Readers Talk Back — March 17
• Terry Branstad gave us two tax increases, factory farming and gambling. And he is leading in the polls. Can't we come up with someone who has a clean slate? — Webster City • Why wouldn’t the city fill the city clerk position from within? We have an assistant city manager and a finance manager. This could save the city about $70,000 a year.
» Full StoryReaders Talk Back — March 10
• Problem: Children are being cheated out of their education rights due to budget cuts. Solution: Cut salaries of senators and representatives and eliminate pensions. Opposition to that? Let the people of Iowa vote on it.
» Full StoryCounty owned signs
• How can the city take down county-owned signs without talking to the county first?
— Webster City
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Cheer with cheerleaders
• The cheerleaders can't win. They ask the crowd to support the Lynx by standing up and no one does.
» Full StoryA better person to honor
•Why don't they do a butter sculpture of Ed Thomas for the Iowa State Fair? Ed was a genuine, good person.
» Full StoryObama bosses
•An environmental scientist who works for the EPA for 35 years issued a report that said global warming has subsided the past 10 years. Has Obama bosses buried the report.
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