Letter to the Editor: Shoot the Messenger. That’s the solution advocated by the bipartisan vote for House file 589 that has just gone to the Iowa Senate. Unbelievable. Factory farms are nothing more than industrial meat factories, permeated by their very structure and purpose with ...
To the Editor: I am amazed at the speed at which our Iowa legislature can act, both parties agreeing together on an issue that they deem to be so important to our state. No, I am not talking about our deteriorating schools, the fact that many of our young people are failing to graduate, or the ...
Letter to the Editor: If a session lasts more than four hours: Another bill has come whiffling out of the Republican controlled Iowa House of Irrelevancy. True to form, this one has no more civic value than confetti unleashed into the air by happied-up revelers on New Year’s Eve. And it ...
Letter to the Editor: I like to tell Dean Fisher that the republicans who lost past elections was because they ran stupid campaigns. It wasn’t because of illegal voters. When i worked at Tama Meat Pack the illegals didn’t care about elections. The reason Lightfoot lost the governor race ...
Letter to the Editor, Last November Iowa elected a new Secretary of State, Matt Schultz. One of the primary issues that Secretary Schultz campaigned on was changing our election laws to require that each voter must show a Photo ID in order to vote. The need for this is obvious of course, ...
Dear Editor: I hear on the news republicans like governor Branstad and representative Lance Horbach saying state workers are getting to much benefits and need to sacrifice. Will Branstad sacrifice his pension of over $50 thousand a year he gets from taxpayers? He is not retired now but ...
To The Editor: March is Red Cross Month and the American Red Cross is asking you to join us in providing help and hope to people in need. The Red Cross works tirelessly to help those who need assistance, whether down the street, across the country, or around the world. We respond to ...
Dear Editor, Even in these difficult times, we can be grateful for the blessings we enjoy in this country, like our safe food supply and a wide variety of food choices. National Agriculture Week, March 13-19, is a great opportunity to celebrate Iowa’s abundant natural resources and the ...
Letter to the Editor: Congratulations, to the STC Varsity Girls Basketball team on having an excellent season and performing so well at the state tournament game! The team and the coaches worked hard to make what seemed like a dream a new reality. The size of the crowd and the sportsmanship ...
Letter to the Editor: It was brought to my attention last night, February 16, 2011, at the 1st round regional VGBB game at Grinnell that some adults wanted our spirit-filled student body to sit down during the game because they could not see over them while they sat. My first reaction was, ...