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Promises from Branstad need plans, deadlines
The Gazette Opinion Staff
May. 19, 2010 12:18 am
I am both bewildered and offended by the ads being run by (gubernatorial candidate) Terry Branstad: I assure you that “I” can guarantee 200,000 news jobs will be created here in Iowa; that family income will increase by 25 percent; that family values and education will get top priority in our state.
Those things will happen! What Branstad never mentions is when - in five years? ten years? 25 years? The types of promises he is making are meaningless. Set some plans of action. Set some deadlines. Then we'll all listen.
Gary Matson
Cedar Rapids
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