Rob Sand Details “Accountability for All” Plan to Prioritize Public Service

Rob Sand: “Running for office and holding public office should be about serving the public, not serving yourself.”

DES MOINES, IA – Yesterday, candidate for governor Rob Sand hosted a press conference discussing his “Accountability for All” plan, a roadmap to restore transparency, integrity, and public service to Iowa government and our elected officials.

During the press conference, Rob spoke about how the problems Iowans are dealing with right now didn’t just happen — they’re the result of a broken political system that’s stopped working for regular people. And if the foundation’s broken, you can’t fix much else. That’s why his first policy plan starts with the basics: getting government back to serving everyday Iowans, not partisan insiders or special interests. Rob’s “Accountability for All” plan includes proposals to ban stock trading, require mandatory prison time for tax thieves, restore the full powers of the Auditor’s office, and more. Read more about Rob’s plan here.

Read more about Rob’s “Accountability for All” plan below:

Des Moines Register: Rob Sand’s ‘accountability’ agenda includes term limits, civics tests

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand unveiled an agenda focused on accountability and transparency in state government — a “commonsense” platform he said he wanted to roll out first because it “undergirds everything else that we do” as elected officials.
“I think the vast majority of Iowans, no matter where they line up politically, would agree with these ideas,” Sand told reporters at an April 2 news conference. ”… We need to have public service be about public service, not insiders and special interest groups.”
The platform includes things such as banning stock trading among politicians; strengthening whistleblower protections for public employees; adding rules and transparency to the state’s Education Savings Account program; and enacting term limits and age limits.

Radio Iowa: Sand calls for term limits, retirement age for Iowa’s elected officials

State Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat who is running for governor, is proposing term limits for legislators and statewide elected officials as well as mandatory prison time for any public official convicted of embezzling tax dollars.
“Running for office and holding public office should be about serving the public, not serving yourself,” Sand said this morning during a news conference.

The Gazette: Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand floats age and term limits, changes to primaries

In his campaign’s first policy rollout ahead of the June primary election, Sand, who serves as Iowa auditor, said he sees bipartisan paths forward to implementing what he views as ways to make state government more transparent and accountable to Iowans.
“These are common-sense things I think the vast majority of Iowans, no matter where they line up politically, would agree with these ideas,” Sand told reporters during a press conference at his Des Moines field office Thursday morning. “A lot of this is going to come down to working with people in the Legislature who also are there because they are sick and tired of the direction of this state, and sick and tired of insiders and special interest groups getting better service than ordinary people.”

Iowa Public Radio: Rob Sand proposes election changes and term limits as part of his ‘accountability’ plan if elected governor

State Auditor Rob Sand — the only Democrat running for governor — is proposing term limits and cognitive tests for elected officials, along with changes to Iowa’s elections, as part of his plan to promote accountability in the state’s political system.
“I think it’s time that we implement them, so that people who are in public office actually have to resolve the issues that face Iowans in order to get reelected, they actually have to face competition and that they aren’t spending their time enriching themselves,” Sand said.

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand calls for term, age limits on elected officials

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand told reporters Thursday he believes issues like term limits and age limits for elected officials and mandatory prison sentences for stealing tax dollars can gain bipartisan support.
He said passing bills on his platform released this week — as well as on other issues — will require support from Iowans to ensure their concerns are heard. He also said these measures will help ensure “insider” control and the ability to overlook voters’ wants would be more difficult in the future.

Iowa’s News Now: Rob Sand proposes shake up to Iowa’s elections in new policy agenda

Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, who is running for Iowa’s open governor’s seat has laid out the first step in his “Truer Better Agenda.” He’s calling it the “Accountability for All Plan” which he claims will restore transparency, integrity and accountability to Iowa’s government.
“I don’t think that the Democratic and Republican party solve enough problems to have a monopoly on our choices,” Sand said. “What I have proposed would give independent voters an equal voice and anybody who says anything other than that are the people who are clinging to power in this state because they’re desperate to keep it.”
Now most of Sand’s policies would require action from the legislature which could be challenging if Republicans maintain control of both chambers. However, Sand said he’s willing to make compromises and keep an open mind in order to address these issues.