
Winning the Live Chats and Upcoming Events!!
While my Republocrat opponents, Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan, had enough time to shun six debates locally, they did have enough time to spare for a 1 hour live chat sponsored by the Morning Call. You can read my transcript here, Mr. Dent’s here, and Mr. Callahan’s here. Local columnist Bill White wrote that I [...]
Upcoming Events and Republocrats Shun Debates
Jake will have an online chat at noon today with the Morning Call. (It’s over, view the transcript here.) He will also be talking to the East Penn Taxpayer’s Association tonight at 7:30 pm in Emmaus, details below. Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne has had a tough time locating opponents Mr. Charlie Dent and Mr. [...]
Towne for Congress Raises Over $57,000!
Towne for Congress has raised $53,375 per its most recent FEC filing. An additional $4,000 was raised from 63 donors on October 14th during a 24-hour online money bomb. A flood of support was received after Towne soundly defeated his bickering career politician opponents during a televised debate on WFMZ last night and subsequently was [...]
Money Bomb Today!! And WFMZ Debate Footage!
The campaign has an urgent need to raise another $4,000 to pay for TV ads in the final couple weeks prior to the election. Watch the ad here or below! Please consider donating as for some very affordable rates we can get the message out to key demographics. The schedule of ads will be published [...]
Where in the 15th Congressional District are John Callahan and Charlie Dent?
From a recent press release: This week, both Mr. Callahan and Mr. Dent failed to show up at the second local debate in a row, which turned the evening into another “victory by TKO” for independent congressional candidate Jake Towne. While all three candidates will appear on this week’s WFMZ-69 televised debate, Towne is excluded [...]
Interview with the Pottstown Mercury
Today I gave an interview with Nancy March, editor of the Pottstown Mercury newspaper as part of their “Ask the Candidate” program (Part 1 and Part 2). Before the interview began we were talking about the Mercury’s expose on the ineptitude of the federal stimulus plan as I had predicted in a January 2009 article [...]
Volunteering at Habitat, Cropwalk and Upcoming Events
Yesterday a bunch of campaign volunteers assisted Habitat for Humanity’s Lehigh Valley chapter build homes in southside Bethlehem. I have volunteered throughout my life for Habitat, and it is a great charity. For those unfamiliar with it, Habitat builds homes for folks who are not well off. A big reason why I like this group [...]
Winner by TKO – Towne vs. the Republocrats, Round 2
“Your parties have betrayed you. Your parties have failed you. Your parties have let you down. Your parties aren’t even here!!” – from my closing statement last night Yesterday I was kindly hosted by the local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, a group of women educators, at Cedar Crest College in a crowded room. As [...]
Gunther Show Tomorrow, Debate Friday!!
“I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.” – Nathan Hale, Continental spy executed by the British on September 22, 1776 Tune in tomorrow (Thursday 9/23) on WAEB-AM 790 at 8:40 AM to [...]
Letters to the Editor over Debate Barring
The Morning Call devoted a half page elaborating why they are barring my campaign from their debate. The article did not address 1) why the Morning Call first offered myself an invite which I accepted back in June, then rescinded this offer and 2) the deficiencies in the poll, which are highlighted here. While I [...]
Response to Morning Call’s Skewed Poll
“… that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment — the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution — not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply “give the public what it wants” — but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, [...]
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