Posts Tagged ‘Chet Culver’

It has been twelve years since a Republican occupied the Secretary of State’s office.   Chet Culver used the office as a platform to run for governor after two terms in office.  According to the Feds, he also used it to throw elaborate parties and misspend taxpayer dollars, but who gets worked up over things ... Full story

By Emily Geiger If you are an incompetent, not-so-bright, big spending Democratic governor, the last person you should pick a fight with is the highly competent, so-much-smarter-than-you, fiscally conservative Republican state auditor. Every time Auditor Dave Vaudt brings up the little fact that Chet Culver has royally blown the state budget to bits, Culver starts crying and goes ... Full story

I took some time yesterday to comb through Governor Culver’s most recent fundraising report. After doing so, it is even more apparent that without continued support of the Democratic Governors Association, Culver will have a difficult time raising the necessary resources to win in November. The following is the breakdown of Culver’s contributions in his most recent report. Total Contributions: Terry Branstad had over 2200 ... Full story

Despite receiving another contribution from the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), campaign disclosures filed yesterday show that Governor Culver’s fundraising efforts have stalled. Culver raised $765,000 in the six-week fundraising period that ended last Wednesday.  The DGA contributed $250,000 to Culver’s campaign, representing over a third of what his campaign raised.  Culver’s 30 page contributor report ... Full story

The special prosecutor looking into Governor Chet Culver’s fundraising tactics has determined that the Governor solicited campaign contributions from a second casino operator who was seeking a gambling license at the time. Earlier this year Culver was busted for soliciting campaign contributions from the people trying to build a casino in Fort Dodge. This morning’s ... Full story

The non-partisan Iowa Taxpayers Association (ITA) has studied Iowa’s budget and today shared its findings that show big problems in three key areas, which will drive up property taxes and leave Iowa with a huge budget gap. In a release today, the ITA states, “the overreliance of one-time funding for on-going expenses and a deepening burden ... Full story

By Sen. Paul McKinley No issue is more important to Iowans right now than the issue of jobs and the health of our economy. With unemployment in Iowa at the highest level in nearly a quarter century, tens of thousands of people are underemployed and many families are adjusting to wage and benefit reductions, Iowans are looking ... Full story

(URBANDALE) – The Governor Branstad 2010 campaign today pieced together a sampling of clips demonstrated the failed experiment conducted by the Democratic Governor’s Association in Iowa’s Republican primary for governor. “Donors and strategists in the DGA have to be shaking their heads at why they not only spent nearly $800,000 against Terry Branstad – but ... Full story

Documents filed yesterday with the Internal Revenue Service show that the group named “Iowans for Responsible Government” (IRG) was funded entirely by the Democratic Governors Association (DGA).  The DGA gave over $782,000 to the group, which attacked Republican gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad in the weeks leading up to the Republican primary. Ironically, the DGA blasted ... Full story

Hi, my name is Krusty Konservative. I’m a gutless anonymous blogger. I have now accepted the fact that I’m a coward like Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison who wrote the Federalist Papers under the name Publius. Ben Franklin is another coward too since he used pseudonyms like Silence Dogood, Harry Meanwell, Alice Addertongue, Richard ... Full story