Karin Sevde best choice for HD45

House District 45 voters have a candidate running for office who is a very involved member of the Ames business community and who has been active in Ames economic development. Her name is Karin Sevde and she is on the ballot as the Republican running against three-term incumbent, Democrat Beth Wessel-Kroeschell.

This is an interesting match. Both women are Ames natives but they are opposites in how they approach issues such as government spending, Right to Work, property taxes and more.

Wessel-Kroeschell has a voting record that shows the following:

• Voted to increase the state budget by $1 billion over the last four years
• Voted for borrowing over $800 million and forcing Iowans to pay off this debt for more that 20 years to come
• Voted in favor of spending taxpayer money on pork projects like decorative flower pots, a rain forest in Pella, heated sidewalks in West Union
• Voted against millions in property tax relief for Iowa families and homeowners
• Voted against protecting Iowa’s Right to Work law that prevents forced membership in unions
• Voted against measures to expand the rights of gun owners and voted against a bill to allow citizens to defend themselves from criminals who have invaded their homes

Liberal Ames residents will probably join Wessel-Kroeschell in celebrating these votes. Heated sidewalks are very progressive. Crime in Ames might not seem like enough to warrant expanded gun rights.

It will be up to House District 45 voters to put a halt to the tax, spend, and pork barrel spending that Wessel-Kroeschell and her fellow Democrats are forcing on the taxpayers of Iowa.

Karin Sevde pledges to bring “fiscal sensibilities and balanced decision-making to the Iowa House of Representatives”.  Sevde promises to vote for limited spending and to rebuild Iowa’s surplus, to oppose pork barrel spending, work for tax relief for families and business owners, support our right to use a gun to defend ourselves and our families from violent attackers, and support Iowa’s Right to Work laws.

Voters in House District 45 can be proud to vote for Karin Sevde who has worked in a family business all of her life. Sevde notes that owning her own business is a 24-7 responsibility. She understands what excessive taxes, regulations, and out of control spending can do to a business and to the lives of Ames citizens.

It is past time for a change in House District 45.

Karin Sevde is the change we need and deserve.