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letter to the editor

  • They Forgot Education is About Educating Children

    The Republican elected officials who represent me have forgotten the most important thing about education: its purpose is to educate children. On Nov. 9, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks introduced the CHOICE Act (HR 5959) which is a bill that takes federal money from public schools for private schools in states like Iowa. This bill is… Read more

  • Participate in the School Board Election

    Editor’s Note: The plan for Solon School Board election coverage is to post at least one weekly article on Saturdays until the election. I am looking at data provided by the county and will have an analysis soon. I’ve been told there will be a candidate forum and like in 2019 I plan to attend… Read more

  • Cleaning Up The Mess

    The debt ceiling is in the news. Once again, for the same reason: a Republican president ran up the debt on the American people and a Democratic president is left cleaning up the mess. At the same time, Iowa is participating in its decennial redistricting process. Voters in the Iowa Quad Cities aren’t sure who… Read more

  • Get to Work Congresswoman

    Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks appears to be dodging constituents in the Second Congressional District. According to her congressional website she has two constituent offices available: in the District of Columbia and in Ottumwa. That’s not enough. It’s time for the congresswoman to be more accessible by staffing offices where her constituents live. Ottumwa is Iowa’s 20th… Read more

  • Congressional Exaggeration

    Mariannette Miller-Meeks sounds like she’s having trouble dealing with a narrow win in her 2020 election. On June 22, she said on FOX News, “Democrats want Americans to believe state election laws are broken so they can then sell their ‘Corrupt Politicians Act’ as a means to fix the ‘broken’ system.” The appeal Rita Hart… Read more

  • Vote June 8

    Thank you Solon Economist for the articles about the June 8 special election to fill the board of supervisors vacancy created when Janelle Rettig resigned. Turnout in special elections is always light, and that makes your vote count even more. I listened to the May 19 Johnson County League of Women Voters forum and all… Read more

  • Be Neighborly, Get Vaccinated

    Last week we located our scars from the polio vaccine. It was fun as we reminisced and discussed a friend who got polio as a child. It was important for everyone who could to be vaccinated against polio. Today it’s important everyone who can get the COVID-19 vaccine. My perspective is from serving six years… Read more

  • New Type of Patriotism

    On Sept. 22, 2008 The Cedar Rapids Gazette published my letter to the editor, titled, “Americans should reject new type of patriotism.” Too few people got the message, so here it comes again. Americans should reject new type of patriotism Most veterans don’t talk much about their service. Concerned that we might lose our lives… Read more

  • Support A New Fire Station

    It’s been almost a year since the Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory reported the first three positive test results for COVID-19 in Iowa on March 8, 2020. The pandemic continues and I don’t know about you, but I’m getting cabin fever. The lingering snowfall hasn’t helped. I read the report of fund raising challenges for a… Read more

  • Need Some New Sawhorses

    I read with interest three letters in the Dec. 10 Solon Economist about the Second Congressional District election in which Mariannette Miller-Meeks won by six votes, according to Secretary of State certified results. Give it a rest folks. If Rita Hart wants to pursue her legal rights by appealing to the U.S. House for a… Read more