As Tama County voters consider whether to reduce the Board of Supervisors from five members back to three, I believe we need to separate personalities and political disagreements from the fundamental question before us: Is Tama County better represented and better governed by three ...
When most people think about artificial intelligence, they picture Silicon Valley, not rural Iowa. But AI is already affecting our communities. It is driving interest in large data centers, entering our classrooms, and raising questions about how our water, electricity, and personal information ...
FACT: Tama County and many others our size and larger operate efficiently with a 3 person BOS. FACT: The only reason we have a 5 person BOS right now is because TCAT wasn't getting their way. Richard Arp can be quoted "We worked very hard to get a pro TCAT anti wind board elected." FACT: ...
Do you ever think about how serious the opinion page of the newspaper gets in October during an election year? As I looked through the newspaper folder before writing this column, I was suddenly given a burst of inspiration for what I should write about. Today’s column is about nothing ...
I’ve been reading the arguments both for and against reducing the Tama County Board of Supervisors from five members back to three. I’d like to offer a different perspective based on my experience working in local government. I support keeping five supervisors, and it has nothing to do ...
Across this county, we need eyes to see and ears to hear all 18,000 people in our large heart of Iowa Midwest agricultural area. We need all 5 elected supervisors. I will vote for David Turner and Heather Knebel to protect our land and families. I will vote no to only 3. The United States of ...
My name is Amanda Kriegel, and I have served as Tama County Treasurer since April 2022. I am continuing my candidacy for Treasurer as a write-in candidate in this year’s general election, and I want Tama County residents to know more about my record, my experience and what I hope to ...
I want to encourage the citizens of Tama County to vote yes in November to go from five board members back to three. As someone who has worked for the county for many years with experience with supervisors I would like to share my reasoning. These men and women work hard for our county and care ...
I want to address some misinformation that Heather Knebel put in her Oct. 9th column about representation. With three county supervisors, I represented Toledo, Garwin, Gladbrook and Lincoln with Lincoln being 20 miles from me. With the five-member board, Curt Hilmer has Lincoln at 25 miles ...
Sitting in Spanish class when I was a freshman in high school, I remember the teacher explaining to us what homecoming was really about. She put it quite bluntly, saying something along the lines of “it’s in the name”,and explaining that it’s about alumni coming back to enjoy where ...