Opinion

To the editor:Jefferson County, the state of Iowa, and this nation has a choice to make and if there was ever a time for choosing, it is now!Unless we the people change the path starting on Feb. 1, America is on the path to the graveyard of fallen nations. This nation, once respected throughout the world, is now reviled by a president and others that go around the world apologizing for the foundations of the ...

To the editor:It?s Christmas time again, when the sights and sounds all around us ? from television and radio programming to our city?s beautiful Central Park lights to our neighbor?s yard decorations ? all tell us ?it?s a time to be jolly.? Some feel that they must force themselves to be merry because, after all, ??tis the season.? In reality, however, they feel anything but merry.On Sunday, Dec. 20, the First ...

DES MOINES ? With a public hearing to consider the Dakota Access pipeline less than a month away, members of the Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure Now joined today to stress to regulators the ability of projects like Dakota Access to boost the Iowa economy through new tax revenue and skilled labor opportunities.On the heels of news that slumping farm income will reduce forecasted state revenue by more than ...

To the editor:As fall approaches and farmers are in the field, I would like to remind drivers that not only to be vigilant of the farmers and their equipment but also the deer that are on the move.We have had quite a few car-deer accidents in the county already. Every year I am amazed at the increasing fearlessness that the deer have of motor vehicles. Please be ever vigilant of this hazard, take a little more ...

To the editor:What does it take for the Fairfield Kiwanis Club to provide our pancake breakfast, and provide a successful Kids Day event every year? 90 dozen eggs, 50 gallons of buttermilk, 250 pounds of flour, and 500 pounds of sausage. But those are only the obvious things, and certainly not the most important!The success of Kids Day is driven by the support of the entire community. So, whether you volunteered...

To the editor:I read with interest the letter to the editor in the Sept. 10th edition of The Fairfield Ledger, written by Charlie Danaher of Boulder, Colorado, and a 1985 graduate of MIU, entitled ?Cherish the lives of the unborn.?He states that the ?flawed and evil premise? (abortion) leads to the tempting idea that if we?re going to kill them anyway, we might as well sell their body parts. He is referring to ...

To the editor:If corporations are persons then why don?t they land in jail when they break the law? More people are incarcerated in American jails than ever before, yet few, if any, corporate CEOs have been jailed, even when they?ve defrauded billions of dollars from regular folks.Has a corporate officer been sent to prison for dumping oil or chemicals into precious water resources? Not that I remember. But can ...

To the editor:I was so proud to read in Tuesday?s paper that my old buddy James Moore (the artist formerly known as ?Jimmy?) had disarmed a woman acting dangerously at the KRUU radio station and that the woman was subsequently transported to Jefferson County Health Center for evaluation.Then I read that despite the woman?s destructive behavior, he returned the gun to her!Perhaps my friend James could also ...

To the editor:I feel that not having a train whistle warning is a bad idea and we need to have them back.This week I had a close call with a train. I was approaching the crossing on Fourth Street at a very low rate of speed with a semi. Just about the time the front of the semi reached the area of the crossing arms, the lights and signals came on. Luckily, I got stopped in time, or when the warning arm came ...

To the editor:Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, spoke a week ago at a celebration honoring outgoing Sen. Tom Harkin, who served 40 years in the Congress and Senate.President Clinton said Tom Harkin showed us that politics can be a noble profession, and people who disagree can get together, work together and find common ground.Bill Clinton continued: No matter what we disagree on, we have ...

To the editor:The proposed Heartland Co-op grain elevator, at the location they?ve chosen for it on Nutmeg Avenue, is not a good fit for Fairfield. Many people who spoke at Monday?s supervisors meeting detailed the mounting concerns that neighbors and local citizens have about this industrial operation?s negative impacts. These include fire and explosion hazards, health problems caused by the volume of dust ...

To the editor:Our children deserve a chance at a bright future and it begins with creating a community that invests in their safety and wellbeing.This April, Jefferson County is participating in National Child Abuse Prevention Month to increase awareness that child abuse is preventable and that we all play a part in promoting the social and emotional wellbeing of children and families in our community.Community...