The effort’s been renewed to bond for a new school. . Let me state the problem— Everybody, including me, wants a new school, nobody wants to pay for it. Property taxes are not a fair way to pay for the school. That’s a huge problem. A few thoughts: First- Tama County put in a 7 ...
I cannot express the deep and immeasurable joy I felt when I read Mr. Todd’s letter. It is truly wonderful to know that Mr. Todd denounces whoever threatened the lives of those who were, at the time, council members and mayor. That anonymous entity he denounces as “cowardly.” I believe it ...
In response to Anne Michael’s April 9th letter: Anne Michael needs to get her facts straight. She’s an elected politician now and for her to falsely accuse and make assertions of me (a private citizen) is bordering on libel. I’m minding my own business out here and Anne Michael brings up ...
My parents once told me that there was a time when no one would eat tomatoes because they thought tomatoes were poisonous. I don’t know how they discovered the truth, but obviously the truth won the day because we buy them, grow them and eat them. A person might wonder why such a ...
Dear Editor, As a 4th generation cattle farmer in Tama County, I want to take time during National Agriculture Week to thank our community for their support. While there continues to be more food choices at the grocery store, we know that many fill their carts with real meat instead ...
There once was a farmer who had a huge farm that was successful. Beautiful crops, productive land, riches for the farmer and his family. All went well for many years until the hogs starting taking over. They grew bigger and bolder. As they ate all the crops they rooted up the land because ...
I again see a letter to the editor concerning democracy, government and the Electoral College. Number 1 - United States has a Republic form of government. (Webster’s dictionary describes a republic as a state in which the sovereign power is vested in representatives chosen by the people. A ...
Has our political system failed us? For most of our country’s history and especially during recent decades, our choices have been basically restricted to only two political parties. Over time, this has caused an increasingly divided and ineffective government and a dangerously widening gap ...
Iowa’s Holocaust For decades the mental and physical torture of animals in Iowa’s Industrial Confined Animal buildings has been reported and ignored in our supposedly humane state. This involves chickens, turkeys, cattle, and in the largest part, pigs, who are known to have mental and ...
Dear Editor: As President of the Louise & Lucile Hink-Tama Library Board, I was shocked to hear that the Tama City Council voted to slash the Library Budget by $50,000. I know many of you felt the same way. I had no idea something like this was being considered as the agenda item stated ...