Where’s the charm?
Kent Carlson’s thoughts on “charming” (Guest View, March 12) have left me wondering whether he may be just a wee bit confused about what the word actually means. On the [...]
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Posted March 18, 2015in Your View
Posted March 11, 2015in Your View
Don’t punish public schools
Jeff Jorgensen, Republican Pottawattamie County Chair, stated that Sen. Gronstal needs to be discussing charter schools, virtual schools, school voucher programs and homeschooling in order to find solutions for public [...]
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Posted March 04, 2015in Your View
Fast tax
It did not take the Iowa Legislature long to pass and implement a 10-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax increase: Jan. 12 to March 1. But it took them 10 years to eliminate [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Your View
East Village is not welcoming?
Capital City Pride (CCP) is the volunteer committee that produces the annual LGBT Pridefest, an annual two-day street event with all-ages entertainment and a parade. For years, the event has [...]
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Posted February 18, 2015in Your View
Remove the log from your own eye
My suggestion to Michael Gartner with his piece on Steve Deace and Douglas Burns article showing outrage at prayer: Remove the log from your own eye before you tell someone [...]
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Posted February 11, 2015in Your View
Protect our money
Civic Skinny clearly points out it’s much easier to spend other peoples’ money (Civic Skinny, Feb. 5). Politicians Chuck Grassley, Tom Harkin, Joni Ernst, Steve King, Bruce Braley and others all [...]
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Posted February 04, 2015in Your View
Great-grandma knows best
I am an avid reader of Cityview and always enjoy Civic Skinny. I’m also thankful for Brian Duffy’s cartoons. I was raised in a newspaper family, so I always read [...]
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Posted January 28, 2015in Your View
Oil spill should be a wakeup call
With the recent pipeline break spilling oil — including the carcinogen benzene — into the Yellowstone River about 350 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, causing a do-not-use water warning [...]
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Posted January 21, 2015in Your View
There are indeed are two sides of the coin
While others want to fight over who gets credit for the latest “best of” ranking and to brag nonstop about every single solitary thing, there is another part of the [...]
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Posted January 14, 2015in Your View
Republicans’ wacky predictions
The New Year seems like an excellent time to review the accuracy of some previous Republican predictions and the credibility of those individuals who made them. Tea Party favorite, Republican [...]
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