Can’t see the target
Years ago I rode on the bus with a loquacious blind man. One day he told us that he was going to buy a power saw and explained why it [...]
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Posted October 30, 2013in Your View
Posted October 23, 2013in Your View
No one deserves to be bullied
Your recent headline questioned whether the Gortz Haus owners “like Gays” (Civic Skinny, Oct. 17), but this question was overshadowed by the article’s inclusion of a sampling of the vitriolic [...]
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Posted October 16, 2013in Your View
Comments on comment
I read Michael Gartner’s “Comment” in (Civic Skinny, Oct. 10): “But, the poll makes clear, they do not have highly partisan feelings about The Affordable Care Act.” This is wrong [...]
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Posted October 09, 2013in Your View
The parking system is no charity
Two quotes by Des Moines traffic facilities administrator Michael Berry, in the cover article “Towed” (Oct. 3) interested me: “Parking is an enterprise system similar to a non-profit,” and “Parking [...]
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Posted October 02, 2013in Your View
Traffic camera opposition is just lame thinking
There are many “lame” reasons for eliminating the red-light cameras in Clive and many good reasons to keep them. The best reason is the number of red-light violations. Doesn’t that [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Your View
Thankful for Neal Smith
Perhaps the most important comment to be published in Cityview came last week from Michael Gartner (Civic Skinny Comment, Sept. 19). His comments about Neal Smith were most appropriate, including [...]
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Posted September 18, 2013in Your View
Thanks for Latino heritage story
Thank you for your recent article focusing on Latino heritage. Should you have any follow-up articles, I wanted to make you are aware of videos available at Historic Valley Junction [...]
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Posted September 11, 2013in Your View
Shedding the skins of Hannah Montana
Miley Cyrus was not shocking at the Video Music Awards with her disturbing performance. There have been moments that have been shocking in pop culture, that have left us rumbling [...]
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Posted September 04, 2013in Your View
Des Moines is behind in resources
There’s something that the African-American community and other communities can do to help stop crime and violence among the young people and youth on the west, south, east and northwest [...]
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Posted August 28, 2013in Your View
Another birther movement?
Ted Cruz is the first Hispanic to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas. He wants to be President of the United States. But is he eligible? He was [...]
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