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Published October 26, 2009 01:01 pm - Vander Plaats makes stop in Oskaloosa By DUANE NOLLEN The Oskaloosa Herald OSKALOOSA — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats says that the next election is a “winner take all” affair and the only way Republicans can win is to stay true to who they are.
Vander Plaats spoke to a packed house at the Mahaska County Republican Central Committee meeting Thursday night at the county courthouse. “If we don’t win, we don’t govern,” Vander Plaats said. “We will not win by selling out the core values of who we are.” If Republicans do sell out, then voters will not trust them to lead, he added. Vander Plaats argued that he was the man Republicans should pick in the primary to challenge Democratic Gov. Chet Culver in 2010. Vander Plaats delivered a message that spanned economic, educational and values issues. Vander Plaats argued that in order for Iowa to keep its young people and to attract Iowa natives from other states to come back home to raise a family, it needs good jobs for them. “We need to open up Iowa for business,” he said. Vander Plaats said the state needs to do things such as revamp its tax code to make it more business friendly and to sell Iowa as a “Right to Work” state. He said Gateway computers moved from Iowa to South Dakota because South Dakota has no business income tax. Vander Plaats also said the state government needs better management. He said that Culver inherited a $5.3 billion budget and now the budget has grown to $6.3 billion. If Culver did not throw money at issues and listened to ideas about curbing state spending, he would not have had to make the 10 percent across-the-board cut in the budget. “We need a Republican who is a conservative” who believes in a limited government that performs well as governor, Vander Plaats said. “We need a CEO in charge. I was a turn-around CEO,” he added. Vander Plaats also discussed education. He was a school teacher as well as a high school principal. 
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