Dear Editor,These are my views as to why Iowa veterans should vote FOR Jack Hatch for governor, and AGAINST Terry Branstad.Veterans need to vote for Jack Hatch because of Branstad's work against the Iowa Veterans Home (IVH). IVH supports over 600 disabled and retired veterans. It is NOT a ...
Letter to the Editor:DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POOROver the last six plus decades the purchasing power of the dollar has lost 50% of its purchasing power each decade. Sixty years ago dad could support a family of ten, now mom and dad have a hard time of supporting a family of five.Now ...
Letter to the Editor:Representative Braley and Mrs. Ernst's accused each other of accepting out-of-state money from billionaires. Since that is a correct accusation by each, the argument is really what these billionaires expect the candidates to do for the money.Tim Steyer is a billionaire that ...
Letter to the Editor:We have heard a great deal about "saving Social Security." There are only a couple of things wrong with this statement. First, Social Security is solvent, and its solvency will easily last enough years to allow a solution to be found. Next are the proposed solutions. There ...
Letter to the Editor:Waterway issues and tiling issues can leave a co-beneficiary of trust farmland feeling soaked.Who is to pay for damage done over 30 years to tiles; as waterway issues and soil erosion problems become more apparent?What about the numerous soil conservation and land erosion ...
Dear Editor:What an exquisite tribute!Dennis Lamb, thanks for sharing your Father's memory, for letting today's Tama News-Herald readers know he died at the age of 39 years, beneath a corn picker, sixty-two years ago. A tragedy you long remember, a sadness you and your family handle each day.To ...
Letter to the Editor:Tony Sheda how do you feel about family values?Folks remember it was Nixon and a republican supreme court in the year 1973 that made abortions legal. Tony do you feel a person needs a gun that shoots a hundred rounds?If a person needs a gun that shoots a hundred rounds to ...
Letter to the Editor:DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POOROur economy can be effectively compared to four men in a room that want to play cards, but they don't have any cards. That problem is solved by a fifth man in a room next door that has a deck of cards. He lends them out with interest, as ...
Letter to the Editor:Dear Ms. Ernst,You recently said that a federal minimum wage was "ridiculous." A policy that protects tens of millions of American workers and whose erosion due to Congressional passivity has left 200,000+ Iowans making less today, adjusted for inflation, than low wage ...
Letter to the Editor:Both political parties use fear of the opponent to garner votes. A recent example is one that could be very distressing to people relying on Medicare. Mrs. Ernst has said that Representative Braley took more than 700 billion dollars out of Medicare. She cites a report by ...