Answers to the questions

I read the article of the cover-up in Johnston schools (Letters, Dec. 24). The reason the special needs kid was on a regular bus is because most school districts do not have a bus just for special needs kids, just like most school districts do not have special needs classes. Any

Don’t be fools

The Republicans, led by President Bush, whipped Americans into a frenzy of fear following 9/11, leading to a disastrous ground war in Iraq. Many Americans were fooled into war by the use of the manufactured evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Bush’s Iraq War opened a cancerous wound that has

Cover-up in Johnston schools?

On Oct. 29, a 15-year-old special needs student (occasional seizures) in the Johnston School District, Christian Suarez, boarded a bus intended for regular students. He assaulted the bus driver both verbally and physically. The school administration has never explained why this student was not on a bus intended for special

Extended family

Cityview’s cover story, “Immigrant Trump,” states…” That’s right. Trump is the grandson of Friedrich Drumpf, a German immigrant. So are more than one-third of all Iowans.” Am I to understand that with an estimated 2014 State of Iowa population of 3,100,000, that one-third of them (1,033,333) are cousins by virtue

Civic responsibility

Lax campaign finance laws have prevented many from campaigning for public office. Without large sums of money from PACs or personal finances, many possible quality candidates are overlooked. We need more candidates to run for public office with the purpose of serving the public good instead of financial personal gain

Turning away refugees is wrong

Dear Gov. Branstad, I am writing to add my voice to those who are urging you to reconsider your position blocking refugees from Syria and the current European migration from being received in Iowa. Iowa, as you know, has a long tradition of hospitality to strangers, and refugees are people

A bonus for Bill Stowe?

What? Taxpayers have to pay Bill Stowe a $500,000 bonus? Why? He is doing a lousy job. The water rates are going to increase in April. I don’t think that is a coincidence. Shirley MacDonald -Des Moines Trump is endearing but offensive When in my early 20s, I was a

What the?

Donald Trump is upset to discover he’s now No. 2 on the GOP poll, but to me, his off-color comments, which may have contributed to his status slipping, are nothing compared to the slop the person, who I’m sad to say is an Iowan, secured in a printing in your

Beware of Republicans’ scary ideas

The pre-Halloween debate gave Republicans an opportunity to pull out all their scary political ghosts (the Federal government is the enemy) and goblins (the mainstream media is a shill for the Democrats). It was a night of bashing anything associated with government and the media (other than FOX and Limbaugh).

I think April Fools’ Day came a little late for Mr. Douglas Burns this year. All right, I get that the point of his article is that people get more upset with animal mistreatment than people mistreatment. To be fair, it is easier to act on what you can change