Bob, as always I enjoy reading and learning of others thoughts, opinions and respect them. I quite often find that there are many often time don't even begin to respect mine. I like yours as I feel u respect mine.
With that, I am supportive of changing where a family can decide where their children go to school. Over the years I've seen it is right. I first saw it many years ago in a packing town. The amt of in and out weekly of hispanic students caused a educating nightmare for the teachers spending so much extra time with these.. Local families had their children getting shorted and bored, so they sent them to a neighboring small school district where this was not the problem yet. These families were still paying property taxes for the school district they were in, of course the district they sent to got none of it. If families want to send their children to a accredited Christian school why shouldn't part of the state $$ go with them. Will our public schools go down hill? Or, get better? So, I support what the Governor did.
I also support the idea of consolidating state offices as as we look in past the government tends to grow which adds to bureaucracy and waste, in my humble opinion. Just what does burgeoning government do to add to GNP?
I agree we have drinking water problems in Iowa. According to the EPA, I believe was where I saw it, Iowa is not in the top 10 worse states. Now I agree this is not a reason to not address the problem but I wish it would be acknowledged by the ones telling how bad it is.
I beIieve that much of the old Iowa, not old Iowans per say, is not in favor of ultra left leaning politicians.
Oh, on the subject of 2/3, or whatever, of Iowa counties population shrinking. It's been going on for maybe a hundred years. Why wouldn't it? There has always been the migration to the cities where the employment is at. Agricultural production has been consolidating since my Great Grandfather started farming with an 80 acres. It has grown thru the generations because an 80 is not sustainable. growth in farm size has to increase to be able to purchase the machinery and technology produced by the manufactures. And we know the employees of such never want less.
Small rural towns don't offer what some people feel they need today for shopping, recreation and even education for their families.
I respect your opinions very much. Thanks for sharing an alternative view. I'm always interested in alternative views that are as detailed and thoughtful as yours!
Thank you, most of the time there are alternative views often stemming from experience. I will try to forward you some thoughts of mine I sent to Art Cullen about the swine industry and the labor that sustains it.. I totally believe you will find them interesting. Art will not respond to my questions and thoughts as he says I'm 'not a paying subscriber'. As we all know the word 'affordable' has a different meaning for everyone.
It seems that a lot of people are too quick to form judgements around fears for which there is no basis. When people who have no formal education in science, religion. history, etc are told something by the media which is often trying to entertain them or make up things to frighten rather than inform them. I grew up reading the Des Moines Reg. and the Pella Chronicle when the layout of those two sources made it easier to distinguish what type of information we were reading. There were just a few radio stations which had well defined broadcasts varying from weather forecasts to soap operas. That did not stop people from making up things and trying to elevate themselves or deliberately try to ruin someone's reputation through conversation with others. Today, however, even well educated people often have a difficult time deciding if various media are feeding us facts or lies. We have a very incomplete history of what humans did when they first appeared on our planet. But in my brief life which began in 1933 this particular time seems the most threatening to me as too many people seem to be clueless both to changes in our planet and/or think there is no danger to our democracy.
I personally don't believe people have to have a formal education to be informed and sort thru the biased info. Must read carefully and be aware of words like 'may, could, might, maybe etc'.
I know lots of people who are successful, have good judgement and down right good common sense and no formal education. They take an interest in the world around them.
Bob, as always I enjoy reading and learning of others thoughts, opinions and respect them. I quite often find that there are many often time don't even begin to respect mine. I like yours as I feel u respect mine.
With that, I am supportive of changing where a family can decide where their children go to school. Over the years I've seen it is right. I first saw it many years ago in a packing town. The amt of in and out weekly of hispanic students caused a educating nightmare for the teachers spending so much extra time with these.. Local families had their children getting shorted and bored, so they sent them to a neighboring small school district where this was not the problem yet. These families were still paying property taxes for the school district they were in, of course the district they sent to got none of it. If families want to send their children to a accredited Christian school why shouldn't part of the state $$ go with them. Will our public schools go down hill? Or, get better? So, I support what the Governor did.
I also support the idea of consolidating state offices as as we look in past the government tends to grow which adds to bureaucracy and waste, in my humble opinion. Just what does burgeoning government do to add to GNP?
I agree we have drinking water problems in Iowa. According to the EPA, I believe was where I saw it, Iowa is not in the top 10 worse states. Now I agree this is not a reason to not address the problem but I wish it would be acknowledged by the ones telling how bad it is.
I beIieve that much of the old Iowa, not old Iowans per say, is not in favor of ultra left leaning politicians.
Oh, on the subject of 2/3, or whatever, of Iowa counties population shrinking. It's been going on for maybe a hundred years. Why wouldn't it? There has always been the migration to the cities where the employment is at. Agricultural production has been consolidating since my Great Grandfather started farming with an 80 acres. It has grown thru the generations because an 80 is not sustainable. growth in farm size has to increase to be able to purchase the machinery and technology produced by the manufactures. And we know the employees of such never want less.
Small rural towns don't offer what some people feel they need today for shopping, recreation and even education for their families.
I respect your opinions very much. Thanks for sharing an alternative view. I'm always interested in alternative views that are as detailed and thoughtful as yours!
Thank you, most of the time there are alternative views often stemming from experience. I will try to forward you some thoughts of mine I sent to Art Cullen about the swine industry and the labor that sustains it.. I totally believe you will find them interesting. Art will not respond to my questions and thoughts as he says I'm 'not a paying subscriber'. As we all know the word 'affordable' has a different meaning for everyone.
It seems that a lot of people are too quick to form judgements around fears for which there is no basis. When people who have no formal education in science, religion. history, etc are told something by the media which is often trying to entertain them or make up things to frighten rather than inform them. I grew up reading the Des Moines Reg. and the Pella Chronicle when the layout of those two sources made it easier to distinguish what type of information we were reading. There were just a few radio stations which had well defined broadcasts varying from weather forecasts to soap operas. That did not stop people from making up things and trying to elevate themselves or deliberately try to ruin someone's reputation through conversation with others. Today, however, even well educated people often have a difficult time deciding if various media are feeding us facts or lies. We have a very incomplete history of what humans did when they first appeared on our planet. But in my brief life which began in 1933 this particular time seems the most threatening to me as too many people seem to be clueless both to changes in our planet and/or think there is no danger to our democracy.
I personally don't believe people have to have a formal education to be informed and sort thru the biased info. Must read carefully and be aware of words like 'may, could, might, maybe etc'.
I know lots of people who are successful, have good judgement and down right good common sense and no formal education. They take an interest in the world around them.
Lots of excellent info in this column. Thank you Bob
The Republicans in Iowa are the reason I will not move back to my home state.
How many millions of dollars in the red are they now from the school voucher scam? I read $20 million.