Political Experience
D.A.G. (During and After Graduate School)
At-large Member, Executive Board, Butler County Progressive-PAC, 2009-present
Petition-gatherer and local supporter, "Reform Ohio Now" propositions, 2005
Organizing role in the Oxford KerryOhio for President Committee, 2004B.G. (Before Graduate School; graduate school can be bad for your politics!)
Political Scientist (observer, student, teacher, researcher and writer), 1980-present
Voter, 100% participation in local, state & national elections, 1980-present
Legislative/Administrative Assistant, U. S. Rep. Tom Harkin, 1975-78
Assistant Campaign Manager, Harkin for Congress, 1974
Research Director, Committee of 500, 1973
Assistant Campaign Manager, Harkin for Congress, 1972
Campaign Coordinator, People for Tapscott, 1971-72
Co-Organizer, Committee for Responsive (Ames, IA) City Government, 1971
Organizer, state-wide "Register for Peace" Conference, 1971
State Coordinator, Iowa Moratorium Committee, 1969-70
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Take a trip back in time today (Sorry, the trip no longer exists on the Web!)
Participant, Iowa Precinct Caucuses and Conventions, 1970-1984
President, Iowa State University Young Democrats, 1969
Voter, 100% participation in local, state and national elections, 1968-1979
(first vote: 1968 Des Moines Model Cities election which allowed 18-year old voting)
#1 High School Volunteer in the State of Iowa, McCarthy for President, 1968
"I believe people are more important than places and things, that's why I support John Tapscott for Governor of the State of Iowa." ---text on 1/8" diameter campaign button, People for Tapscott, 1971, a campaign pledged to funding 100% of legally established minimum-need for state social welfare programs.
"I have drunk from wells I did not dig; I have been warmed by fires I did not build."---quoted in Clarence Stone's POLITICAL REGIMES.