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Letters To The Editor
Hyperion means jobs
GRANVILLE, Iowa -- With all the environmental protection laws in place, and with modern technology, I have no fear of the environmental consequences of a modern oil refinery. It would be a tragedy if Siouxland would lose the Hyperion project because of misguided fears. Now, more than ever…
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An alternate site for the Super Bowl?
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa -- We decry the anti-terrorist costs of moving "Gitmo" trials from the relative safety of Guantanamo to New York, but we didn't think twice about the anti-terrorist costs in Miami as we prepared for the Super Bowl. It would seem logical to feature both the "Gitmo" trials…
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Roads resemble 'war zone'
SALIX, Iowa -- Surely there is a logical reason Siouxland roads look like a war zone, with no attempt to warn of or fix multiple enormous potholes.
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'We need health care reform now'
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Health care costs are continuing to rise, people with pre-existing conditions are still refused insurance, and families grow bankrupt from trying to keep their loved ones alive.
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'What does this say of our culture?'
SIOUX CITY -- On Jan. 17 the annual Siouxland Pro-Life Interfaith Prayer Memorial was held mourning 37 years of legalized abortion in our country.
Feb 07, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
When the stimulus money is gone ...
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- The headline declares: Stimulus pays for 9,100 jobs in Iowa. Of that number it appears that only 800 construction jobs are of the private sector. When the so-called stimulus money has dissipated and disappeared, how many of the remaining 8,300 public service jobs will…
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'Can't we do better than an oil refinery?'
ALCESTER, S.D. -- Do you really know what’s coming if Hyperion is built?
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Afraid of the truth?
SIOUX CITY -- For years myself and other Sioux City residents have wondered who was responsible for all these surveys that decided what we did or didn't want. It's always been our Chamber of Commerce who benefits and profits the most from these projects on our tax dollars, while we keep g…
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Dreams vs. realities
SIOUX CITY -- What is going to be the cost for each of the scenarios the city is asking "input" for? Is it going to increase property taxes for our local residents? Where is the city's budget right now for each of the scenarios? It's difficult to make a decision when there is not enough i…
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Rants defends vote on early retirement bill
SIOUX CITY -- In its Friday editorial, the Journal noted that I cast the lone “no” vote on SF 2062 – the governor's and Democrats' plan to lure state employees to take early retirement with the goal of saving cash in the budget.
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Sidewalks are in 'atrocious' shape
SIOUX CITY -- I agree with a Jan. 26 Letter writer that the sidewalks haven't been cleared. They are atrocious - this from a sidewalk walker of many years. Don't you think a month going by would have cleared up the problem? The city and its enforcement have fallen way short.
Feb 05, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
We all should take responsibility
SIOUX CITY -- The notion that politics or politicians can somehow quickly rectify generations of fiscal abuse by the general populace is ill-conceived. Since 1945 we have, collectively, squandered too much of what was left by the generations before us, and we have borrowed too much from t…
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Congress must address the deficit
KINGSLEY, Iowa -- It’s curious that the ballooning federal deficit wasn’t analyzed during the State of the Union address. After all, it is a critical aspect of the health of the United States. Deficit spending is obviously unsustainable, yet the legislative and executive branches cont…
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Questions about city spending
SIOUX CITY -- A Jan. 26 Journal article on the Sioux City budget talks about a 1.89 percent increase in the operating budget but keeping the same city tax rate as this year.
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'Just be transparent' about cameras
SIOUX CITY -- In my world, we have evidenced-based medicine. This means we look at data from thousands of patients and make educated assumptions that relate to our patient. Translate: If the red-light camaras don't prevent accidents or make no change in behavior, then the "treatment" didn…
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Republicans are acting like children
SIOUX CITY -- If the Republican Party did such a great job of governing in the past, they would not have a 59-41 minority in the Senate, a minority in the House, and a Democrat in the White House. All recent polls show that the American people blame THEM as much if not more than the Democ…
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Stop blaming Bush for everything
SIOUX CITY -- I am writing in response to the Mini Editorial of Jan. 19 in which the writer does not seem to know how this country works. By constitutional amendment, the federal government cannot go into any state without being asked. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the mayor wai…
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Repeal Iowa's corporate income tax
SLOAN, Iowa -- Here’s a tip from Economics 101 – the market and business is the engine that drives a prospering economy, NOT government. If the economy isn’t prospering, perhaps it’s because government is trying to manage the economy ... and is failing miserably as it always has a…
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Why block the driveways of residents?
SIOUX CITY -- The city's street crews did a great job cleaning the streets after the Christmas snow storms so cars and trucks could move around. With snow blades, they came by and filled our driveways to our homes and businesses. My family helped clean my driveway.
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Feeling the warmth of humanity
SIOUX CITY -- There is a warmth in humanity which I don't always understand, but I feel good about the response to the earthquake in Haiti. It came at me all at once - a city was destroyed and loves ones screamed and wailed for those buried in the rubble below. In haste, pits were dug for…
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