Rob Sand
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The kids you are next to are the kids who are from wealthy families and from poor families. The kids you're there are from well-educated families or not well-educated families. The kids you're next to are from families with both parents working or zero parents working. But you know and you understand society, I think, so much better.
And that gives you such a better sense of who we are as a state or as a country If you're participating in public schools.
And that gives you such a better sense of who we are as a state or as a country If you're participating in public schools.
And that gives you such a better sense of who we are as a state or as a country If you're participating in public schools.
I was delighted to see the state require that public schools have a cell phone policy to limit the usage of cell phones. And I actually want to go back to one thing you had just said there about, you know, the friends that you made. This weekend, I went home to Decorah, my hometown, and invited high school buddies to come over. And I was sitting there with two of my best friends from high school.
I was delighted to see the state require that public schools have a cell phone policy to limit the usage of cell phones. And I actually want to go back to one thing you had just said there about, you know, the friends that you made. This weekend, I went home to Decorah, my hometown, and invited high school buddies to come over. And I was sitting there with two of my best friends from high school.
I was delighted to see the state require that public schools have a cell phone policy to limit the usage of cell phones. And I actually want to go back to one thing you had just said there about, you know, the friends that you made. This weekend, I went home to Decorah, my hometown, and invited high school buddies to come over. And I was sitting there with two of my best friends from high school.
One does construction work, bridge construction. The other one does auto body work. Okay. Their wives came over, their kids came over. We had a great time. One of their wives is a public school teacher, although she's in Minnesota. The other one until very recently was a teller at a bank.
One does construction work, bridge construction. The other one does auto body work. Okay. Their wives came over, their kids came over. We had a great time. One of their wives is a public school teacher, although she's in Minnesota. The other one until very recently was a teller at a bank.
One does construction work, bridge construction. The other one does auto body work. Okay. Their wives came over, their kids came over. We had a great time. One of their wives is a public school teacher, although she's in Minnesota. The other one until very recently was a teller at a bank.
These are smart people and I know them and I know they have tons of common sense and that they have great work ethic and that they're smart because I spent 12 years in public schools growing up with them. And it doesn't matter what people's choices are after. I think that they're smarter than some of the people that I went to college with. And I think it's important to understand that.
These are smart people and I know them and I know they have tons of common sense and that they have great work ethic and that they're smart because I spent 12 years in public schools growing up with them. And it doesn't matter what people's choices are after. I think that they're smarter than some of the people that I went to college with. And I think it's important to understand that.
These are smart people and I know them and I know they have tons of common sense and that they have great work ethic and that they're smart because I spent 12 years in public schools growing up with them. And it doesn't matter what people's choices are after. I think that they're smarter than some of the people that I went to college with. And I think it's important to understand that.
But you need to get that experience before you can understand that.
But you need to get that experience before you can understand that.
But you need to get that experience before you can understand that.
That's more than the federal government. Yeah. So now we're down to 16. I don't know that 16 is the magic number, but certainly we did not need 36. So that was a good move. Wow, 36.
That's more than the federal government. Yeah. So now we're down to 16. I don't know that 16 is the magic number, but certainly we did not need 36. So that was a good move. Wow, 36.
That's more than the federal government. Yeah. So now we're down to 16. I don't know that 16 is the magic number, but certainly we did not need 36. So that was a good move. Wow, 36.
So there's kind of two pieces of my answer to that question. One is there are still a huge number of Iowans that are focused on the candidate, not on the party or, you know, public service rather than politics. In 2022, Tom Miller and Mike Fitzgerald both ended up about 1% shy of winning their races for state treasurer and attorney general.