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Letters to the Editor

Tony Sheda: My View – Plannned Parenthood

Letter to the Editor:My ViewIn the 1940s it was Nazi Germany and The Holocaust and the horrors they did to "undesirables." The Nazis invented a "industrialized" method for dealing with "subhumans." All of their killing methods were legal and was allowed by the German people.Now we have ISIS ...

Rep. Smith calls for override of Branstad veto

Dear Editor,Last week, I issued a call for a special session to overturn Governor Branstad's $56 million school funding veto in order to make educating our kids a top priority again.The Governor's veto means North Tama County Community Schools will lose $53,933 and South Tama County Community ...

Supports Ben Carson for Republican nomination

Dear Editor,The Ben Carson story truly touched my life in July 2002 when I read The Big Picture written by Dr. Carson. with the help of Gregg Lewis, and I am a fan of his as I continue to read his words."Success is defined by what I do with every opportunity, every platform I have been given, ...

Flag apology

Letter to the Editor:We would like to make a public apology, on behalf of Premier Estates of Toledo. It has come to our attention that we have offended some of the citizens in our community. We are taking full responsibility for the flags that were placed at the municipal buildings of both Tama ...

Calls for legalization of fireworks in Iowa

Letter to the Editor:The time is overdue for Iowa to follow the lead taken by New York in legalizing the sale and use of certain consumer fireworks. New York is the 47th state to make some level of consumer fireworks legal for sale and use.The facts are clear that residents of the Hawkeye State ...

Questions order to remove “trees”

Letter to the Editor:Last week, a sworn officer of this has stopped by at my home and told members of my household that the mayor of Toledo has ordered that the two large leaf plants at the front yard and along my patio at the back of my home had to be removed because the were noxious ...

D.A. after the Republicans (again)

Letter to the Editor:Who is Jeb Bush? He raised a drug abusing daughter. More republican family values like Joni Ernst breaking up her husband first marriage. Dick Cheney raising a gay child.Jeb Bush says we have to much government regulations.Will Jeb Bush appoint Neal (savings and loan ...

Says Iowa judicial system one of best

Letter to the Editor:The philosopher Wittgenstein in his last book, wrote about property and its philosophical interpretations. He wrote, one of the most primal form is is through physical force, I have more money, weapons etc.. therefore this or that land is ours.The Civil War was fought on ...

Takes issue with Tama parking rule

Letter to the Editor:I can not be at the council meetings because I work evenings.So, I wish to say that I am very unhappy that all of a sudden, I am told that I cannot park in my own driveway as I have for the last 20 years. What? Why not? What am I hurting? I bought rock and spray weeds so it ...

Rep. Fisher defends soil – water efforts

Letter to the Editor:Iowa's agriculture industry is critical to the economy of our state. It employs one in five Iowans, it allows Iowa to export its goods worldwide, and agriculture is central to our state's culture and heritage. Iowa has been able to lead the nation in corn, soybean, pork, ...