To the members of the Iowa City Parks & Recreation Commission and City Council, We are writing to express our support for keeping the downtown Robert A. Lee (RAL) pool open and for making necessary repairs. Having attended several meetings of the City Council and the Parks & Recreation Department, and after reviewing relevant information […]
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Letter to the editor: Franken will represent all Iowans in the U.S. Senate
By Paul Deaton, Solon Iâve been with retired Admiral Michael Franken enough to know he would make an excellent U.S. Senator. My comparison is with Tom Harkin, with whom I also spent time. Harkin is arguably Iowaâs best senator to date. If elected, Franken could also be one of the great U.S. Senators from Iowa. […]
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Letter to the editor: Attorney General Miller is a longstanding force in Iowa politics
By Natalie Sherman, Des Moines One decade in politics can seem like a lifetime, so several decades and ten terms in office is certainly a momentous feat. While some might be ready to back down after so many years in the political arena, Attorney General Tom Miller seems to have no interest in slowing his […]
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Letter to the editor: I dodged a bullet
By Jeanne Liston, North Liberty I dodged a bullet, twice. In the late sixties I was eighteen weeks pregnant when I began leaking amniotic fluid. My doctor hospitalized me immediately and started an IV of Pitocin to induce labor. He knew, as did I, that if I continued the pregnancy without the barrier of amniotic […]
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Letter to the editor: Has she no shame?
By Don Paulson, Letts Has she no shame? Republican U.S. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks has recently been blaming President Biden for inflation and high fuel prices, among other things. She surely knows that post-pandemic demand and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not helped matters. And she also probably knows that huge corporations are crying “inflation” to […]
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Letter to the editor: Nagasaki, the Golden Rule and the fight for peace
By Ed Flaherty, Iowa City, Veterans for Peace #161 In 1958, four Quaker sailors set off in their sailboat, the Golden Rule, from California with the Marshall Islands their destination. They intended to interpose themselves into the nuclear testing being done by the U.S. government in the Marshall Islands. They made it as far as […]
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Letter to the editor: Hinson and Miller-Meeks brazenly work to roll back our rights
By Ellen Ballas, Iowa City Representatives Hinson and Miller-Meeks recently voted to: 1) prohibit women from crossing state lines for an abortion, and, 2) prohibit access to contraception. (HR 8378 & HR 8373) Itâs indefensible that in 2022 we are facing this appalling reality. Women have fought for decades to liberate our gender from the […]
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Letter to the editor: Grassley leads the radical right
By Dave Bradley, West Liberty Iowa U.S. Senate candidate, Mike Franken, supports constitutionally protected abortion. Therefore, letâs consider Senator Chuck Grassleyâs insidious role in the Supreme Court decision to end Roe. As Senate Judiciary Chair in 2016 Grassley held open the Supreme Court seat, refusing to consider President Obamaâs nominee, asserting it was the last […]
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Letter to the editor: Donât let social media discourage you — vote
By Paul Deaton, Solon A lot changed in political campaigns since I worked my first for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Democrats and Republicans are now at a place where established patterns repeat each cycle: marching in parades, having a booth at the county fair, putting up sign advertising, and canvassing voters. These may be comforting, […]
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Letter to the editor: It’s not as simple as ‘moving on’ after a forced pregnancy/birth
By Jeanne Liston, North Liberty In 1965 before I got married, I made an appointment with a physician for my first pelvic exam. After the exam I requested a prescription for birth control pills. He looked at me, shuffled through my paperwork, and then stated, âYouâre Catholic,â and refused the prescription. I was surprised and […]
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Letter to the editor: Fourth of July hooligans left Happy Hollow Park a mess
By Mike Fallon, Iowa City This morning, my neighborhood park (Happy Hollow) was a total pigsty. Yesterday, rabble-rousers lit off fireworks for hours and trashed the park. A visit to the park this morning revealed spent fireworks debris, spilled food waste, smeared charcoal stains, and lots and lots of trash. I watched city sanitation workers […]
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Letter to the editor: Give Phil Hemingway a chance, Johnson County
Had an interesting conversation with Phil Hemingway at the Iowa City Farmer’s Market July 2nd. I’ve known Phil for decades — he was our go-to auto mechanic for many years. He’s now running for Johnson County Board of Supervisors for the fifth time. He’s a Republican, and I’m a left-wing progressive-to-radical. I asked him about […]
