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Incumbent Republocrat Charlie Dent likes to bill himself as an “independent leader,” when the reality is anything but. A hard look at the record reveals that 6 years in federal Congress and over $1 million in salary later, Dent has achieved little besides renaming a few post offices and helping plunge the nation into [...]
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With the gracious help of Adam Temple (visit his website here), the campaign has created this draft 30 second radio ad that will begin airing locally. Please list any comments or suggestions you may have below. From a cost-benefit analysis, radio ads have the biggest impact for the dollar.
Both of my competitors have begun [...]
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“Is there no danger to our liberty and independence in a bank that in its nature has so little to bind it to our country?… [Is there not] cause to tremble for the purity of our elections in peace and for the independence of our country in war?… Controlling our currency, receiving our public monies, [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Jake Towne, independent congressional candidate in PA-15, has joined the Coalition Against War Spending and refuses to provide a single dollar to continue unconstitutional, nation-building wars abroad at a time when Congress remains unaccountable for record levels of government spending and debt. CAWS consists of 95 federal candidates and 34 organizations.
“The annual $1+ [...]
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One of the most important issues for Pennsylvania and our district is the development of the Marcellus Shale Gas formation. The Marcellus formation has the potential to provide for the nation’s natural gas needs for a decade or more, not to mention provide a tremendous economic boom in our state. (1) From [...]
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On the front page of today’s Morning Call was an article on the mosque to be located near Ground Zero in NYC. Below is a video statement and transcript of those remarks. My comments were misinterpreted slightly, and I absolutely do not speak for all Muslims – just myself – but the fact remains the [...]
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There is nothing super-complicated about sound money. Rather, the truth is pretty simple.
In cahoots with the central bank, the government prints unbacked currency. Most dollars are not physical linen – it is merely electrons in bank accounts, which is shown simply here, “Fractional Reserve Banking in Pictures.” This is really just an indirect way to [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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