Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Net zero wise or foolish
Editor:This past March 11 - the second Monday was an appointed meeting of the Ancient Order of Quiet Birdmen. As you will learn, all members are experienced aviators. The organization was ...
Don’t do away with county compensation boards
By Robert LeonardSome of the very worst elected public officials in Iowa are members of our county boards of supervisors. Sure, there are some fine ones, but many don’t have the sense God gave a goo...
Letter to the Editor: Benton Community special election
Dear Editor, Striking to me how many citizens opt out of local and national elections. Case in point, 75% of eligible voters decided to stay home for Monday's Special election, wonder how many of...
Be careful who you vote for
The cat is out of the bag. If you want to win in Benton County, you have to run as a Republican. There's nothing like hearing a political candidate tell a crowd that when asked what party they would b...
Letter to the Editor: Trump speaks code to his followers
Dear Editor:Beware of people who are oblivious to the obvious. People who lose an election, and believe they won. Not based on evidence. But based on what they “feel.”I am a Cons...
Letter to the Editor: Is this right?
Dear Editor, Upon reading the last few days; I think there is some unfair and unjust things going on. The following is a quote:Seeman Moved/Primmer seconded: To authorize posting of the vac...
Letter to the Editor: B.B.B.
Dear Editor, What is B.B.B. you ask. If some of you recall some of my contributions to the "Editorial" part of Vinton Today, you may know I coined the letters for BIDEN'S BIGGEST BLUNDER t...
To my readers
The last several weeks have been a struggle to get Vinton Today to some of you and some days it's been a battle to get anything out to ALL of you! For a few weeks now we've been battling a case of "b...
Our Supervisors only get "part time" pay: Poor, poor, rich men
I have to admit I did some eye-rolling during the supervisor's meeting today. But to be honest, I think it's just a default setting for my eyeballs.Our poor, poor supervisors. Can we please set up a g...
Letter to the Editor: Statistics and are they true?
Dear Editor, To D.E. and others --- Thus: total abortions 1973 – 2021 – 63,459,781 -- from a google search. That is 48 years. Thus 63,4...