×

Letters to the Editor

Republican control

In Iowa and the U.S.A., Republicans control the executive branch, senate, House, and Supreme court. Republicans blame democrats who control nothing when things go wrong. This tells me republicans are incompetent when they blame democrats who control nothing for republican screw ups. Dennis ...

Politics shouldn’t come at the expense of decency

Political campaigns should be about ideas, leadership, and the future of our communities—not personal attacks aimed at families and small businesses. Recently, Annette Sweeney and her campaign chose to distribute misleading and negative mailers throughout Senate District 27 targeting me, my ...

Re-elect Kriegel for Treasurer

The upcoming primary election is set for Tuesday June 2 and as a former elected official of Tama County I know how important it is to get out and vote and what a difference it can make in keeping our county running efficiently. One person who has been doing that for the last 4+ years as our ...

A Fair View: June 2 primary

I would just like to put this out to the voters of Tama County. After the last year and five months it is obvious the only stable offices in the administration building are the Treasurer, Auditor, and Recorder. The supervisors have messed up a lot. It is obvious that (Supervisor) Heather ...

Rocky Damiano for Senate District 27

As a Conservative Republican, in the past I have voted for Annette Sweeney every time she has been on the ballot. But this election year I cannot vote for her because she has not fought or helped pass legislation to protect our constitutional rights to protect private property rights against ...

Letter to the Editor: International Worker’s Day

Our home on K Avenue north of Toledo is experiencing an onslaught of unwelcome traffic since the closure of Hwy 63. This is not a letter of complaint, however. A quick look around and I see our community buzzing with construction activity. Workers are tirelessly engaged in physically demanding ...

Letter to the Editor: The cost of vouchers

Public schools are just beginning to feel the effects of the voucher system. With fewer students and less money, they must make hard decisions. They have to let personnel go and perhaps even close schools. Nobody should argue against school choice, which is provided by vouchers. It gives ...

Letter to the Editor: Attend the Iowa Caucuses

Do you have an idea on how to improve your school, neighborhood, community, county, state, nation or beyond? Then attend the Iowa Caucuses on Monday, February 2, 2026, at 7 p.m. Write a plank and submit it for a vote to then be submitted to the county platform committee if adopted. This is the ...

Trump and Grassley are senile

Donald Trump on television instead of saying all the great things he has done Trump was bashing Biden. That is what you get when you elect old senile people like Trump and Grassley. When will republicans blame Biden for paying a porn star to keep her mouth shut? Whoops, that was Trump. The ...

Iowa can’t survive its current government

Iowa cannot survive another government that we have been living with. Grassley still getting a paycheck for governing must be an easy job. Healthcare — let’s demand what they have! Those responsible for meeting once a month with the resident council at IVH did not meet once and denied ...