(Iowa City, Iowa), 2016-07-20

GOP UNIFIER. POLITICS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL ELECTION Republican National Convention Roesler PENCE FANS wins Iowa Republicans say Indiana Gov. Mike Pence adds a conservative record to Donald Trump’s presidential ticket. school vote By KENDREW PANYANOUVONG [email protected] Paul Roesler, an outreach leader at Scheels sporting-goods store in Coralville, will fill the vacant seat on the Io- wa City School Board after Tuesday night’s special election. Roesler, a father of two in the Iowa City School District and a husband of a kindergarten teach- Roesler er at Twain Elementa- elected ry, won 2,938 votes. J.P. Claussen received 2,612 votes, and Janice Weiner trailed with 203, accord- ing to unofficial results by the Johnson County Auditor’s Office. “I’m excited. I’m ready to get start- ed,” Roesler said. “I had a get-together with supporters … to have that final result come in and have everyone feel excited was a special feeling.” The board unanimously voted on June 7 to hold a special election to fill a vacant seat after Tom Yates resigned from the board on May 13. In the days leading up the election, Roesler’s position stood firm in wanting to propose a bond issue that would be key for the district, he said. If passed, By BRENT GRIFFITHS and MARIA CURI for VP,” said Jeff Jorgensen, the chairman it would bring in money to help infra- [email protected] of Pottawattamie County Republicans. structures at many elementary and “We needed a solid conservative Republi- secondary schools in the district. number of Iowa Republicans can who has a been in the trenches and Roesler also touted the district’s welcome Donald Trump’s pick of knows how to get things done.” current facilities plan, including the AIndiana Gov. Mike Pence as his Trump, who formally became the GOP’s decision to close Hoover Elementa- running mate. Such a selection, they say, presidential nominee Tuesday night, said ry in 2019, which would benefit City could quiet any questions of Trump’s lack he tapped Pence because of his record High students because of plans to use of conservatism. Hoover’s land for upgrades. “I think Mike Pence was fantastic choice SEE PENCE , 2 “The facilities master plan, the way we have it right now, is pretty well thought out,” Roesler said. “We need to Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana speaks during a luncheon sponsored by the American Conservative Union Foundation on Tuesday in Cleveland. (Associated Press/Mary Altaffer) SEE SCHOOL , 2 Fast track to future for UI grad Council By EMILY KRESSE [email protected] approves Nathalie Halcrow’s parents knew their daughter would excel in school when she finished an entire week’s worth of homework on the first day of Fruin $$ the first grade. “We thought she would get a By AUSTIN PETROSKI packet every day to play with,” said [email protected] mother Héléne Halcrow. “Obviously, we were mistaken.” The Iowa City City Council approved Nathalie Halcrow has yet to slow an $180,000-per-year contract for new- down. She graduated last spring ly appointed City Manager Geoff Fruin. from the University of Iowa with two Fruin was appointed by the council degrees, B.A.s in English and French, in June after the councilors decided not both with Honors. It took her only to conduct a nationwide three years. search. Fruin had previ- Her academic pursuits coupled with ously served as the assis- her time spent working as a tutor at the tant to the city manager UI and volunteering with the Kirkwood and interim city manager. Learning Center made her a standout Fruin’s approved sala- applicant for the Fulbright Scholarship. ry is slightly higher than Halcrow had never heard of the Ful- contributed that of his predecessor, bright program until one of her profes- out she was awarded the scholarship, students in Abidjan, a primarily Tom Markus. In a me- Fruin sors recommended that she apply. finishing the application itself felt like French-speaking city. mo read by Mayor Jim city manager “It sounded like a dream come a huge accomplishment. Halcrow has French and American Throgmorton at the City true,” she said. “Why would you not “It was really exciting to get it all do- citizenship and grew up traveling, so, Council meeting Tuesday, he noted that want someone to pay for you to go ne, to put on the finishing touches,” she her mother said she is used to interact- though Fruin’s salary would be higher travel for a year?” said. “You know you’ve tackled it from ing with other cultures. than Markus’, he would not receive the The Fulbright application process is all angles.” “Being outside the U.S. is the thing $5,700 automobile allowance or the famously demanding, and the UI out- Starting in September, she will con- that will be the most jarring, but it’s not $9,400 given in personal time. lines steps starting a year before the tinue her academic journey in Côte what I’m most worried about,” she said. Throgmorton said there were two key application is due. 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Some even threat- CONTINUED FROM FRONT “He is a conservative and ing chairman of the Political ened to pull operations or has experience as a con- Science & International Re- cancel plans if the law as a one-term governor — gressman and at the execu- lations Department at the was not amended, which Pence was up for re-election tive level as a governor,” said University of Delaware and eventually happened. this year. He will speak on Scott County Republican co-author of a book on the Not all Iowa social conser- prime-time television and Chairwoman Judy David- Iowa caucuses. vatives welcomed the news. in front of delegates at the son. “It was a great choice.” Trump finished second in Radio host Steve Deace, a GOP’s national convention For a candidate such as the state’s 2016 Republican Cruz supporter who loathes tonight in Cleveland. Trump, who in the past caucuses despite leading ma- Trump, wrote that Pence “He’s really got the skills has favored women’s choice ny public preference polls in was a coward for capitulat- of a highly talented exec- on abortion and support- the days and weeks before ing to criticism of the reli- utive, leading the state of ive of Democratic candi- caucus night. Cruz, an out- gious-freedom law. Indiana to jobs, growth, and dates, Pence adds a definite spoken conservative voice in “It was the worst that we’ve opportunity, in spite of the conservative brand to the the U.S. Senate, edged out ever been stabbed in the back relentless obstacles put in GOP’s ticket.

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