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 and contradicts his previous sentence and the poll. A correct statement would be that they do not have highly partisan
Read More →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 is not a way to generate revenue.” I usually get a little nervous when a government official tells me that
Read More →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 mean something in the minds of reasonable people? Do the math. At $700,000 in fines each year, there has to
Read More →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 the fact that after being defeated, the Smiths moved home to Des Moines — not taking the usual lobbying or
Read More →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 which were produced by Vince Valdez. Vince’s interviews featuring Valley Junction heritage, including many Hispanic families, are open for viewing
Read More →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 and rambling with eyebrows raised and aware that there has been a historical shift, a bubble of change just beneath
Read More →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 sides of Des Moines: more summer jobs and more youth activities. We need to start more drill teams. We’ve got
Read More →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 born in Calgary, Canada. His father was Cuban and had fought for Castro. Ted Cruz went to Harvard and was
Read More →I enjoy the Locker Room column in Cityview, and the weekly in-depth look at unique sports in our community. The article last week, “Get your cornhole on at the Iowa State Fair,” (Aug. 15) got my attention. The author speculated on the origin of the game and left open to
Read More →Let’s see, subscriptions to The Des Moines Register have risen from $16 to $29 a month during the past year, allegedly to pay for the newest technology that I rather doubt is used by many of its “readers,” the overwhelming majority of whom I suspect are seniors not “hip” to
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