They do have Democratic opponents
I am a huge Cityview fan (going all the way back to the days when it was the Skywalker!) and I especially look forward each week to reading Civic Skinny. [...]
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Posted June 11, 2014in Your View
Posted June 04, 2014in Your View
Duffy hates women?
Why does Brian Duffy hate women (Duffy’s View, May 29)? Joni Ernst is an honorable woman. Is this why Iowa has not had a female congressional member yet because of [...]
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Posted May 28, 2014in Your View
It’s a beautiful day in Joe’s Neighborhood
Thanks to Joe Weeg for his column on the American Cemetery in the Netherlands and the care given by the Dutch people to the soldiers buried there. I think it [...]
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Posted May 21, 2014in Your View
How would gun-toting commercial play out with an African-American male?
Iowa and Iowans seem to have long been at the forefront of legislation to ensure equality. A quick Internet search provides numerous examples both past and present: 1839 – Territorial [...]
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Posted May 14, 2014in Your View
Too heavy of a burden
Duffy’sView (May 8) provides a vivid snapshot of the Bible-toting religious right-wing of the Iowa GOP about to be dropped overboard. It refers to the First District Republicans’ recent decision [...]
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Posted May 07, 2014in Your View
Our money is no object?
Civic Skinny calls the $525,591 paid to date in legal fees to the trial lawyers defending Gov. Branstad “nuts,” (Gartner Comment, May 1). These outrageous fees have been charged by [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Your View
What’s with all the classifications of people?
I liked Civic Skinny’s illustration: “One way to look at it: Branstad is trying to get rid of a workers comp commissioner who was twice overwhelmingly approved by the Senate [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Your View
All I want to know is…
When does Terry Branstad go on television and talk about his dog “Checkers” and the Republican cloth coat? Bob Runge –Des Moines Gov’s hear no evil/see no evil response [...]
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Posted April 16, 2014in Your View
Puppy mills — sad and hopeless?
Thank you for writing the excellent story on Iowa’s puppy mills (“Puppy Wars,” April 10). I am a follower of Iowa Voters for Companion Animals and Iowa Friends for Companion [...]
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Posted April 09, 2014in Your View
Braley needs to remember his roots
Bruce Braley’s message to a roomful of Texas trial lawyers is still reverberating. But somehow the issue that should have turned heads didn’t. What should have had Iowans across all [...]
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