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Immigration issue has been falsely portrayed

Watching Trump spew his racist vomit about Haitian immigrants during the presidential debate and then listening to him compare the black candidate for North Carolina governor as King on steroids to me is the last straw, a dagger into the heart of common decency. Americans need to understand the immigration issue has been falsely portrayed by both political parties and the big capitalist press. Immigration poses an interesting paradox! Immigrants are seeking relief on American soil when it is American foreign policy that actually caused their social, environmental, economic and ...

Grand marshal should be from Marshalltown

Last week there was a front page article in the TR entitled “Meet the grand marshall” referring to the Oktemberfest parade that occurred this past weekend in our town. My question is: why was this “creative weirdo,” as he described himself in the article, chosen as the grand marshall of a Marshalltown-sponsored event? Being from Des Moines with no specific qualifications or ties to our city, except that he has been visiting in the area quite a bit the past 15 years since he married a Conrad man. He apparently did win a NETFLIX baking contest and owns an unusual bakery in Des ...

Vote for change, Vote for security, Vote Joel Oliva

Recently, the Iowa Legislature passed sweeping property tax reform. This was a change for all local government bodies in their budgeting process. Per Iowa Code 331.510, the auditor is responsible for the annual valuation report due to both the Department of Management and the governing body of each taxing district by January 1 of each year. The auditor’s office finally submitted this report on January 22nd, with another error correction submitted to the City of Marshalltown on January 26th and finished 97th out of 99 counties in the State of Iowa. Listen for yourself to her interview ...

Vote Mark Doland for Tama County Supervisor District 4

With mere weeks remaining until the November 5th election, it is so very important that voters within District 4 vote Republican, and cast your ballot for Mark Doland, Supervisor. Mark is undoubtedly the strongest, most conservative and ethical candidate southern Tama County has ever had in any Supervisor race. His vast educational background and decades of work experience will bring so many impactful ideas forward to improve the lives of all Tama County taxpayers. Mark has an immense amount of knowledge as to how a strong conservative leader can turn our county around for positive ...

I just read that Police Chief Tupper would like to dispose of the bicycles found by police officers. I want to propose that numerous children in Marshalltown would love to have a bike to ride. Instead of disposing of the bikes, how about setting up a day or two when children accompanied by adults could go to the storage area, choose one of the found bikes, and take it home with them? There would be no cost if the dates were put on social media. It rids the need for storage and benefits children in our community.

We are not going back

Hey fellow Iowans, have you been watching what has been happening? • The stock market is breaking records and S&P 500 breaks records every day. • Our economy is lapping all countries, including China. • Inflation is going down, was 8.3 percent in 2022 and is now at 2.5 percent. • Gas prices are going down in most areas. • Mortgage interest rates are down and could go lower by the end of this year. • According to the FBI, crime is down 12 percent since 2019. • Job growth has increased by 15.7 million since 2020. • Wage growth, per top economists, ...