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• Richard's Ritings

  Created: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 11:08 Author: P. R.Goughnour

  By P. R.Goughnour   Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has taken a bold step forward by laying out a new path for our school system. Parents have long known that the present program has not been doing the job for years, but so far, I have not seen anything n...

• Richard's Ritings

  Created: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 13:26 Author: P. R. Goughnour

  It must have been twenty years ago when I was on the Burlington Convention and Tourism Bureau board of directors. I kept trying to get off, but no one else seemed to want the job, so I continued to serve, probably ten years or more. It was kinda interesti...

• Social Security

  Created: Wednesday, 05 October 2011 14:03 Author: Richard Goughnour

  Well, as long as I have received a Social Security check, mine has not increased one penny, in fact it has been holding less purchasing power each and every month. Our Congressman, Dave Loebsack managed to vote himself a “cost of living” raise recent...

• 1st Richard's Ritings

  Created: Wednesday, 05 October 2011 13:52 Author: Richard Goughnour

  Writing a column, whether in a newspaper or on the “net” is something I love to do. There are, of course, bumps and grinds in this game, but it is enjoyable. These “thoughts” will be strictly Republican oriented since I have been one for a lot of...

• Recession

  Created: Wednesday, 05 October 2011 13:59 Author: Richard Goughnour

  I would be the first person on this earth to tell you I was born way too soon to receive much of a formal education. The folks who are my age remember the second world war and the absence of good, young, qualified teachers in our school systems. You alrea...

• Richard's Ritings 2011 #10

  Created: Monday, 31 October 2011 09:03 Author: P. R. Goughnour

  Richard's Ritings P. R. Goughnour   My U. S. Congressman, Dave Loebsack sent me an e-mail recently to let me know that I, as a recipient of Social Security will be receiving a (COLA) that's Cost of Living Adjustment, that will amount to a  3.6 percen...

• Richard's Ritings 10/03/11

  Created: Wednesday, 05 October 2011 13:14 Author: Richard

  A few years ago in a “fit” of just being obnoxious I filled out a questionnaire that asked me what my net worth was, just approximately. Since these folks did not ask for a financial statement I filled it out for ten million dollars. One of those “d...

• 2nd Richard's Ritings

  Created: Wednesday, 05 October 2011 13:54 Author: Richard Goughnour

  Everyone, including you, has heard the old saying about taking the boy away from the farm, but not the farm away from the boy. I am living proof, with age at that, the old saying is as true today as it was many years ago. Farmers always seem to answer th...