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The Economy in Pictures
“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) highlight the economic situation, updated from August and May presentation. I’ve written about the solutions to the unemployment problem, the deficit, Social Security, and the [...]
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 [...]
Jake Towne Challenges Republocrats to Pay for their own Healthcare
At the WFMZ-TV debate last Tuesday, independent congressional candidate Jake Towne challenged both Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan to take some kind of paycut, not enlist in the pension plan and pay for their own healthcare. With all the job losses and paycuts in the private sector, the least either of these career politicians could [...]
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 [...]
New TV Ad and Televised Debate Tomorrow!!
Wednesday evening at 8 PM EST on WFMZ-TV Channel 69 will be a live debate between myself and my two career politician opponents, Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan!! Tune it to watch as it should be a fun time showing the audience how inept the Republocrats are! Track record so far: First Debate – A [...]
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, [...]
Towne Dominates Dent and Callahan on the Internet
One place where Jake Towne’s independent congressional campaign is already dominating his establishment-backed career politician opponents is on the web. Towne’s website has an Alexa global traffic rank of 1.2 million, which means only 1.2 million websites have more traffic. Callahan’s website has far less traffic, with 8.4 million websites – including Towne’s – having [...]
Victory at the Debate and Two Front Page Articles!!
The Monday debate was a clear victory for the campaign. First of all, I was in the actual debate which cannot be taken for granted as the Republocrats truly prefer no competition. Second of all, I stood up for the campaign’s principles and quite honestly the answers Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan gave were the [...]
Campaign Featured in the Reading Eagle!
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 [...]
“Who Is Jake Towne?” Top Story on WFMZ-TV
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 [...]
Hey Republocrats! Focus on the Issues!
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 [...]
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