This weekend is another milestone: 30 days until the June 5 primary. We’re in the home stretch and I need you with me. Contribute $30 to help me in these last days. If we work hard we can win this primary and move onto the general election where we’re confident the plan of Middle Class Jobs, Opportinuty and Education will resonate and we’ll keep the voice of progress strong on the House floor.

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It was clear from the answers that I am the candidate most ready to enact a positive, progressive agenda on the first day.

My team and I put together a couple videos that we’ll be displaying on YouTube in this district.

What do you think of them?

Whenever I’m out knocking on doors people say they’ve spoken to Will.

That’s what one of my volunteers heard from someone involved with another campaign for this seat. I’ve known from the beginning that this race is a marathon, not a sprint. We’ve knocked in rain, heat and snow (that was just December) and the other day we reached a milestone: 1000 doors. Over 1000 households have heard from us on their porches and patios and heard about my vision for Iowa’s future.

We’re not done yet. We have 86 days until the primary and we need your help. Visit our action page and choose the option that best works for you.

Onto the next 1000!

It is important that you know my position on the balance of public safety and gun rights. I support the 2nd Amendment as it originally stands in the United States Constitution. However, these two bills go too far.

HJR 2009 would make any licensing, registration or special taxation of these deadly weapons unconstitutional. Registrations and permits for handguns are done by the state not to limit freedoms but to protect them by ensuring that deadly weapons are used safely. HF 2215 rewrites the conditions under which a person may use deadly force against another human being. Under HF 2215, a person who uses deadly force because he or she believes such force is necessary in avoiding risk to his or her life is presumed justified. The current law allows for deadly force against another only if a different course of action would also put the victim at risk. This law encourages a philosophy of shoot first, ask questions later.

Both of these bills would increase sales and gun ownership while removing the requirements for classes to educate each gun owners on the proper usage and storage of a deadly weapon. This legislation does not mention how we ensure guns don’t turn up at public meetings, schools, or in the hands of criminals. Simply owning a gun does not make one safer and not knowing the proper techniques for storage, cleaning, and shooting can result in fatal or near-fatal accidents. The 2nd Amendment has never been under threat in Iowa and has worked just fine for over 200 years.

Winter is finally here. It came a little late but there’s no denying it now. Some campaigns might consider putting their feet up by a toasty fire and wait out Old Man Winter. Not Team Rock.

Team Rock invites Old Man Winter to come eat chili.

Join us for an evening of conversation and kidney beans as four contestants from our campaign team test their culinary skills.

WHERE: Northwest Community Center – 5100 Franklin Ave in Des Moines (map)

WHEN: Saturday, January 28 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm.

WHO: You, me and celebrity guest judge Mr. Iowa Nice Scott Siepker

A $25 contribution is requested but not required. RSVP using the form on the right or call 515-657-7336.

The other part I want to touch on says “his plan to shutter nine social service offices around the state created a firestorm and sent several localities scrambling for their checkbooks to keep the offices open.” When programs are cut at the state level they are often just replaced by a dozen similar programs in the larger towns, which is less efficient and will actually end up costing taxpayers more in the long run. Plus then only the larger towns will have these programs, and the flight from rural areas to towns just accelerates.

As always, I want to hear your opinion. What can we do to preserve an America that works for those who need it?

Not that I am surprised – I knew they recently implemented a 1:1 program, where each student in grades 7-12 is assigned a personal laptop. But it made me realize how much education has changed since I was in middle school – and I wonder how much more it will change before my two sons are in middle school. “Back in my day,” the internet was brand new and very, very slow. Laptops and mobile phones were almost unheard of. We used computers to type up our reports and papers but still did most of the research in actual books.

New technology brings new possibilities – and also new challenges – to the classroom. My children could learn foreign language and culture not from textbooks but by Skyping with native speakers and immersing themselves in real conversation. But monitoring all this new technology adds yet another responsibility to our teachers.

As always, I’d like to hear your opinion. What are your thoughts on the future of technology in education?

Happy December! Will here. We’re doing one last fundraising push for the year and we need you to be a part of it.

Our goal is $500 by January 1, 2012. Nothing extravagant, as I know you’ve got your eyes on some pretty sweet presents for your friends, family or, let’s be honest, yourself.

But since this is the season of giving, we’re adding something to this fundraiser.

For every $100 we raise, we’ll donate 10 canned goods to the Food Bank of Iowa.

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy holiday to stop by our Facebook page. From all of us at Team Rock we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Happy December! Will here. We’re doing one last fundraising push for the year and we need you to be a part of it.

Our goal is $500 by January 1, 2012. Nothing extravagant, as I know you’ve got your eyes on some pretty sweet presents for your friends, family or, let’s be honest, yourself.

But since this is the season of giving, we’re adding something to this fundraiser.

For every $100 we raise, we’ll donate 10 canned goods to the Food Bank of Iowa.

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy holiday to stop by our Facebook page. From all of us at Team Rock we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

This is one of my favorite times of the year: spending time with family, counting our blessings, and planning for the year ahead.

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

We’ll be at Talley’s on the corner of Beaver Ave and Urbandale Ave. The meeting begins at 6:30pm.

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We’ll be asking people there to help us knock on doors this weekend. We’ve already knocked on hundreds of doors around the district and we want to talk to as many Democrats as possible before the snow gets here. (Though knowing Iowa weather as I do, that could be any time…)

We want you with us this weekend. Fill out the form below and I’ll contact you soon.