By Rachel Korach Howell, Iowa City In a plagued world, everyone suffers. Some more than others, of course. Outside of the direct impact of illness, the economy will be hit hard. And then there’s the rest of us. We will lose touch with each other. First, the schools: Online courses mean less discussion, less engagement, […]
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An open letter to Iowa City landlords: Waive April rent and postpone evictions
By Riley Wilson, Iowa City Dear Iowa City Landlords and Rental LLCs, In the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, many Iowa City workplaces have made the decision to decrease their operating hours or temporarily close to compensate for a lack of business, leaving a considerable number of Iowa City’s hourly workers without secure income and […]
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Letter to the editor: Be a good neighbor with a diverse lawn!
By Mary Kirkpatrick, Iowa City I am so glad to live in an Iowa City neighborhood that has many lawns filled with dandelions, clover, violets and a diversity of plants growing with the grass. It used to be that manicured grass was considered the ideal American lawn. Fortunately, that picture is changing for the better. […]
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Letter to the editor: The progressive predicament
By Chad Cooper, Cedar Rapids Joe Biden will be the Democratic Party nominee for president. This is now as clear as it’s been since the first candidates started pandering to Iowans on hay bales in town halls more than a year ago. As Biden has surged — and racked up states, delegates and endorsements in […]
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Letter to the editor: A message from the Iowa City Downtown Arts Alliance
The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus escalates across the nation and threatens our community. We in the arts have seen this plot countless times before on stage and on screen. We recognize the moment of crisis that demands an extra ounce of strength to overcome the odds. For the Iowa City Downtown Arts Alliance, that […]
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Letter to the editor: Broadcasters, bad actors and farm tractors
By Gwendolyn Sterling, Cedar Rapids What rock did you crawl out from under?!? A well-furnished one! All, it’s your fledgling acquaintance Gwen, back with more opinions on local civics, civic locals and the abandoned Honda Civic I occasionally squat in to avoid the wind. By the way, did you know EPA guidelines stipulate cargo room […]
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Letter to the editor: Help the climate strikers — send in a comment about Iowa City’s top polluter, the UI coal plant
By Iowa City Student Climate Strikers Dear Iowa City, We have been on a climate strike for 56 weeks, and every week we hear from people asking how they can help us, as we push the ICCSD, the IC City Council, the University of Iowa, and now Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to take real action […]
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Letter to the editor: Coffee with a side of condemnation
By Gwendolyn Sterling, Cedar Rapids Re: Issue 278, “The Sex Issue” Actually, this letter isn’t regarding that issue so much as it’s pivoting to a topic of far less acceptance and agility. Backtrack with me through time for just a minute: It was a blustery Sunday last spring. I was jostling my book bag up […]
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Letter to the editor: Gov. Reynolds, what’s your climate plan?
We are writing as concerned high school students in Iowa. We are writing to ask you three questions: What is your climate emergency plan? Governors in 24 other states, including neighboring Wisconsin and Illinois, have committed to the U.S. Climate Alliance, and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent by 2025. Do you plan […]
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Letter to the editor: An open letter to the Iowa City Council regarding ‘deer management’
Dear City Council members, I am a resident of the Northside neighborhood in Iowa City, as well as a founding member of the Iowa City Deer Friends. I just returned from a walk in Oakland Cemetery, where I discovered a White Buffalo bait site, literally yards from the front doors of families in my neighborhood, where shots can easily be heard and the aftermath
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Letter to the editor: Fight for the climate like a preschooler
“Do small things for the Earth and make big things happen.” —Teo, age 5. In 2018, I was led by a group of preschoolers to take on single-use plastic waste in our community. They wanted to protect the Earth and her animals. At the beginning of their campaign, Lucas taped a sign on his back. “Everyone who follows me will see my
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The most impactful letters to the editor sent to Little Village in 2019
From building proposals to benches to bike lanes, Little Village readers were not afraid to share their perspectives on a range of issues in 2019. Here are 13 letters that made a splash.
