Letters

By Laurie Tulchin, Johnson County I will be supporting Jon Green for Johnson County Supervisor in the June 2 primary. Jon was raised on an Iowa farm and currently lives on his farm near Lone Tree. His leadership on land use, the environment, and clean water for the past 5 years on the Board of […]

By Emerson Cram, Iowa City Johnson County Democrats, we are at a crossroads. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to elect a slate of progressive candidates to the Board of County Supervisors. V Fixmer-Oraiz, Jon Green, and Mandi Remington are the principled community leaders we need in the face of intricate and multiplying […]

By Sue Ellen Tuttle, Ames There is a person who taught at Iowa City West Junior High in 2004 that is my hero, even though I’ll likely never meet them. An assignment they gave ignited a future of identifying and fighting for civil rights and social justice in one of their students who would go on […]

By Tom Carsner, Iowa City Supervisors V Fixmer-Oraiz and Jon Green stood up for worker’s rights, fairness, and justice when they opposed Supervisor Rod Sullivan’s unprecedented and arbitrary firing of Board Executive Director Guillermo Morales in September 2024. Sullivan arbitrarily ignored County employee policies about “for cause” termination, progressive discipline, and basic employee rights. Sullivan […]

By Finch VanDyk, Iowa City I’m standing at the ballot box and staring down the future of Johnson County. Like it or not, there it stretches in front of me: 50, maybe 60 years lived in these 613 square miles. What kind of future will it be?  Two names stare back at me from the […]

By Kelcey Patrick-Ferree, Iowa City, District 5 On June 2, we will hold a primary election that includes Johnson County Supervisors. Because Republicans have decided that 3 counties in Iowa are no longer permitted to decide whether or not to use districts for Supervisors, we have had our 2024 local election undone. Mandi Remington, who […]

By Tom Rocklin, Iowa City I’ve known Zach Wahls since he was a boy. He is committed to fighting for all of Iowa’s families, whatever they look like, and he’s got the smarts, the drive, and the energy to do it. Zach has a deep understanding of Iowa’s and the nation’s challenges and the policy […]

By David Sterling, Iowa City I met Rod Sullivan shortly after helping start the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. At the time, we were a small organization with limited reach and little institutional power. Rod did not have to pay attention to us, but he did. He showed up to events. He encouraged younger […]

By Joe Bolkcom, Des Moines; former Iowa City state senator Ashley Hinson knows Iowans are tired of the Trump chaos. She knows Iowans want change. What she fears most is an Iowa opponent with hard-won, real-life experience who has the back of ordinary Iowans. Hinson has two strong Democratic opponents, Zach Wahls and Josh Turek. Both are […]

By Candida Maurer, Iowa City There are two good candidates in Johnson County vying for one seat. This is an unfortunate result of the Iowa Legislature’s new law that forces our county to use a district approach to voting rather than an at large approach. This has put Rod Sullivan opposing V Fixmer-Oraiz in the […]

By John Boller, Iowa City I’ll admit I’ve grown disillusioned with politics. Too often, it feels like ego, posturing, and point-scoring matter more than actually serving the community. That’s why supporting V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor feels different. V leads with something that seems rare in public service these days: genuine care for people. […]