Benton County Letters

Note from new mayor Dear Citizens of Belle Plaine, I would like to thank the large number of voters who turned out in the November election to participate in America’s most treasured freedom, the right to choose your elected leaders. I hope that as the New Year approaches the new city administration can give you [...]

Periods Dear Editor: I would like to ask the school board to reconsider the five-period school day. We have had the semester curriculum for four years now and this has been sufficient time to see if it has been beneficial to both the students and the staff members. There are many reasons why I believe [...]

Terrorists To the Editor: Former Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid have implied that the “Tea Party” was the same as terrorists in statements to the press. Let’s examine that charge by comparing the Tea Party gathering at the Washington Monument in D.C. to the Union “gathering” at the Wisconsin statehouse. The Tea Party gathering [...]

Reply Reply to Ms. Pech – As to taking things personally, it is indeed very upsetting when the council is left alone by an apparently disinterested public to make the decisions necessary to solve problems that arise only to have their actions decried and criticized after the die has been cast. The compost fee Ms. [...]