SULLIVAN'S SALVOS
April 30, 2020
Sullivan’s Salvos 5/5/20
In this edition:
*Please Be Kind, Patient, and Calm
*Supervisor Primary I
*Supervisor Primary II
*Kimberly Graham for US Senate
*One More Senate Note
*Did You Know?
*Please Be Kind, Patient, and Calm
This is hard. Super hard. We are all struggling. So I need to continue to remind myself to count my blessings.
While many folks lost their jobs, I am still working. While many folks have no health insurance, I have good coverage. While many folks struggle with housing, I own my own home. As a cis, straight, white, Christian, middle-aged male, I have many unearned advantages. No one I know has died from Covid-19. I am TRULY blessed! I know it, and I am grateful.
Remember, not everyone you meet is as fortunate as yourself. Please continue to try to be kind, patient, and calm!
*Supervisor Primary I
We have a Supervisor Primary on June 2. Selfishly, I didn’t want a primary. It is much easier for me. But it is worse for you! As much as incumbents hate primaries, primaries are GREAT for democracy! Having a primary forces both candidates and voters to take stock. Incumbents need to make their cases for reelection, and if they are not doing the job, they need to go. That is what primaries are for.
I was all prepared to run a strong campaign. I am very proud of my service on the Board, and I was ready to make my case. Unfortunately, this has been a year unlike any other, and my reelection efforts needed to take a back seat.
I cannot knock doors. I am not sending a mailing. I am not putting ads in the paper. I am not putting out yard signs. I have not updated my website. If you were considering a donation to my campaign, please give it to a local nonprofit that assists people in need.
But we are still holding the election. And I still hope to have an opportunity to make my case. I want you to be convinced that I am worthy of your vote.
I thought it would be important to share some of the things I hope to accomplish if elected to another term.
If reelected, my goals are:
1. Continue community recovery from Covid-19;
2. Begin serving people at the GuideLink Center;
3. Improve Affirmative Action results;
4. Renegotiate 6 union contracts to the benefit of all.
So please – ask questions of the candidates. Pay attention to forums and questionnaires. Talk to friends and neighbors. Do your homework, and make an informed decision.
Dear readers – if you will do me the honor, I would be proud to serve another term as Johnson County Supervisor. I would sincerely appreciate your vote on June 2 or before. I am grateful for your past support, and thank you for your future consideration. I promise to never take this position for granted!
*Supervisor Primary II
You can vote for up to three candidates in the Supervisor Primary, and I would strongly urge you to vote for incumbent Supervisors Lisa Green Douglass and Royceann Porter.
I really like working with both of them. Both truly care about people in need. Both truly care about County employees. Both serve Johnson County well. Both deserve your vote!
*Kimberly Graham for US Senate
Senator Joni Ernst has been an abject failure. She is wrong on healthcare, the Coronavirus, the economy, the environment, women’s rights, kids in cages… Senator Ernst has voted the wrong way on every issue important to Iowans.
Luckily, I feel great about the upcoming US Senate race in Iowa. We have 5 excellent candidates on the Democratic side. Each one would serve Iowans well!
Personally, I am supporting Kimberly Graham. Her background appeals to Melissa and I – Graham has spent 25 years as an attorney representing children in need. She grew up in a labor household, and she is unabashedly progressive.
Check out her list of policy issues at https://www.kimberlyforiowa.com. It will remind you of Elizabeth Warren! This is a woman who knows what she wants to accomplish and has a plan to do so!
More importantly, we have had the opportunity to speak with Kimberly at length. She is smart, funny, and kind. I really like her as a person, and that means something!
I hope you will join us in voting by mail for Kimberly Graham for US Senate!
*One More Senate Note
One last thing about this Senate race – Chuck Schumer needs to stay the hell out of primary politics! Same goes for Nancy Pelosi! We are plenty capable of choosing our leaders without them putting a thumb on the scale.
I do not give to the National Democratic campaigns for either the House or the Senate. Because they pull crap like this – wasting our money to campaign for the most conservative candidate in every race. Please don’t ever give them any contributions. Your money can be MUCH better spent elsewhere!
*DID YOU KNOW? Mother's Day started as an anti-war movement. Anna Jarvis is most often credited with founding Mother's Day in the United States. Designated as the second Sunday in May by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, aspects of that holiday have since spread overseas, sometimes mingling with local traditions.
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---Rod
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