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 ...
Congratulations to Ms Wrage for winning* the 53 District Primary. And also to Mr Hexter who came in second. Finishing with 63 votes against such strong primary candidates, I consider it a personal win in my column. Representative Fisher is probably sweating bullets right now. Thanks for voting ...
Tama County District 3 Residents, I hope you are having a great spring and ready for summer! We are getting close to the primary election on June 4, 2024, and I am asking for your vote. I am a mom, businesswoman, Christian, farmer’s daughter, and trucker’s wife. I have 12 years of ...
I am endorsing Heather Knebel in the Tama Co. Republican Primary election for Tama Co. Supervisor in district 3. Heather would listen to the concerns of the citizens, find the best possible solutions, and vote in the best interest of her constituents. She is one of the most energetic young ...
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 ...
Bill Faircloth opposes going to a five-member Board of Supervisors. He opposes it to the extent that he helped lead efforts to pass a resolution that would attempt to overturn the results of the 2022 ballot measure that transitions Tama County from 3 to 5 Supervisors. That would have been ...
National Agriculture Week is a good opportunity for all of us to appreciate our natural resources and consider how we can all do our part to protect them. As a 4th generation cattle and crop farmer in Tama County, I would like to share how farmers are protecting soil and water in our area ...
Dear Editor, Iowa House Representative Dean Fisher was a vocal supporter of private school vouchers. However, he will use the taxpayer voucher money to establish and run his private school after passing the law. In other words, I believe he utilized his elected position to enrich himself. ...
Dear Editor, This is in regards to the February 16 article in the Sun-Courier about the public library legislation. By the way people talk, you would think the proposed library bill seeks to ban libraries, when it only gives city councils the *option* of exercising oversight. Why is there so ...
Fifty years ago, AEAs were created with the help of Senator Chuck Grassley to create equal opportunities for all students, so that regardless of where you lived, all children and educators had equal access and support to ensure Iowa students could achieve to the fullest. Through the AEA, I was ...