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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Vote Mark Doland for Tama County Supervisor District 4

With mere weeks remaining until the November 5th election, it is so very important that voters within District 4 vote Republican, and cast your ballot for Mark Doland, Supervisor. Mark is undoubtedly the strongest, most conservative and ethical candidate southern Tama County has ever had in any ...

Letter to the Editor: Praying for the Satanists

I am writing this in response to the newspaper article about the events on the Tama County Courthouse lawn on September 16 and 17. First of all, I am thankful to Adam Todd and the group that assembled to read the Bible, the Holy Bible, God’s true word. According to the newspaper article, it ...

Letter to the Editor: Wisdom

Being social creatures, we have long come together into groups, these requiring various forms of community systems to survive. However, over recent decades our experiment with democracy in America has been on an alarming downhill slide. The competitive capitalist-based economy that we chose ...

Letter to the Editor: Matt Dean’s fire

Editor’s note: We believe Mr. Anderson is referring to Matthew Edward Daniels, who passed away on Aug. 9 after a fire at his house in Tama. Matt Dean’s house caught on fire down the street in Tama, and he was killed. I say killed not a victim of a fire accident as it fits to a tee of what ...

Disappointed in Tama city council

I was reading the minutes of the Tama City Council meeting and was shocked to see that the council approved a generator for the sewer treatment plant for $169,727 to Van Maanen Electric Inc. I was asked approximately 12-14 months ago to help size a generator for the treatment plant. With help ...

Letter to the Editor: Unholy alliance

Looking back over time, it becomes apparent that two man-made and inherently perverse Euro-American systems have long worked together to dominate and maintain control over populations. The first, Christianity, a spiritual belief system originally designed by males to keep power at the top one ...

Letter to the Editor: Jesus and Trump

Eighty percent of Americans see our country as polarized. They see polarization as a blockade to governing because the two polarized political parties can’t work together to legislate. However, fifty percent of Iowans enjoy polarization. This is obvious because they support a candidate who ...

Letter to the Editor: USPS is committed to serving Tama

As the Postmaster of Tama, I am writing to express the unwavering commitment of our postal staff to serving our wonderful community. With the 4th of July approaching, a time when we celebrate our nation's independence and the freedoms we cherish, it is also a fitting moment to reflect on the ...

Letter to the Editor: These times

Insecurity breeds fear and these days far more people are fearful of many things.... the great divide in the economy, obvious signs of climate change and pollutants in our environment, loss of habitats (both wildlife and human) … these along with growing populations world-wide creating more ...

Letter to the Editor: To the Citizens of Tama County, both north and south

Over 2 years ago I became a part of a large organization formed in northern Tama Co. to stave off development and sales, loss of our precious farmland, to huge China Tech Companies. Tama County Against Turbines formed to protect all of our county, as contracts were/are being signed. Many ...