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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Brenna Bird’s big blunder

Brenna Bird showed up at the Trump Rally in Coralville a few days ago and this is what she found. A candidate that though indicted four times and with 91 charges, saying he loves certain football players, e.g. Matt Whitaker, who served a whopping four months as Trump’s federal AG’s ...

Letter to the Editor: Ignorance

The other day I watched a program about the Electoral College, established originally to give Congress 'correctional' powers over the 'ignorant vote of the common/popular folk.’ Remember... Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote and became our ...

Letter to the Editor: Why I would make a good mayor of Tama

Every now and then, a window of opportunity opens up that won't open for another 1,000 years. With the dismal Democratic Leadership of Senator Boulton, we're passing legalization of marijuana. The Meskwaki are poised via their vape industry to take full advantage of poisoning our kids. The ...

Letter to the Editor: Police must be accountable

We need law enforcement all the time. But every department should be purged of the "Chauvin" (the man who murdered Floyd) type of cop. There are people in every occupation that shouldn't be in their job. They're in law enforcement, too many in trucking, I even found two bear cats in ...

Letter to the Editor: Who will endorse Trump?

Every Iowa member of the U.S. House voted to keep McCarthy as speaker. It was Trump people who brought it to the floor to oust McCarthy. Will Governor Reynolds and Iowa Republicans endorse Trump in the Republican primaries for president? Me being a Democrat, I hope so. Fact: Trump ran twice ...

Letter to the Editor: Oldest Trick

The oldest ploy in the political handbag: find an enemy (or better yet, create one) to pile blame on to scare voters into voting for you. Desperate politicians always need a boogeyman, the current tact of Republican leadership. Create a frenzy, by all means! “Watch out!!! The Chinese ...

Letter to the Editor: Secrecy and power

Recently, a lawsuit was filed in the Iowa Courts alleging that Governor Kim Reynolds had violated Open Records Law when she purposely disregarded formal requests to view her office’s public records between 4/2020 – 4/2021. In many cases, such a serious breach of law has led to removal of ...

Letter to the Editor: Trump acts like a child

With Iowa being the first in the nation to pick a Republican candidate for president, the Republican governor wants to be fair and welcome all the candidates to Iowa. That makes Trump mad so he knocks the governor for not coming out for him. In my opinion, Trump acts like a child who pouts ...

Letter to the Editor: Save Cherry Lake

The city of Tama is in danger of losing a recreational gem. As our 100+ year-old Paper Mill closed, Cherry Lake no longer has a water supply. The Rec Trail has established a groomed trail all around the lake. The lake section completes our six miles of trails. There are picnic tables and ...