By Temple Hiatt, Iowa City I’m a longtime gun violence prevention advocate and I’m supporting Oliver Weilein for Iowa City City Council. Let me tell you why. The movement to end gun violence must include gun owners. While the presence of a gun in a home puts everyone at increased risk of gun violence, my […]
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Letter to the editor: Oliver Weilein is not scary, but you are scared
By Tara McGovern, Coralville Oliver Weilein is not scary but you are scared. This is a you problem. You are being manipulated by your own discomfort at the state of our crumbling world and by your participation in it. You are also being manipulated by a handful of establishment politicians, some of whom are currently […]
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Letter to the editor: Ross Nusser will maximize resources to make Iowa City safer and more accessible
By Tom Rocklin, Iowa City In politically turbulent times such as these, Iowa City needs a city council member with a long-standing record of commitment to the community, a mature attitude, and a deep concern for all members of our community. That’s why I’m voting for Ross Nusser for City Council. Ross wants to maximize […]
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Letter to the editor: We deserve an anti-fascist alternative. Oliver Weilein is it.
By Case Fenner, Iowa City We can’t keep the people of Iowa City safe by laying low. In the lead up to the 2024 presidential elections, Democratic leadership at the local, state and national level identified Donald Trump, his MAGA movement and the wider party that supported them as a fascist threat to the people […]
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Letter to the editor: We need principled leaders more than ever. Weilein is one.
By Nick Bergus, Iowa City I didn’t meet Oliver Weilein until recently, sometime between Christmas and New Year’s, when he was considering a run for the March 4 Iowa City Council District C special election. While that was the first time we talked, I’d known of him for a while, primarily from his presence online […]
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Letter to the editor: Oliver Weilein on council is a risk Iowa City can’t take
By Joe Younker, Iowa City Next month Iowa City will hold a City Council special election. Our Council faces a number of serious challenges, including housing, redevelopment and budget pressures, among others. To meet the challenges with workable solutions, Council members need to be thoughtful. They need to build consensus. One candidate, Ross Nusser, fits […]
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Letter to the editor: Oliver Weilein’s social media posts are disqualifying
By Matt Hayek, former mayor, Iowa City On March 4, all voters throughout Iowa City can vote in the City Council special election. There are two candidates, both in their 30s. One is Ross Nusser, who lives in the Northside, whose children attend public schools, and who has dedicated countless hours to organizations that work […]
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Letter to the editor: Iowa lawmakers continue legislating nonsense at taxpayers’ expense
By Dani E., Iowa City Iowa lawmakers are once again wasting legislative effort and taxpayer dollars pushing anti-LGBTQ bills rooted in ideological fiction. One of the latest, SF 156, is a “bathroom bill” similar to the school bathroom restrictions enacted in March 2023. It is one of roughly a dozen anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the […]
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Letter from the publisher: Why I bought Little Village
To love Iowa, you must maintain a balance of hope and grief. To stay or to return here, to deepen your roots, to be here at all, you must operate from a place of unconditional love. A lot has changed in this state since I started working at Little Village in 2014. Public school funding […]
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Letter to the editor: Our house is on fire. We could use someone like Oliver Weilein on the city council.
By David Sterling, Iowa City Our house is on fire. Every day people have their security deposits stolen, struggle through the dangers of homes in disrepair, and even become priced out of the city. Many have no homes at all, while perfectly fine units sit empty. The fire I speak of is the ever-escalating threat […]
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Letters: Remembering Virginia Visker, a true Iowa City character
By Charlie Huyck Few have the honor, the guts, the threshold for pain, or the responsibility of living as deeply as Virginia Visker. I knew her best from the clothing shop she opened in the Hall Mall in the early ’80s. Her door was always open to angst-ridden junior high and high school kids searching […]
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Letter to the editor: Oliver Weilein will push back against corporate developers as part of the Iowa City Council
By I. Alexakis, Iowa City Due to the recent resignation of an Iowa City Council member, it means that the folks of this community have been granted an opportunity to continue forth on a new trajectory of leadership. The people of Iowa City can continue to alter the narrative of what it means to live […]
