Winterset Madisonian Front Page: “Sand Continues 100 Town Hall Tour at Historical Society”

Winterset Madisonian: “[Rob] stressed the importance of working across party lines, and stated that his faith as a Christian inspires him to focus on the interests of everyday Iowans.”

DES MOINES, IA – The Winterset Madisonian highlighted Rob Sand’s recent visit to Madison County as part of his annual 100 Town Hall Tour across the state on the front page of this week’s paper.  As the Madisonian reports, Rob’s plan for Iowan “can be summarized by his slogan and motto ‘build an Iowa that’s not bluer or redder, but truer and better.’”

Rob “address[ed] a packed room out at the Madison County Historical Society,” introduced himself to attendees, laid out his vision for Iowa, and took questions from the audience. Rob’s stop in Madison County was his 57th stop of this year’s tour.

See key quotes below:

• Candidate for governor Rob Sand marked off his 50th town hall of the year this week, and stopped in Winterset as part of his 100 Town Hall Tour, which began in June.

• Addressing a packed room out at the Madison County Historical Society, Sand laid out his plan for Iowa should he become governor, which can be summarized by his slogan and motto “build an Iowa that’s not bluer or redder, but truer and better.”

• He stressed the importance of working across party lines, and stated that his faith as a Christian inspires him to focus on the interests of everyday Iowans.

• Sand spoke on a wide variety of issues facing Iowans that he plans to address as governor, from lacking mental health services and primary physicians in the state to water quality issues and cuts that were proposed for the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS).