Iowa Travel
List with Places Highlighted
2003
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on December 18-20,
2003.
On December 18 he walked through Mt. Vernon
with Jonathan Meier and four others walking cross-country to promote the
Kucinich campaign, starting at Big Creek Market and then giving a public
talk at Cornell College Commons; visited Siemen's manufacturing company
in Cedar Rapids; attended a holiday party at thecampaign's headquarters
on 3rd Street in Davenport; gave a public talk at Muscatine Books
& More in Muscatine; gave a public talk at Washington Public
Library in Washington; and attended a house party/fundraiser at
the home of Jim Jacobson and Irene Friend in Coralville.
On December 19 he met and greeted area Democrats
at Crossroads Restaurant in Toledo; did a lunch and discussion at
the House of Chen Restaurant in Marshalltown; held a public meeting
at Ft. Dodge Public Library; give a public talk at Algona
Public Library; and gave a public talk at Rose Bowl bowling alley in Mason
City.
On December 20 in Des Moines he met local
minority community leaders at Union Baptist Church; campaigned door to
door with Ako Abdul-Samad, recently elected Des Moines School Board Member,
in his neighborhood, around 12th and Forest; attended a labor brunch at
Postal Worker's Hall; held a town meeting at Creative Visions; and visited
the Islamic Center of Des Moines.
Counties: Linn, Scott, Muscatine,
Washington, Johnson. Tama, Marshall, Webster, Kossuth, Cerro Gordo.
Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on December 13-14,
2003.
On December 13 he appeared at the Travelodge (Midlands
Hostel) in Council Bluffs; at Two Sisters & Me in Glenwood;
at Page County Courthouse in Clarinda; at the Apple Barn Restaurant
in Lenox; at Inspiration Point Coffee House in Greenfield;
at Hunan Restaurant in Carroll; and attended a house party at 423
Genesco St. in Storm Lake.
On December 14 he did media during much of the
morning; appeared at Danny's Sports Bar in Cherokee; appeared at
Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor in Le Mars; and held a press conference
on media reform at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City.
Counties: Pottawattamie,
Mills, Page, Taylor, Adair, Carroll, Buena Vista. Cherokee, Plymouth,
Woodbury.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on
December 5, 2003.
He visited the University of Dubuque; rallied at Luther College
in Decorah; held a public meeting at Two Brothers Restaurant in
Oelwein;
rallied at Wartburg College in Waverly; rallied at University of
Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls; attended a minority leadership meeting
at Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo; and attended a house
party fundraiser at Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County
in Cedar Falls.
Counties: Dubuque, Winneshiek,
Fayette, Bremer, Black Hawk.
-Rep. Kucinich participated in the presidential debate
sponsored by the DNC and MSNBC/WHO-TV at the Polk County Convention Center
in Des Moines, Iowa on November 24, 2003.
Counties: Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa
on
November
11-16, 2003.
In Des Moines on November 11 he did an
ed board meeting with the Des Moines Register; appeared with several Veterans
for Peace at Valley High School in West Des Moines; met with Principal
employees at Corporate One in Des Moines; toured Broadlawns Hospital; toured
Vets Hospital; met with and answered questions from students and faculty
in the Olmstead Center at Drake University; met with and answered questions
from students and faculty in the Krumm Business Center at Grandview College;
and attended an IDP Stonewall Caucus and 21st Century Club reception at
The Plaza (300 Walnut).
On November 12 he caught up on media appearances
in Des Moines.
On November 13 he did a conversation with Metro
High School Students in Cedar Rapids; did an ed board with the Cedar
Rapids Gazette; appeared at the Center for Active Seniors, Inc. in Davenport;
did an ed board meeting with the Quad City Times; did a meet and greet
at El Dorado?El Rodeo Restaurant in Davenport; and held a discussion
with the Islamic community at the Islamic Center in Cedar Rapids.
On November 14 he participated in a Heritage Agency
on Aging Television Forum at Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids; did
a Talk of Iowa interview and Q&A at Iowa Public Radio in Iowa City;
appeared at Iowa City Senior City (Linn St); did "Coffee with the Congressman"
sponsored by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council at Congregational
Church in Iowa City; had lunch with students at Iowa Memorial Union; participated
in the Press Citizen student forum at Coralville Public Library; did an
interview with the Daily Iowan ed board in Iowa City; attended a coffee
sponsored by GOGS/UE at Old Brick Church in Iowa City; appeared at a student
rally for peace, jobs and health care at Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City;and
appeared at a rally for peace and prosperity at Town Hall in West Branch.
On November 15 he had breakfast with and spoke
with UAW rank and file at UAW Local 838 in Waterloo; spoke to Postal Workers
Union members at Ramada Inn in Waterloo; rallied at Grinnell
College;
appeared at a rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in
Des Moines;
participated in the League of Rural Voters forum at the Hotel Ft. Des Moines
in Des Moines; attended receptions (health care, rural and environmental,
children's advocates) at Savery Hotel in Des Moines; spoke to Citizens
United for Rehabilitation of Errants at Grace United Methodist Church in
Des Moines; participated in the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson
Day Dinner at Veterans Memorial Auditorium; and attended a post-JJ reception
at the Savery Hotel.
On November 16 he attended the Tifereth Synagogue
Candidate Forum in Des Moines; attended the National Biodynamic
Conference at Gateway Center in Ames; attended a house party at home of
Paul Nelson in Ames; rallied to cancel NAFTA at UAW Local 997 in
Newton;
and rallied to cancel NAFTA at UAW Local 1024 in Cedar Rapids.
Counties: Polk, Linn, Scott,
Johnson, Cedar, Black Hawk, Poweshiek, Story, Jasper.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Des Moines,
Iowa
on
October 15, 2003. He did an event at Willkie House (900 17th St)
as
part of his announcement
tour; and participated in the AARP Presidential Forum at Embassy Suites.
Counties: Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited
Iowa on October 11, 2003. He attended a house party
at a private home in Sioux City; attended the 5th District Democrats
Central Committee meeting at Cronk's Restaurant in Denison; met
with community members at the home of Sharon Gradischnig in Des
Moines; and attended a Sisters on Target Inc. reception at the Downtown
Holiday Inn in Des Moines.
Counties: Woodbury, Crawford,
Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich attended the Harkin Steak Fry in
Indianola,
Iowa
on September 13, 2003. (He arrived from events in Columbus,
Ohio earlier in the day; and the next day had events in Houston, TX).
Counties: Warren.
-Rep. Kucinich visited
Iowa
on August 31-September 2, 2003.
On August 31 he attended
the Clinton Labor Congress Labor Day Picnic at Eagle Point Park in Clinton;
did a rally on the farm -- picnic and concert fundraiser at Francis and
Susan Thicke's Radiance Dairy Farm (organic dairy farm) in Fairfield;
and attended a house party at the home of John Tapscott in Indianola.
On September 1 in Des
Moines he marched in the South Central Iowa Federation of Labor Day
Parade; spoke at the South Central Iowa Federation of Labor Picnic at the
Iowa State Fairgrounds, 4H Building; and he held a "Power to the People"
Labor Day Rally at Old Brick Church in Iowa City.
On September 2 in Iowa
City he walked through the University of Iowa campus and delivered
a speech at the Memorial Union; and delivered a lecture "How to Create
the Future" at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University in Ames.
Counties: Clinton, Jefferson,
Warren, Polk, Johnson, Story.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Dubuque, Iowa
on the late afternoon and evening of August 23, 2003. He held
a rally at Five Flags and a post-rally event with volunteers and those
interested from the rally at Mississippi Mud Bistro.
Counties: Dubuque.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa
on
August
13-19, 2003. Aug. 13: Waverly, Waterloo. - Aug. 14:
Des Moines. - Aug. 15: Cedar Rapids. - Aug. 16: Clinton,
(St. Paul, Minn.). Aug. 17: Davenport, Muscatine, Burlington.
- Aug. 18: Ft. Madison, Bloomfield, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Indianola,
Greenfield, Atlantic. - Aug. 19: Council Bluffs, Sioux City,
Storm Lake.
On August 13 he held a public
forum with Bremer County Democrats and peace community activists at Godfather's
in Waverly; and participated in the Iowa Federation of Labor's presidential
forum and the subsequent reception at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention
Center in Waterloo.
On August 14 in Des Moines
he attended the Iowa State Fair; held a forum with childcare leaders at
King Elementary School; participated in the Governor's Conference on Public
Heath at Drake University; attended a SEIU/Iowans for Health Care reception
at Drake University; had dinner with the vegetarian community at A Dong
Restaurant; and attended a house party.
On August 15 in Cedar
Rapids he participated in a pre-forum fundraiser with special guest
Ed Asner at IBEW Hall; and participated in the Hawkeye Labor Conference
event at Teamsters Hall in Cedar Rapids.
On August 16 he, accompanied
by Asner, had lunch with labor leaders and Democrats at Riverside Restaurant
in Clinton; that evening he did events in St. Paul, Minnesota (a
reception at Macalester College and a rally at Central High School).
On the afternoon of August 17
he, accompanied by Asner, spoke and threw the first pitch at the Quad Cities
River Bandits baseball game in Davenport; with Asner attended the
Scott County Democratic Picnic/Folk Fest at Carpenter's Local #4 Outdoor
Pavilion; attended an ice cream social/meet and greet at Weed Park in Muscatine;
and held a rally at the Port of Burlington in Burlington.
On August 18 he held a public
meeting
at the Ivy Bake Shoppe in Ft. Madison; held a public meeting at
R Place Café in Bloomfield; held a public meeting at Country
Kitchen in Ottumwa; held a public meeting at Tasco's in Oskaloosa;
held a press conference and rally at the courthouse in Indianola;
held a press conference at Tiger Drive In in Greenfield; and held
a farm rally at the home of Denise O'Brien in Atlantic.
On August 19 he had breakfast
with labor leaders and Democrats at Travel Lodge in Council Bluffs;
stoped at Cronk's Café in Denison; and held a public meeting
at the public library in Storm Lake.
Counties: Bremer, Black
Hawk, Polk, Linn, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Des Moines, Lee, Davis, Wapello,
Mahaska, Warren, Adair, Cass, Pottawattamie, Crawford, Buena Vista.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Des Moines, Iowa
on August 6, 2003. Arriving at about 2:30, he held a press
conference at the Plumbers and Steamfitters; taped some video for Channel
13; and marched in the State Fair Parade and afterwards held a rally at
Nollen Plaza in downtown.
Counties: Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa
on July 26-27, 2003. On the evening of July 26 in Des Moines
he met with labor leaders at his Iowa campaign headquarters in Des Moines;
attended a house party at the home of Turo Dexter in the East Village area
of Des Moines; and spoke at the AFSCME State Convention at the Four Points
Sheraton Hotel. On July 27 he breakfasted with the AFSCME Women’s
Committee at Four Points Sheraton Hotel; proceeded to Indian Hills Community
College-Ottumwa Campus to participate in Sen. Tom Harkin's Heartland
Forum; and held a rally with music by David Zollo at the UAW Hall in Ottumwa.
Counties: Polk, Wapello.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on July 12-13, 2003.
On July 12 he did a brunch at the Travel Lodge Hotel and Restaurant in
Council
Bluffs; and held a public meeting at the Wilbur Alfas Public Library
in Sioux City. On July 13 he attended a gay rights forum at
the home of Kathy Ferguson in Des Moines; attended a house party
at the home of Melissa Nelson in Des Moines; attended a STAR PAC forum
(Stop the Arms Race) at Drake University; spoke to Poweshiek County Democrats
at a potluck at Ahrens Park in Grinnell; and attended a house party
at the home of Carlie and Gary Tartakov in Ames.
Counties: Pottawattamie,
Woodbury, Polk, Poweshiek, Story.
-Rep. Kucinich visited
Iowa
on
June 21, 2003, participating in the Jasper County Democrats'
"America's Hometown Forum" at Newton High in Newton, and the AFSCME
Family Picnic at Saylorville Lake.
Counties: Jasper, Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Eastern
Iowa on the afternoon
June
13, 2003. He held a press conference on his health care plan,
lunched at the Muddy Waters Restaurant (free hors d'ouevres) in Cedar
Rapids; and did a Conversation with Rep. Kucinich at Carnegie-Stout
Public Library in Dubuque.
Counties: Linn, Dubuque.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on June 6-8, 2003.
On June 6 he appeared at the Friday Forum at Scott
County Democratic Headquarters in Davenport; announced a clean water
plan at Centennial Park on the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenport;
and talked with local community members at Southeastern Community College,
West Burlington Campus in Burlington.
On June 7 he breakfasted at Hotel Ottumwa in Ottumwa;
brunched with local supporters at the Best Western in Fairfield;
taped the "Conversations" cable access program at West Branch Public Library
in West Branch followed by a meeting with Cedar County supporters
& West Branch People for Peace on the library lawn; and did a fundraiser
at the home of Jennifer Sherer and Ryan Downing in Iowa City.
On June 8 he attended the 16th Annual ICARE Pancake
Breakfast in Iowa City and attended the 4th Annual Vilsack/Pederson Family
Picnic at the Old Threshers Grounds in Mt. Pleasant.
Counties: Scott, Des Moines,
Wapello, Jefferson, Cedar, Johnson, Henry.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on June 1,
2003, announcing his agriculture and rural policy. He visited
the Paul and Phyllis Willis Farm (Niman Ranch of Iowa Producers) in Thornton;
met with local Democrats and family farm advocates at the HyVee Deli in
Webster
City; and visited the Joe Lynch Farm in Ames.
Counties: Cerro Gordo, Hamilton,
Story.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on May 16-17, 2003.
On May 16 he taped "Iowa Press" at Iowa Public
Television in Johnston; walked a picket line with Laborers, Ironworkers
and Cement Finishers at the Jordan Creek Mall construction site (West Des
Moines); discussed a plan for universal education for age 3 to college
at Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet Elementary School in Des Moines; met
with Gordon Fischer, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, at Java Joe's
coffee shop in Des Moines; met with Des Moines area labor leaders at the
Renaissance Savery Hotel; and attended the AFSCME reception at the Polk
County Convention Complex.
On May 17 in Des Moines he visited the Downtown
Farmers Market; met with Polk county supporters at Java Joe's; and participated
in the AFSCME town hall meeting; he then attended the ISEA meeting at Adventureland
Inn in Altoona.
Counties: Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited
Iowa
for a full day on May 10, 2003. He met with Waterloo area
labor leaders at the Ramada Inn in Waterloo; participated in the
National Association of Letter Carriers food drive in Waterloo; toured
large factory hog farms (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) in the Ellsworth
area with family farmer Kevin Miskell; held a discussion with Iowa farmers
at Happy Chef in Story City; spoke to the Painters Union District
Council meeting in Ankeny; celebrated the grand opening of the campaign's
Iowa headquarters at 3407 Ingersoll in Des Moines; appeared at the
Polk County Democrats fundraiser at the Iowa State Fairgrounds; called
in to the 5th CD "Give Em Hell Harry" party in Council Bluffs; and wrapped
up the trip with a reception at the home of John and Nancy Turner in Des
Moines.
Counties: Black Hawk, Hamilton,
Story, Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Eastern
Iowa
on the afternoon and evening of May 5, 2003. In Davenport
he had lunch with labor leaders, organized by Jerry Messer, president of
the Quad Cities Federation of Labor, at 7250 Northwest Boulevard; lunch
with Quad Cities Latino community leaders at Ganzo's Tacos; addressed the
Iowa Postal Workers Convention at Radisson Hotel; visited the peace camp
at University of Iowa in Iowa City; and attended a Rally for Jobs
and Justice at Cereal Workers Local 110 at 526 F Ave. NW in Cedar Rapids.
