Fallon said election reform is
a top priority. He also promised to develop his own health care reform
plan and to enact tougher measures to restrict urban sprawl.

Fallon
will refuse all contributions from Political Action Committees – PACs
– and from lobbyists. He will also limit donations from individuals to
50 dollars per individual per month.

Fallon lists reform of the
election system as his number one goal, to limit the influence of what
he calls “powerful, entrenched” special interest groups. “I'm running
for governor because I'm tired of seeing a handful of big corporations
and wealthy, special interests get tax breaks and hand-outs while the
issues important to you and me are neglected,” Fallon said. “It's time
for rank-and-file Iowans to have our concerns addressed, concerns about
clean elections, about education, health care, decent jobs, livable
wages, agriculture, the environment and a tax structure that is fair
and progressive – and that's the short list.”

Fallon promised to be a
voice for all Iowans, including new Iowans, and he made a special pitch.
Twice during his speech, Fallon spoke in Spanish to say he's seeking a
“united Iowa.”

Fallon said he'll release his health care reform ideas
later this year. “I'm tired of waiting for the federal government,”
Fallon said. “The bottom line is this: our commonwealth depends on our
common health.”

Fallon has long sought ways to limit “urban sprawl” and
Fallon promises that if he's elected governor, he'll try to enact land
use restrictions to ensure prime farmland isn't covered by concrete.

Fallon held a rally in the statehouse to kick-off his campaign, and
about four-hundred supporters were there, including Carter Woodruff of
Des Moines, one of Fallon's friends who spoke to the crowd. Woodruff
said Fallon is different from other politicians because he isn't
“bought and paid for by rich, special interests” but speaks his own
mind. Woodruff praised Fallon for endorsing Independent presidential
candidate Ralph Nader in 2000 rather than Al Gore, the nominee of
Fallon's own Democratic party.