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Letter from Rep. Christina Bohannan: Iowa’s proposed abortion and gun amendments are extreme and dangerous

Posted on Jan 19, 2021 by Letters

By Christina Bohannan, State Representative, Iowa House District 85; Law professor, University of Iowa Despite the pandemic, and amid concerns about violence surrounding the presidential inauguration, it is critical that Iowans realize what is happening in our State Capitol and take action. This morning, subcommittees in the Iowa House of Representatives passed two constitutional amendments […]

Letters to the editor: Iowa’s bottle deposit law is 40 years old. It’s time for some updates.

Posted on Jan 14, 2021 by Letters

By Paula Vaughan, League of Women Voters of Johnson County co-president, Iowa City It’s been 40 years since Iowa led the nation with a bottle deposit law. The legislation, introduced by Gov. Robert Ray was adopted by a Republican-majority legislature in 1978 and enacted into law in 1979. This was a revolutionary concept not only […]

Letter to the editor: Trump exploited good old American cussedness. Let’s reclaim it.

Posted on Jan 13, 2021 by Letters

By Kent Williams, Iowa City The rioters at the U.S. Capitol are not people to be admired. They’re deluded, they’re racist, they’ve gone absolutely wrong in a violent and disturbing way. But there is one thing to admire about those Trumpist seditionists: They are soaked head to toe with a peculiarly American attribute, cussedness. The […]

Letter to the editor: This is what treason looks like

Posted on Jan 7, 2021 by Letters

By Kenn and Pat Bowen, Iowa City What happened today, Jan. 6, 2021 was an attack on our country, on our people, brought on by a president who refuses to accept that millions of us turned out to stand with and for each other and elect Joe Biden by overwhelming margins. This is what treason […]

Letter to the editor: My COVID-19 vaccine story

Posted on Jan 6, 2021 by Letters

By Katelyn Meyer, Coralville I received my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17. As an ICU nurse who has worked frequently with COVID-positive patients at UIHC, I was among the first several hundred employees vaccinated in the state of Iowa. I had worked the night before, so I finished giving report […]

Letter: City Manager Fruin’s plan gives police more power, rebuffs Iowa Freedom Riders

Posted on Dec 28, 2020 by Letters

By Nicholas Theisen, Iowa City At the Dec. 15 Iowa City City Council work session, City Manager Geoff Fruin presented his office’s preliminary plan to restructure the Iowa City Police Department (ICPD), “Restructuring the Iowa City Police Department: A Preliminary Plan to Accelerate Community Policing.” The document includes a number of disparate items, including a […]

Letter to the editor: A grown-up Christmas list

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 by Letters

By Chad Cooper, Cedar Rapids A pandemic has raged for nearly 10 months in our nation. The government considers $1,800 for the year sufficient to cover the gap. Members of government got vaccinated from a potentially deadly virus for the holidays. You might get $600. We’ve witnessed numerous Black men, women, and children murdered on […]

Letter to the editor: Trump and Reynolds kept Iowa from being a prison

Posted on Dec 17, 2020 by Letters

By Gary Largess, Iowa City This has been a tough time for everyone; I look forward to getting back to normal. I am amazed that President Trump’s “Project Warp Speed” could develop a vaccine in well under a year. I am grateful that they have overcome the logistical challenges and we will all soon have […]

Letter to the editor: Shouldn’t every vote count?

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 by Letters

By Linda Quinn, Iowa City Shouldn’t every vote count? Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District’s election contest with the United States House is vital in figuring out the accuracy of Iowa’s electoral system. The vote counting and reporting process has been marred by errors and inconsistencies. Now with the state certifying the results even though the margin […]

Letter to the editor: It’s time to retire Native mascots in Iowa and beyond

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 by Letters

By Patrick Bigsby, commissioner of the Iowa Commission on Native American Affairs In NFL stadiums and in the high school bleachers of Colorado, Michigan, Maine, Florida, Washington, and every state in between, we have witnessed an evolution in mainstream views on the use of Native American mascots, nicknames and imagery. Our Iowa school districts and […]

Letter to the editor: Response to letter defending Gov. Reynolds

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 by Letters

By Christopher Dunlay, Iowa City A response to “Letter to the editor: Tired of the negative comments“ To Madam Wessels-Elvers, Governor Reynolds absolutely deserves all the criticism and rhetoric she’s received. This is a governor who has already proven that she does not care for the actual lives of Iowans, only livelihoods. One exists purely […]

Letter to the editor: Iowa’s senators need to acknowledge President-elect Biden

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 by Letters

By Pat Bowen, Iowa City In America, voters pick our leaders, our leaders do not pick and choose which voices to heed and which to silence. Americans turned out in record numbers and elected Joe Biden by an overwhelming margin of more than 5.7 million votes and with 306 electoral votes. Trump could not keep […]

Opinion

Letter from Rep. Christina Bohannan: Iowa’s proposed abortion and gun amendments are extreme and dangerous

Letters to the editor: Iowa’s bottle deposit law is 40 years old. It’s time for some updates.

Letter to the editor: Trump exploited good old American cussedness. Let’s reclaim it.

Letter to the editor: This is what treason looks like

Letter to the editor: My COVID-19 vaccine story

Letter: City Manager Fruin’s plan gives police more power, rebuffs Iowa Freedom Riders

Letter to the editor: A grown-up Christmas list

Letter to the editor: Trump and Reynolds kept Iowa from being a prison

Letter to the editor: Shouldn’t every vote count?

Letter to the editor: It’s time to retire Native mascots in Iowa and beyond

Letter to the editor: Response to letter defending Gov. Reynolds

Letter to the editor: Iowa’s senators need to acknowledge President-elect Biden

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