Active in the leadership of the Lee County GOP central committee in the Iowa 2nd district and working to restore conservative ideals and candidates to elected office and state government.

Live in a very heavy union Democrat county that had one GOP elected official when I first got active in politics (Dave Heaton R-Mt. Pleasant). Was the campaign manager in '02 for the first winning GOP supervisor in 20 years (he didn't win reelection) and have run campaigns in each succeeding election.

Since then we've elected a second supervisor to what is now the 1st District seat. That person won reelection in '04 and in the interim I did a fair amount of jedi work helping him and friendly local conservative Democrats take on some of the less cooperative Democrat officials who want to keep the good old boy system in place.

I was Fred Thompson's county chair in '08 and also the county co-chair for Mariannette Miller Meeks, Iowa GOP 2nd District Congressional candidate against incumbent Dave Loebsack. We hope to get another chance at him in '10 if MMM decides to run again.

Am an active gardener with a quarter acre, down from a full acre a few years ago now that I just grow for myself. Here's a list of the seed companies I order from in any given year:

Fedco - http://www.fedcoseeds.com
Comstock Ferre - http://www.comstockferre.com
Baker Creek - http://www.rareseeds.com
Gourmet Seed - http://www.gourmetseed.com
Johnny’s - http://www.johnnyseeds.com
Peaceful Valley - http://www.groworganic.com
Southern Exposure Seed - http://www.southernexposure.com
Seedsavers Exchange - http://www.seedsavers.org
Tomato Grower’s Supply - http://www.tomatogrowers.com
Nichol’s Nursery - http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com
Territorial - http://www.territorialseed.com
Shumway - http://www.rhshumway.com
Jung - http://www.jungseed.com
Totally Tomatoes - http://www.totallytomato.com
Vermont Bean Seed - http://www.vermontbean.com