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The focus should be on education

To the Editor: There is no doubt in my mind that we need a new and renovated high school. Before the bond was passed to build a new middle school, I was on the Middle School Building committee (KIDS). There were over 22 of us, nonselected, but volunteered to be on the committee. This committee consisted of people from various service clubs, middle school tutor volunteers, teachers and parents of middle students. We were under the direction of Superintendent Dennis Bahr and George Caggiano, Middle School principal. Our main goal was what was best for the kids, educational wise, ...

Supports renovation of High School

Letter to the editor - Bahr To the editor, I want to express my support for the renovation of our high school facility - not only to provide a better educational environment for our students, but also to strengthen and enhance our entire community. I have visited schools in Humboldt, Iowa Falls and Clear Lake and have seen firsthand the significant renovations those communities have made to their school facilities. Their schools have become a source of pride and a major selling point for their communities. It reinforced for me that when we invest in our schools, we are investing in ...

Wants unbiased governance

To the editor, Voters expect basic honesty, transparency and equal treatment from elected officials. Unfortunately, recent actions by Webster City leadership demonstrate a troubling patter of arbitrary enforcement and selective governance. While the city recently used a “City Beautification” initiative to issue code violations against senior citizens and individuals in nursing care - vulnerable residents who promptly corrected the notices-administration simultaneously looks the other way on glaring, long-term violations. For instance, commercial residential hedges at 1401 and ...

The Kicker

To the editor, In 1870 , American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885) wrote a poem called “The Kicker.” I hate to be a kicker I always long for peace But the wheel that does the squeaking Is the one that gets the grease.’’ They still had wagon wheels back then didn’t they? It’s in us from the start. Who gets more attention, a crying baby or a quiet one? Remember taxation without representation. This country actually started with a protest, the Boston Tea Party. I believe this, people get only what they accept. Our very smart forefathers wouldn’t accept an ...

Letter to the editor

To the editor, In 1870 , American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885) wrote a poem called “The Kicker.” I hate to be a kicker I always long for peace But the wheel that does the squeaking Is the one that gets the grease.’’ They still had wagon wheels back then didn’t they? It’s in us from the start. Who gets more attention, a crying baby or a quiet one? Remember taxation without representation. This country actually started with a protest, the Boston Tea Party. I believe this, people get only what they accept. Our very smart forefathers wouldn’t accept an ...

Letters to the editor

Letter to the editor Wants unbiased governance To the editor, Voters expect basic honesty, transparency and equal treatment from elected officials. Unfortunately, recent actions by Webster City leadership demonstrate a troubling patter of arbitrary enforcement and selective governance. While the city recently used a “City Beautification” initiative to issue code violations against senior citizens and individuals in nursing care - vulnerable residents who promptly corrected the notices-administration simultaneously looks the other way on glaring, long-term violations. For ...