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Letters to the Editor

Calls for more education reform input

Dear Editor,Great local schools are what our kids deserve and it will help to bring good lasting jobs to Iowa.Recently in Tama, La Porte City, and Marshalltown, I met with Iowans to explore ways to help our local students become the best they can be. Thanks to all the parents, teachers, and ...

Says Romeny is “tone-deaf”

Dear Editor,Mitt Romney appears to be tone deaf when it comes to addressing our nation's debt and deficits. His only test for federal programs - including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid - seems to be whether or not it's worth borrowing money from China to pay for it.I'd like to say this ...

Says U.S. 30 speed was “No brainer”

-Letters to the Editor:Reading the article in your paper about how the DOT finally agreed to raise the speed limit made me chuckle...the engineer for the dot Scott Dockstader said they had to "struggle" to come up with the decision to raise the speed to 65 west of tama-toledo ....Struggle?..it ...

D.A. spars with Tony

Dear Editor:I like to tell Tony Sheda from Minnesota the facts. Abortion became legal in the year 1973 when republican Nixon was president.Fact it was a republican supreme court that made abortions legal. Most of those judges on that supreme court that made abortions legal were appointed by ...

Tony vs. D.A.

Letter to the Editor, D.A. You make it easy to “Nock” you. According to your letter you want a woman to kill her baby to save money. If aborting a baby saves money as opposed to living and growing up poor why not kill all poor children and save more money. At what age would they be allowed ...

Tama Co. Humane Society needs more volunteers

Letters to the Editor The Tama County Humane Society has had a shelter opened for about 3 years now. I have been a volunteer there on Saturdays and have watched the increasing progress continue. There are volunteers there every day of the week all year. I personally do not know all of these ...

Questions Branstad’s post office involvement

Letter to the Editor:Is Tama County on the LIST?Some 3,700 Post Offices nationwide will be closingresulting in thousands of people losing their jobs. This is called a "cutback"Iowa's Governor stated that he wasn't sure of the U.S. Postal Service's criteria it will use to shut them down, so he ...

Says U.S. 30 speed limit shoud rise

Letter to the Editor: I know I am not the only one questioning why millions of dollars were spent on six miles of new four lane only to have the speed limit left at 55 mph. I drive Highway 30 a lot across the state, and it has to be a fact that Cedar Rapids and Ames carry at least 100 times the ...

D.A. on federal funding of abortions

Dear Editor: There is a person who nocks me in comments section for being a liberal democrat this person calls himself or herself fiscal conservative. I like to ask him or her what cost more federal funding of abortions or federal funding of childbirth then welfare programs for the child? ...

Mental Health Clinic of Tama County is vital part of community

Letter to the Editor: I am writing to you because there are many people that need our help. The Mental Health Clinic of Tama County is a vital organ in the body of our community. A lack of awareness is poisoning that vital organ . This lack of awareness not only poisons our community at the ...