“FRIEND OF BUSINESS” RECOGNITION UNDERSCORES CARROLL COMMITMENT
August 5, 2008 by Danny Carroll
For Immediate Release
Monday, July 28, 2008
MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008 GRINNELL - House District 75 Republican candidate Danny Carroll has been named a “Friend of Iowa Business” by the Iowa Industry PAC, the political arm of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry.
The Iowa Industry PAC evaluates candidates based on their ability to help create jobs in Iowa by supporting a competitive business climate. Criteria used to make the designations include the candidates’ positions on issues of importance to job creators in Iowa. ABI President Mike Ralston noted that Carroll “has demonstrated a commitment to improve Iowa’s business climate so that employers can create more jobs and grow the economy.”
The Association of Business and Industry (ABI) is comprised of approximately 1,300 companies employing more than 300,000 Iowans. As “The Voice of Iowa Business Since 1903,” ABI works to enhance the Iowa business climate to foster growth and prosperity for Iowans. The Iowa Industry PAC is non-partisan and endorses both Republican and Democratic candidates for legislative offices. The committee encourages voters to consider the endorsements when evaluating which candidates will help bring jobs to Iowa when voting in the Nov. 4 general election.
Carroll was instrumental in the construction of the Iowa Speedway in Newton, sponsoring and guiding to passage a 2005 measure that provided a critically needed tax credit for the $70 million project that has been a major tourism draw for central Iowa. The state investment was particularly unique because it was at no risk to taxpayers because the sales tax rebate was only provided if the track was built and succeeded.
Carroll also sponsored successful legislation in 2005 raising the tourism profile of the famed Jewel Box Bank in Grinnell and 22 other national historic landmarks in Iowa. That legislation fostered greater cooperation between the Iowa Department of Economic Department, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Cultural Affairs to promote the landmarks and increase tourism traffic in Grinnell and other communities.
He voted to phase out the state tax on Social Security benefit, making Iowa a friendlier place for older citizens and giving them a powerful incentive to remain in the state after retirement. Many private property owners, including small and large businesses, have expressed support for Carroll’s strong backing of private property rights, particularly his 2006 votes to rein in government’s eminent domain powers.
In addition to working at Iowa Telecom as a community relations manager, Carroll and his wife, Joy, also own and operate a well-known and popular small business, the Carroll Pumpkin Farm, now in its 18th year. Carroll won his sixth term in the House in 2004 by defeating Palmer. Palmer won in a rematch in 2006. House District 75 includes Poweshiek and Mahaska counties.
Contact: Eric Woolson
515-681-3967
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