Counties: Scott, Johnson,
Linn.
-Rep. Kucinich visited
Iowa on April 12-13, 2003.
Because of votes in Congress on
the Iraq war supplemental funding bill and tax cuts Kucinich had to trim
the planned April 12 Iowa schedule. A meeting with labor leaders
and local supporters in Waterloo was cancelled; and instead of appearing
in person, he spoke by airphone with supporters gathered at the Legion
Arts/CSPS performance space in Cedar Rapids [Frederick Jones put together
this event] and then with students participating in the "peace camp" on
the University of Iowa campus. On the ground in Iowa, Kucinich proceeded
to Muscatine, where he delivered the keynote speech at the Muscatine
County Democratic Party's annual Earth Day dinner at the Muscatine Center
for Social Action on Iowa Ave. That evening he attended the Planned
Parenthood of Iowa's annual dinner (columnist Ellen Goodman was the speaker).
In Des Moines on April
13 Kucinich talked at First Unitarian Church; ate a vegan lunch with
holistic health care practioners, family farmers, environmentalists and
others hosted by Stephanie Weisenbach at the home of supporter Rev.
Chet Guinn; and delivered a speech "Iraq: What Next?" at Mickle Neighborhood
Center.
Counties: Muscatine, Polk.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on March
23-24, 2003.
On March 23 in Des Moines he spoke at the
UAW CAP conference at the Best Western Starlite; met with state and local
elected officials; met with Communications Workers of America at the Bank
of America building on Aurora Ave; held a town hall meeting "Where do we
go from here?" at Trinity United Methodist Church; and attended a house
party hosted by Chet Guinn.
On the morning of March 24 in Greenfield
he met with area residents and elected officials at Nowadays Diner; met
with area residents and elected officials at Bon's Bakehouse; and toured
the local senior meals program and met with seniors at the YMCA.
In the afternoon he met with farmers on Iowa agricultural issues at the
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State in Ames.
Counties: Polk, Adair, Story.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa on March
7-9, 2003.
On March 7 he held a public meeting with local
Democrats and elected officials in the meeting room at Perry Public Library
in Perry; a public meeting with residents and community of the Wesley
Acres Retirement Home in Des Moines; and in the evening he attended
a peace rally organized by a coalition of peace activists at Drake University.
On the afternoon of March 8 he held a public forum,
"Why Cities Have a Stake in Peace," at Iowa City Public Library in Iowa
City; met with local labor leaders and members at the Cottage Restaurant
in Iowa City; and spoke to College Democrats and community activists at
Cornell College in Mount Vernon.
On March 9 he left around 5:00 pm from Des Moines.
Counties: Dallas, Polk,
Johnson, Linn.
-Rep. Kucinich visited Iowa from February
15-20, 2003.
On the evening of February 15 he spoke to local
activists in the Olmstead Building at Drake University (Des Moines)
on "Making the Peace Movement Visible."
On February 16 he spoke at the Linn County Off
Year Caucus at the Cedar Rapids Public Library; spoke to Johnson County
Democrats and local supporters at City High School in Iowa City;
and spoke to local activists from FAIR at "The Old Brick Building" Church
in Iowa City.
On February 17 he spoke at the Iowa Federation
of Labor's Annual Legislative Conference at Adventureland Inn in Altoona.
On the evening of February 18 he spoke on "Peace
and Security through Diplomacy"at Iowa State University in Ames,
part of the Presidential Caucus Series.
On the evening of February 19 he spoke to Jefferson
County Democrats as well as Natural Law Party supporters on "Creating Peace"at
the Best Western Hotel in Fairfield.
On February 20 he left around 2:50 pm from Des
Moines.
Counties: Polk, Linn, Johnson,
Story, Jefferson.
2002
-Rep. Kucinich delivered the keynote at the Iowa AFL-CIO
State Convention dinner on August 14, 2002. He was in state
on August 15 as well. |