I would like to apologize to all of the ISU students before the election. Based on the polls, the Republicans will again take over the state and our country.

I am sorry you will lose many of the undergraduate teaching staff when Terry Branstad eliminates another promised 15 percent from Iowa State’s budget. I am sorry your tuition will go up probably another 25 percent to make up for the elimination of corporate income tax. I am sorry your student financial aid will be cut by another 20 percent, as Congress attempts balance the budget and give more corporate tax breaks.

I am sorry your families will be under more pressure as their property taxes double to pay for the elimination of corporate property taxes. I’m sorry your ability to obtain an impartial or fair decision in a civil or criminal trial is eliminated when judges become corporate property. I’m sorry your rights to freedom of religion and free speech will be eliminated with the destruction of our Constitution.

Mostly, I am sorry my single vote cannot protect you, Iowa State, Iowa or the nation from the destruction that is coming.