-In response to the Lobbyist who criticized my letter regarding the fuel tax, I stand by the information I submitted. The majority of it was compiled by Iowans for Tax Relief, another well respected lobbying organization that has served Iowa taxpayers for many years.-But now, the new tax ...
I have had this envisionment of a WELCOME sign for Toledo ever since i got into office. I think I finally came onto something recently when i came across this sign company at a city conference I attended.I would like a finished project that is easy to maintain and still looks nice. I would ...
In the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a history professor of mine at the University of Iowa outlined for our class a scenario whereby a nuclear war could take place between the United States and the Soviet Union. He asked his students to imagine a situation in which East Germany might ...
Dear Editor,I'm talking about the Doggy in the window with bars on it not the song. I'll bet you did not know that Iowa has the 2nd number of puppy mills in the nation! Iowa is home to 200 commercial dog breeding kennels (aka puppy mills)!Thousands of dogs are currently sitting in small, ...
Letter to the Editor:Iowa is not sensitive to long-term care needs of veterans injured with severe PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury or Military Sexual Trauma. An obscure section of the Code of Iowa requires that the Commandant of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown keep these veterans out or ...
We realize that if we have two jobs and quit one of them we will have lessincome. Currently, our governor and legislature seem somewhat alarmed that the state is experiencing a one hundred million dollar short fall in tax revenues. However, personal tax income is up 4.2%. Sales and use tax is ...
Letter to the Editor:Did you know that the Iowa Veterans Home currently has a memorial on their grounds for each of our major wars except for World War II? The members of the second Emerging Leaders Program at Grinnell Mutual want that to change and are currently raising funds to have a ...
Letter to the Editor:David Stanley of Iowans for Tax Relief is against raising Iowa gas tax to fix Iowa roads. Will David Stanley pay the people to get their vehicle fix because of driving on Iowa bad roads?Mr. D. A. BendaToledo
Letter to the Editor:Coach Keahna and the STC Girls Basketball Team wants to send out a special thank you to the Tama/Toledo Communities for all of their generosity and support at their 2nd Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Night. This year's event was held on Friday, Jan. 30th against Independence. ...
Letter to the Editor:An article in the Des Moines Register on January 28 has this caption "Iowa Cities Tackle Deadly Dams". According to a group that calls itself the Iowa Whitewater Coalition, since 1900 one hundred ninety-two Iowans have drowned at dams. I am sure this group and the Iowa DNR ...