Letter to the Editor: The picture in the “A Glance at the Past “ column in this weeks Chronicle, and the column “From Out of the Past” in this weeks News-Herald brought back memories that hadn’t crossed my mind for a long long time. I was with my dad (Hod Walton) in the Gamble Store ...
Letter to the Editor, Governor Branstad defends his starvation budget with a simple, sparse message: Iowa spends more than it takes in. During stops across the state this week, the Governor will likely repeat this claim many, many, many times. Here’s the question reporters and Iowans ...
To the Editor, I’m a state senator, a retired factory worker, the former president of the Burlington School Board, and the proud father of two Iowa teachers. I’m very concerned about the budget deadlock at the Iowa Statehouse. If a compromise can’t be reached, our schools and colleges, ...
Letter to the Editor: Tim Pawlenty is campaigning in Iowa for president. When governor of Minnesota, Pawlenty was for the taxpayers of Minnesota paying over $400. million for a ballpark for the Minnesota Twins. Pawlenty felt the billionaire owner of the Twins shouldn’t have use his own money ...
Letter to the Editor: Same old, same old from a cheerleader for abortion. She wrote “The science of fetal pain comes from shady sources.” Anyone saying that an innocent baby who is chopped up, saline burned, yanked out and turned around and having their brain sucked out don’t feel pain ...
Letter to the Editor: As the Superintendent and the Vice President of the Toledo-Tama Kiwanis, it was an absolute pleasure to be able to host the Kiwanis Senior Awards and Fine Arts Banquet at our High School. It was great to see our students recognized for their academic accomplishments and ...
Letter to the Editor: Governor Branstad was elected by an overwhelming majority of Iowans last year. He is sticking to a key component of his campaign, a two-year state budget. Many “experts” point out both pros and cons to a 2-year process and they are neither strongly for, or against it. ...
Letter to the Editor: I am to urge the Iowa legislature to support maintaining Iowa’s preschool program and to support a 2% increase in allowable growth for education funding for the 2011-2012 school year. School districts cannot maintain current services to students with 0% allowable growth ...
Letters to the Editor: Julie Roe’s attack against State Senator Steve Sodders regarding his stance on HF657, a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, is full of misinformation. First of all, the “medical science” claiming that a fetus feels pain at 20 weeks is inconclusive. Many studies have ...
Letter to the Editor: A recent letter by Julie Roe makes a number of false and misleading statements. In 2009, there were 6 abortions performed after 20 weeks in the state of Iowa. Six. Moreover, Dr. Carhart might not even come to Iowa. He announced his intentions almost 7 months ago. Where ...