Make no mistake about it. Marshalltown, even at it’s current size, is rural. If you are a Baby Boomer you have become aware of how rural our health care system is. We have been affected for decades by budget cuts for public education. We need to reverse this trend by turning over the ballot and voting NO on Amendment 1. Well educated public school students will keep our community vital in the future.
As early voting is soon underway, please remember to complete your ballot and vote NO on Amendment 1. The NO vote does NOT raise our taxes. It maintains the current level of legislative flexibility to make changes in the tax rate if there is a budget emergency. A NO vote is in the best interests of taxpayers, our schools and other services provided by state funding, and it ensures that the legislature can act more quickly than a 60% majority requirement would allow.
Just when I say Trump is a Communist sympathizer, he approves Lindsey Graham’s legislation that puts powerful sanctions on Russia and then finally approves Ukraine’s building Patriot missiles to defend itself against Russia’s aerial attack. Just when one thinks Trump has come to his senses and actually realizes who our enemies are, he shoots himself in the foot. Concerning North Korea, we know he has rejoiced in the “love letters” from Kim Jung Un. He praised Kim’s ability as a dictator to say something and have his people sit up and listen. Trump calls off military drills ...
Ghosts? Fun! Zombies? Bring them on! Haunted houses? We’ll take two tickets. But this Halloween, there is something genuinely frightening we should talk about. Every day, animals are transported into slaughterhouses most of us will never see. What happens inside is kept far away from grocery stores, restaurant menus, and cheerful food packaging. We even use comfortable words like “beef,” “pork,” and “poultry” to help us forget who our food once was. Maybe that is because looking too closely would scare us. Here is the good news: Halloween horror is supposed to be pretend. ...
On World Food Day, people around the globe will discuss hunger, sustainability, and how to feed a growing population. There is another question worth asking: What are we feeding our food to? Vast quantities of crops, land, and water are used to raise animals who are then eaten by people. It is a remarkably resource-intensive way to produce food, especially while hundreds of millions of people face hunger. Ending animal agriculture alone will not solve the political and economic causes of food insecurity, but that does not make the system sensible. If we were designing tomorrow’s food ...
I am writing to share my thoughts on the proposed Data Center, following up on our recent conversation. Overall, I strongly support this project for several reasons: 1. Noise Ordinances: Existing noise regulations are already in place. If the business operates within these guidelines, there is no issue. If they exceed them, standard enforcement steps will handle it. 2. Lighting Ordinances: Similarly, lighting regulations already exist, and the company must comply with them. 3. Water Supply: Water Works confirmed supply is sufficient. Additionally, the owners have offered to ...