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 ...
Quad-City Times, Dec. 12Iowa voting crackdown finally yields arrests Iowa?s highly touted crackdown on improper voting finally has resulted in some arrests that appear to justify Secretary of State Matt Schultz? concerns. We?ll leave it to voters to decide if Schultz? concerns merit the breadth of his two-year, $280,000 investigation.Schultz drew headlines ? and some catcalls ? when he cross referenced ...
Last week, I took a few vacation days to spend time with my daughter Kendra, who is home visiting for Thanksgiving and an early Clark-family Christmas dinner.Being home on a weekday gave me a chance to watch some TV programs I normally never watch, like Wendy Williams? talk show, where I learned Kanye West thinks he and his baby?s mama, Kim Kardashian, are leading the way for American?s acceptance of interracial ...
To the editor:There are a variety of different taxes we must all pay. There is sales tax, gasoline tax, income tax, property tax and so on and so on. But, the tax that pays for our public safety is property tax.Residents of incorporated cities, who own property, pay both city and county taxes.Prior to 1972, the city of Fairfield and Jefferson County had numerous discussions on how to replace an out-dated jail ...
Quad-City Times, Nov. 30Iowa reports record year in the liquor business By any business measure, Iowa?s government-run liquor wholesaling business is a phenomenal success.New figures released by the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division report a 34.8 percent gross profit margin. That helped drive a record-setting $295.6 million in revenue, a 5 percent jump over last year.Look back even farther to see how this ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Oct. 27Issues with website represent least of Obamacare?s flaws Talk lately about Obamacare focuses primarily on what can only be described as the disastrous rollout of the government?s website to sign people up. Tales of frustration dominated recent headlines to the point President Barack Obama was compelled to call a press conference to address the issue.The president in that ...
I?m starting to think that the more dependent on technology we become, the harder things are for us. The world?s geniuses have come up with so many quick fixes and appliances geared toward convenience that soon, there will probably be a gadget that will get out of bed for us.That?s all well and good, until the technology breaks down. That?s when a back-to-basics movement looks like the ticket after all.A few ...
On December 11, 2012, there was an accident that claimed the life of my husband, Patrick Gridley, and injured my son Donald. Now, seven months later, they have charged my son as the driver.If anyone knows Pat Gridley, they know he would never let anyone drive him home, much less Donnie. It?s a known fact in town! As far as I know, Don has never run from any charges, never struck an officer or never had a weapons ...
My husband, Roger, and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary last week. Statistically speaking, we?re a marital miracle.The divorce rate for first marriages is reportedly between 40 and 50 percent. But for second marriages, in which at least one of the spouses has been married once before, the rate jumps to between 60 and 67 percent. We have managed, thus far, to beat the odds.The biggest challenge in our ...
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