Opinion
To the Editor: Brad Anderson would help those who vote by mail
To The Editor:
The top priority of the Iowa Secretary of State ought to be increasing election turnout. Iowans care deeply about ensuring voter access to the polls and it’s time for a Secretary of State who agrees. I proudly support Iowa Secretary of State candidate Brad Anderson.
Since graduating college I have lived in six countries, but always maintained my permanent address here in Iowa.
To the Editor: How a 'Safe at Home' program could help domestic assault victims
It has come to my attention, through a former student of mine, that a segment of Iowa's population may not be able to participate in the electoral process here because our state lacks a safeguard for the privacy rights of victims of domestic violence. Secretary of State Candidate Brad Anderson is proposing a solution to this problem which I believe merits consideration and implementation.
Peeking at the Guest Book: A beginner's guide to grief
“You gave away one of our secrets,” said Frank, the Funeral Home Guy.
We had just buried my mom — and three weeks to the day later, my grandfather — when I wrote the following words:
“Some people think that the purpose of The Guest Book is to keep track of the people who attend a funeral or visitation, so you can properly thank them.
To the Editor: Change must be made in November
To the Editor,
“Survival in the market often requires recognizing mistakes and changing course. Survival in politics requires denying mistakes, continuing the current policies, adding new ones to correct the old ones, and then blaming the bad consequences on others.”
“Whatever its shortcomings economically, what government job creation programs can do politically is create a large classes of people beholden to the government and likely to vote for those who gave them jobs in hard times.
Junk Ads: A humorous look at what you don't see here
One of the things we like to boast about at Vinton Today is the fact that everything on our site is local. All the news, all the ads.
Very few other news sites can say that. Most even have agreements that require them to use ads for national businesses.
Not us. We decided from the beginning to make Vinton Today all about our community.
A final salute to Vinton Marine Larry Michael

The only clear choice in Iowa's 2014 Senate election
When, in the course of events, a voter identifies a statesmen who so eloquently defends the things in which the voter believes, it behooves the voter to defy convention and earnestly support that candidate.
Never, in two score and nine years, have a voter and a candidate had so much in common.
I hate chickens.
Bruce Braley hates chickens.
Footprints in the sands of time

Letter To The Editor: It's just short time until the November Election
A Leader is a person who inspires people to do more than they think they could. Many people in our military are trained to do just that. Some people in public service have this trait, but in this era sorely lacking. Many of us more senior can remember the leadership shown by President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Reagan, President Clinton, and President G.
The Indy 500 in my Livingroom
We inherited a few cats from my daughter after one of hers had kittens and my daughters pregnancy allergies just weren't allowing them all to reside in the same house, so it was time to call the farm.
Mindy, our dog, has put up with the new cat fairly well. That is until the cat, which we have named Mork, reaches into the dog's bucket to grab a piece of dog food.