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Letters to the Editor

D.A.: Branstad for Governor of Missouri

Dear Editor: Terry Brandstad said preschool education is to expensive and would veto it if governor. When Brandstad was governor he took taxpayers money he got in salary to send his high school son to school in Missouri. Maybe Brandstad should run for governor of Missouri. Mr. D. A. ...

Anderson appreciates support

Letter to the Editor: I would like to recognize all of my supporters for their help and support during my campaign for the Republican Nomination for Tama County Treasurer. Congratulations to Michelle Yuska for her victory in the primary. I am proud of the campaign that we ran and the people ...

D.A. concerned with Branstad’s son’s school

Letter to the Editor: Tama-Toledo News need to show pictures of the school in Missouri, governor Brandstad sent his high school son when governor. Brandstad was getting paid by Iowa taxpayers so you could say Iowa taxpayers were paying for Brandstad son Missouri education. ...

Iowa’s abysmal Medicare reimbursement

Letter to the Editor: One of the biggest issues facing Iowa’s health care system is abysmal Medicare reimbursement. At the same time, Congressmen Braley, Boswell, Loebsack recently supported an amendment to H.R. 4213 which included a provision increasing Medicare payments for rural doctors in ...

Says Vander Plaats is a real conservative

Dear Editor, Conservative? In an interview with the Des Moines Register this May Terry Branstad said, “It’s very important, somewhat because of my age, that the person I choose as my lieutenant governor be someone that shares my conservative fiscal and social philosophy.” In 1990 Branstad ...

New way to pay for federal government spending

Letters to the Editor I want to Introduce to the public a new concept for funding the federal government. A new efficient tax system that is completely voluntary. This tax plan has been introduced to the United States Congress as the FairTax Act(H.R. 25/S. 296). Imagine keeping every dime of ...

Helicopters at Wounded Knee

Letter to Editor: On May 1st, 2010 the US army attempted to land three helicopters of the US seventh cavalry air division on the burial grounds at Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Two young men, the Camp brothers counted coup on the first 7th cavalry helicopter and Debbie White Plume an ...

The importance of eggs

Dear Editor: The clock is ticking. This spring, the window to get Iowa’s corn and soybeans planted closes a little more each day. And, with each day, the world’s population continues to grow. While these two things might seem a little disjointed, in reality, they are closely connected. ...

Praise for GRMC’s Linden

Letter to the Editor: On behalf of the board of directors at Grinnell Regional Medical Center, I would like to extend our appreciation to Todd Linden, who has served as the medical center’s president and CEO for 16 years. For many of those years, Todd has worked to improve Medicare payments ...

Adrian Neil tells of Lincoln Highway

Dear Editor: The articles you have printed in your paper regarding the Lincoln Highway have been very interesting. I was born and grew up in Tama and am well acquainted with the Highway and the bridge in the East part of town. I have always been interested in history and have read a lot about ...