To the editor: Last fall the PA Dems elected Tony DeLuca with over 85% of the vote. Tony had been dead for weeks before the election! Sen Letterman is now writing RR safety legislation from his psych world! His wife says, “I don’t pay attention when he is speaking.” I suggest the Dems bumps Kamala…

To the editor: Following yet another mass shooting which took away the bright promise of three young lives at Michigan State University, we need to ask ourselves this question, which is more important, the lives of children or unfettered access to guns? The facts of the Michigan State shooting are clear. The gunman, Anthony Dwayne…

I would like to address the concerns of helicopter parents and Senate President Jake Chapman and his fellow Republican lawmakers on their determination to control books in school classrooms and libraries by allowing parents to sue districts over books they believe are obscene. The books they would ban are mostly written by Black, Hispanic and…

A recent piece published by the Mount Ayr Record News highlighted the problems with the Iowa legislature considering a bill that would allow parents to choose their children’s place of education. In doing so, the legislature would grant a parental reallocation of per student funding to a private school of their choosing rather than automatically…

To the editor: Joe in an unchallenged press statement said, “Remember what the economy was like when I got here? Jobs were hemorrhaging, inflation was rising, we weren’t manufacturing a damn thing here, we were in a real economic difficulty.” He has got away with this so many times, I’m even starting to believe! The…

To the editor: Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News, Tucker Carlson Tonight and noted culture warrior has taken aim at M&M candies. You might ask, can a candy have a gender personality? Well, Tucker thinks they can. “After the Brown M&M swapped her stilettos for lower block heels and the Green M&M traded in go-go…

To the editor: We enjoy reading about the Mount Ayr business men and women. I would like to add to the article about Mary Kathryn Gepner. In the school year of 1999 – 2000, when she taught at Abraham Lincoln School in Council Bluffs, Mary Kathryn was awarded Teacher of the Year. Jim and Donna…

To the editor: I would like to thank the staff at the Record News for their community-based features including last week’s story about the Mount Ayr Public Library. We have received a number of positive comments. Friday, the library was the meeting place for Dr. Jennifer Drinkwater of Iowa State University, an Extension Community Art…

To the editor: Iowa’s excellent public education system drew my wife and me back home in 1991. We’ve seen the communities our schools help create. As educators, we know what excellent education looks like. The Republican plan for private school vouchers will not encourage that excellence. In Iowa, private schools do not report on academic…