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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 [...]
Where’s John Callahan on the Wars?
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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+ [...]
Solutions with Hydraulic Fracturing or “Fracking”
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hey Republocrats! Focus on the Issues!
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Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne issued this statement today against the Coke/Pepsi Republocrat Party:
“Incumbent Charlie Dent no longer has any excuse to avoid debates and being taken to task for his poor performance over his past twenty years in office. Dent has misrepresented the district during the most severe economic downturn in modern history [...]
Towne to Dent – Is That the Best You Can Do?
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A brief update to supporters on the ballot access filing situation. The campaign has collected plenty signatures with plenty of backups to be listed on the November 2 ballot. These signatures must be filed by August 2, but filing prior to this date simply gives more time for the competition to [...]
Two Front Page Headlines on the Same Day
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“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” – Thomas Paine
Or at least [...]
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