Democratic nominee for Iowa Governor, Fred Hubbell, spoke to a crowd of about 40 people this (Tuesday) morning, at the Cass County Democratic Party Headquarters, in Atlantic. Hubbell and his running mate Rita Hart, are trying to spur Iowan’s to vote early and vote Democrat. Hubbell said Iowa is “At a tipping point.” He said Reynolds represents more of the same old same old, a continuation of Gov. Branstad’s policies and the taking away of Collective Bargaining rights. He says she also threw money out the window with wasteful corporate tax giveaways, took away worker protections, underfunded education and health care and continue to do little to protect the environment.)

Dem. nominee for IA Gov. Fred Hubbell (Ric Hanson photo)

He said Reynolds will also likely work to take away IPERS from State employees and teachers. Hubbell said “we have a choice.” He said “We need to elect a governor who’s going to put people first, for a change.” Hubbell said “There’s plenty of money in State government, we just don’t have the right priorities.” That starts, he said, “with education.” Hubbell said “I want to make sure we have all-day Pre-K for 4-year olds, all across our State. There are a lot of places in our State where we don’t have any Pre-K programs, because because we’re not paying those people well enough, and they can’t make enough money to have that occupation.”

He said also, “We need to fully fund our public schools. We’ve been underfunding them for eight-years in a row.” Hubbell spoke also about jobs training, healthcare, which he said “Is a disaster,” in Iowa, and return funding for Planned Parenthood. Later, when he was asked about Governor Reynolds’ assertion that he (Hubbell) didn’t look like he was having “fun” at the last Gubernatorial Debate, Hubbell said he had a lot of fun, but he takes a different approach. “I don’t necessarily go on the attack all the time like her ads do or like she did in the debate. I think about things, I approach with a common-sense bi-partisan agenda. And that’s what I’m going to be doing as governor. I to represent ALL people, not just her party.”

When asked about Reynolds comment about him “Tearing down the state,” during the first debate, Hubbell said his campaign is about putting people first. After his vist to Atlantic, Hubbell and his entourage went to Pottawattamie County, for a “Get out the vote” event in Council Bluffs.