Sports

To the editor:With the upcoming special election for county residents to vote for the support of the pool and gym project, I would like to share some of the reasons I feel a yes vote is important to our community.When I say community, I mean all of Jefferson County because we truly are all one.As a lifelong resident and business owner I believe these facilities are very important to the continued growth and ...

To the editor:National groups have banded together in a boycott of the cookie sales by the Girl Scouts because of their ties with the Planned Parenthood business.There has been growing concern over the years about the slant of the Girl Scouts? resources, role models and affiliations. The Girl Scouts continual collaboration with the billion dollar Planned Parenthood enterprise whose foundation is deeply racist ...

To the editor:What part of ?no? did the Fairfield outdoor pool and gymnasium task force and the supervisors not understand when the unincorporated portions of Jefferson County rejected the $1 million support for this project in August?Sports enthusiasts should know it doesn?t matter if you lost the competition by one point or 26 points ? you LOSST. The task force had the impression that the first vote was not ...

The Burlington Hawk Eye, Feb. 1Public purposes: Iowa?s Lake Delhi to return with taxpayer help It?s been four years since a raging Maquoketa River destroyed the 80-year-old dam that created Iowa?s Lake Delhi.The ruined dam and now-dry lake bed are near the Delaware County town of Delhi, which is midway between Waterloo and Dubuque.The 2010 flood also took out the spillway and the county road that ran along ...

Mason City Globe Gazette, Jan. 23.Legislation aiding veterans belongs on fast track Gov. Terry Branstad says he wants to make this legislative session a landmark one for the state?s veterans. We support that support for those who have served and are glad that legislation to aid them appears on a fast track.Legislation to exempt military pensions from state income tax is moving quickly through the Senate, ...

To the editor:What are members of our national government trying to pull over on us now?Did you know that Senators Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, and Representative David Camp have just conspired among themselves to make a back room deal, just the three of them, to put a fast track bill for the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership up for the direct vote of Congress?The Trans-Pacific Partnership, usually designated ...

To the editor:I am really upset about what is going on in our local government. You have people in control who are trying to spend their way out of a bad economy.How in the world does that work? You have rising prices and more taxation. Enough is enough. It seems the people that are pushing for more spending have money and are not concerned about the people that are struggling.Until people rise up and say no ...

To the editor:I?m writing for a few different reasons. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.As a bell ringer for the Salvation Army I want to thank all who contribute to the cause.Now, I want to talk about evolution. No, I don?t believe mankind came from monkeys. We were created as we are on the outside by The God Almighty. We have however evolved in our morals and ethics in a bad ...