Letters to the Editor
Keep renewable energy profits in our rural area
The Iowa Legislature has an opportunity to help keep renewable energy profits in our rural areas rather than have outside investors extract resources and profits from those areas. SF 355, the C-BED (Community-Based Economic Development) bill, will support community and local ownership of wind energy resources. This legislation will help provide long-term, reasonably priced electricity while also protecting consumers from spikes in fuel costs.
In Minnesota, C-BED has generated nearly $1 billion in proposed economic development fairly quickly, according to the Iowa Farmers Union. IFU also points out that C-BED projects are typically financed with local area banks. C-BED projects keep a higher portion of construction and operational expenditures within the local and regional area, and they keep more dollars per KWh circulating in local and regional communities.
Major in-state and out-of-state utility and energy corporations are busy monopolizing wind resources all over Iowa. Their lobbyists will be pressuring Iowa House and Senate members, and leadership, to kill this bill. We should not allow this to happen. Renewable energy should be a resource whose benefits go to those who need them most: rural Iowans and rural Iowa communities.
Patrick Bosold
Fairfield
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Casino costs outweigh benefits
Letter cites academic research linking casinos to social woes.
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Casino would have negative impact
Cost of crime, extra law enforcement would cancel out gains from casino.
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Anti-casino voters had their chance
With casino presentation approaching, time for nay-sayers is over.
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In the here and now, casino jobs are the issue
Letter argues that jobs provided by new casino would outweigh any negatives.
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What are our government priorities?
Reader feels money wasted on Honey Creek would better serve the community through job creation.
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Dog situation avoidable by respecting laws
Letter writer understands officer split-second decision to keep himself, citizens safe.
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Settlement expansion undermines peace process
Writer shares beliefs on current situation in Israel.
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Bible explains what is happening, what’s to come
Writer describes biblical implications of recent earthquakes.
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History of the global warming movement
Letter discussing the global warming movement's roots.
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‘We the people’ must send message to D.C.
Some thoughts on what "we the people" really means.
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