Opinion
Letter to the editor: Can the Vinton City Council do anything right?
Dear Editor, Can the Vinton City Council do anything right?The web they have woven keeps getting bigger and thicker the more I review what has transpired over the last week or so. ...
Letter to the Editor: Web Weaving and Deceiving
“O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” Walter ScottVinton City politics is currently embroiled in a controversy because the Mayor has blatantly violated Iowa’s Gende...
Letter to the Editor: Patriotic Christmas Wishes
You were all warned that I would be giving the
gift of my opinion for Christmas this year.
The United States is the greatest country on
Earth. Many are calling for radical change and dem...
Letter to the Editor: The electric utility’s $8M cash reserve
A municipal utility board is arguably the most powerful city board under Iowa law. The power comes from:1. Board members are appointed not elected2. They serve long terms – 6 years3. There is no reg...
Letter to the Editor: Great Sound and Fury
Editor:Great Sound and Fury meaning nothing: that is what I hear from the Judiciary Committee Impeachment hearings. Three years of wrangling hearsay twice or more times removed, ...
Letter to the Editor: It Just Never Seems to Be the Right Time for Equality
Women are a majority of Iowa’s population in 90 of 99 counties and volunteer more than men do. Iowa law* clearly states that no person shall be appointed or reappointed to a gender-imbalanced board ...
A Man's Divorce: A Feeling of Waiting
It was when I surrendered my life to Christ—about 45 years ago –
that I first began to understand that I am complete in Jesus.And I am. I do believe that.But please allow me to put an asterisk so...
Calling all Secret Santas
There are several projects happening around town at this time of the year. Mostly toy drives for the kids to make sure that parents who have fallen on hard times have something under the tree for the ...
A Man's Divorce: The Deeper Magic
It would be a lie if I said I was all good. Over the last several days I have discovered just how untrue that is.I would suppose this is no surprise to most anyone who knows me. Maybe it deserves a l...
Letter to the Editor: Is there hard evidence of treason, bribery or high crime?
Editor,Of the Democrat “wanna bees” five seem to be toward the top: Joe “We believe in truth over facts” Biden, Bernie “the communist – hear me roar” Sanders, Elizabeth “I h...