To the Editor:On April 5th voters in the South Tama School district will be asked to extend STC's Revenue Purpose Statement. This vote will allow STC to maintain local control over usage of the Iowa 1 cent sales tax dedicated for schools and be in agreement with current legislation. In the past ...
Dear Editor:Chuck Grassley don't want president Obama to pick the next supreme court judge. So why does Chuck Grassley want president Hillary Clinton or president Donald Trump to pick the next judge? Would a president Trump pick a judge that was in one of his many divorces with Donald many ...
Dear Editor,Iowa is currently ranked second to last in the nation in animal-welfare related laws and second in the nation for Puppy Mills. In 2015 over half of them were cited for violations to the Animal Welfare Act. The senate has approved a bill that would help protect the over 15,000 adult ...
Dear Editor,I am viewing the Iowa caucuses from afar this year. This year I voted in a presidential primary.. There were lots of pages to the ballot. I voted for my choice and then I had to vote for 24 electors. My choice only had 7 committed so I had to vote for those of another candidate to ...
Dear Editor:Every August the Iowa State Fair has the honor of hosting more than one million people at the historic 450-acre Iowa State Fairgrounds. The Iowa State Fair continues to attract people from all over the world and truly showcases Iowa's best in agriculture, industry, entertainment and ...
Letter to the Editor:The reason Chuck Grassley doesn't want to hold hearings for a new supreme court judge because it would take away from his sleep time? Grassley 82 year old body needs rest? Why should taxpayers pay for a 82 year old senator who doesn't want to do his job?Mr. D. A. BendaToledo
To the Editor:One should not be upset with Joni Ernst's views on clean water. That, after all, was part of her campaign. She wanted to eliminate the Department of Education and the Environmental Protection Agency.She is actually being very loyal. Her benefactors who paid for all those ...
To the Editor:Over the last two years I have learned a whole lot more than I ever expected or wanted to know about medical cannabis. I became involved in advocacy for this issue when I learned about the mothers of kids with epilepsy who were down at the statehouse every day talking to our ...
Letter to the Editor:If you are currently on Social Security or looking to use it any time in the future, it's time to be mighty careful. Politicians will tell you that they will "protect Social Security" or "save Social Security" or "preserve Social Security." The crucial information that is ...
Letter to the Editor:The republicans must be communists. They keep talking about building a wall. It was the communists who built the Berlin wall. The great wall of China is in a communist country. How many people will be happy if they have check points on the highway where you are stopped and ...