VISION. VALUES. EXPERIENCE.
IN HIS OWN WORDS:
MEET JON GREEN
“My education is in journalism. In 2009, I was a newspaper reporter when Wyoming’s Democratic Governor, Dave Freudenthal, hired me as his press secretary. I’m grateful to Dave, but imagine working for Senator Joe Manchin. I got out of politics for a while.
I have done lots of things, from road construction to banking to retail to systems administration. I’ve been a newspaper reporter, a small town mayor and a public speaking instructor. I’ve drug brush working for a tree service and done communications for the Governor of Wyoming.
And I’ve been a Johnson County Supervisor.
For almost five years I’ve directed County government to good end. We’ve invested in ourselves, with millions for childcare, local food, eviction diversion, food production and assistance, to name a few. We brought cash to those left behind during the pandemic. We bounced the proposed Wolf CO2 pipeline right out of Johnson County – the only county to successfully do so.
When we bought 15 units in Iowa City that are now serving homeless vets, it was a stretch. Most counties let their cities handle housing, but here the problem is bigger than any city. Those 15 homes won’t only serve the families that live there, they’ve taught us how to operate. And we’re just getting started.
While some argue to comply in advance, my message to Des Moines is simple: make me. Every session the Legislature debates and often passes bills targeting our good work. When they found they couldn’t keep up with us, they decided to change the rules of the game, by imposing supervisor districts on us. We will do what we have long done: swallow the heartburn and put our shoulders down to the work before us.
Since 2021, I have fought for Johnson County. Sometimes it’s been big and visible, like when I was called out by the Governor for refusing her order to honor Charlie Kirk. Most of the time it’s quiet and invisible. A government so good you don’t need to think about it, but when you need it, is there. You don’t just need the fighting spirit, you need quiet competence.”
PROGRESS THROUGH PERSEVERANCE
JON’S PRIORITIES:
DON’T SHIT IN OUR WATER
Republicans have year-round barn signs everywhere with pithy messages. “Just let us farm.” OK, farm away, but don’t shit in my water. Farmers should have a fair shake, same as the rest of us, but we can’t continue flushing our problems down river for the Gulf of Mexico to sort out. When I was a kid in Nichols we had to haul water because the neighboring ag service company went sideways during the Farm Crisis. So did their chemical tanks, when they drained thousands of gallons of who-knows-what onto the land. They shit in our water. Now a Superfund site, it was my childhood intro to environmentalism.
QUIET COMPETENCE
You heard from me when I defied the Governor over honoring Charlie Kirk, or when I scrambled to get our Pride flag replaced on Trans Day of Visibility. But what you don’t hear is important too. Not in living memory has a supervisor been elected Chair two years in a row, and it hardly made a blip in the news. Because I do my job without fanfare. There aren’t news stories about our meetings; the news is what we accomplish in our meetings. I’ve never run on lowering taxes, but managed to this year through the boring work of doing the job. Don’t you miss a government that runs so competently it doesn’t make the news?
INVESTING AT HOME
Johnson County needs new houses, more houses, the right houses. I helped us get 15 units, now set aside for homeless vets. It was like lifting a mountain, because it was something counties do not do. But now we’ve learned how to lift a mountain, so we’re ready to do more. Watch out for a new initiative to significantly increase our investment in the housing we need here, affordable starter homes so our teachers can live in the communities they serve, so our parents can age here with comfort and dignity. A safe home is as important as clean water.
RE-ELECT JON GREEN
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT TWO
In 2021 and again in 2022 Johnson County elected me for my vision and passion. In 2026, I’m asking you to return me to office for a half term – due to the Legislative change to districts, this is a two year term instead of four – on those same qualities. But also, my experience. With the shift to districts and all five supervisor seats in the mix, District 2 and all of Johnson County doesn’t only need someone with values and passion. We need someone with experience and a record of service. My policy is sound and ambitious, and my fellow supervisors have seen fit to ask me to lead them twice.
NOBODY DESERVES YOUR VOTE
I HOPE I’VE EARNED IT
GO GREEN!