We had a
great event Monday in West Liberty as Sen. Tom Harkin spoke to a full
house for better House (and Senate).  Sen. Harkin spoke eloquently
of how government can give people hope, and of the importance of
electing Mike Owen to the Iowa House and Tom Fiegen to the Iowa Senate.  U.S. Senate candidate Art Small and U.S. House candidate Dave Franker also addressed the group.



Friday Aug. 20, Tipton:  Fundraiser Open House for Mike Owen


Home of Nick & Maureen Arensdorf, 202 West 8th St., 5 p.m. to 8
p.m.  Bring a snack food or bottle of wine.  Punch and coffee
will be provided.



Saturday Aug. 21, Mount Vernon:  Garden Party for Rep. Ro Foege & Mike Owen


Home of Steve Maravetz & Dixie Collins, 218 7th Avenue North, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.



Hope to
see you at either or both events!  Thank you to Nick &
Maureen, and Steve & Dixie, for hosting these events for our
campaign.



Also, we'll be passing along details soon about our Labor Day Barn Picnic, where we'll have a special guest!



All Together Now ­ – The “Front Burner” Issues



Good schools.

Good jobs.

Health care.



Yes,
we're still talking about those things, and will be for the next 75
days.  Then, we'll take them on to the Statehouse and work on
them.  Those are the front-burner issues, and they're too hot for
the current legislative leadership to handle.  They'd rather touch
flashy “hot button” issues that they use to drive wedges among Iowans
and distract us from our real challenges.  So, keep that in mind
when you see the “hot buttons” in surveys and advertising, appealing to
emotions.  Our positive alternative is to appeal to Iowans' sense
of community, responsibility, public spirit, thrift and common sense.



Mike Owen

Democratic Candidate for State Representative
District 79, Cedar, Muscatine, Johnson counties



owen4iowans@Lcom.net
(319) 643-5714



Owen for Iowans

563 Oliphant St.

West Branch, IA  52358