Letter to the Editor:I am writing in regard to the proposed hike of 28 per cent in property tax. I have already had my assessment raised by $19, 800. It appears to me that someone at South Tama Public Schools is not doing his/her job. This kind of a tax increase is unheard of.This school is top ...
Letter to the Editor:(Also posted on the tamatoledonews.com website as a response to a comment on the report of the Toledo City?Council meeting concerning police. Included in The News-Herald at the request of the author.)DearCentraliowaman; You need to get your facts straight before you accuse ...
Dear Editor,I read with interest the article "Iowa deer harvest low for the 6th straight year". Too few deer it seems. I smile as I look out my window and see the herd of 20 or 30 munching contently on my neighbors alfalfa. I recall the numerous times several deer at a time were seen entering ...
Letter To the Editor:Toledo police issueIt seems there are people out in the area who are not happy with the way the police issue in Toledo is developing. There is no way everybody can be pleased all the time. The council has put forth a lot of effort to make sure the safety and wellbeing of ...
Dear Editor,I don't have any fancy titIes to put after my name at the end, only humble ones. I am a staunch republican, but have to admit that there is one democrat in this world I am happy to support, and that is Dan Wilkens. Anybody who will stand up to wasteful spending is someone I can ...
To the editor:My friends in the Democratic Party might be surprised to hear this, but I am going to miss Representative Horbach, who has decided not to seek office again. The Representative and I had different political views, but I admired the way he approached the job of legislating. Lance ...
Letter to the EditorI will respond to a letter written by Dwayne Luze and Don Lyon about my involvement in the Tama County Economic Development Commission. I will talk about facts, opinions and my duties as a 3rd District County Supervisor.Some Opinions I would like to share. First I do believe ...
Letters to the EditorI am Lcpl Sawdey, Bryant N with the United States Marine Corps. I am currently in Afghanistan and would love to hear from people in my home town. I grew up in Tama.My mother and father are Marcia and Stuart Sawdey. I would really appriciate to hear from some people back ...
Dear Editor,A letter to the editor in the March 8 issue of the Tama News Herald, signed by Beth, Karla, Maryan, Linda, Pam, Midge and Jeannie, furnished the following information for the readers in the second sentence, and I quote "When our district boundary changed we lost Senator Boswell and ...
Dear Friend,When Red Cross Month began on March 1, a few weeks ago, we couldn't have predicted what would happen.The very next day, deadly tornadoes ripped through communities in the Midwest and South, leaving thousands of families reeling as they struggled to clean up the wreckage of their ...