Heidi Marquardt’s recent letter to the editor published in the Globe Gazette was intentional with forethought and malice aimed directly at her brother-in-law, NIT publisher Matt Marquardt.
What Mrs. Marquardt left out was the mayor’s frequent public drunkenness throughout this city. The arrogant behavior he displayed in our stores and shops. His reckless approach to allowing a dangerous trash burning plant to locate here without due diligence thereby putting the community at risk. The list is long.
Bookmeyer pulled the rug out from under the downtrodden whom turned to the Human Rights agency as a means of protection against exploitation. He was not responsible for the Park Inn project or the street beautification. Mrs. Marquardt would have to look long and hard to find one thing that could be considered positive that has Bookmeyer’s name attached to it.
She should know better, having been in Bookmeyer’s camp for years and being an integral part of his first campaign in 2009.
What this has turned into is all of Bookmeyer’s original cronies are protecting him now in order to protect themselves. How could some one like Heidi Marquardt do any differently? Not supporting Bookmeyer now would be seen in the community as an acknowledgment by her of all of the misdeeds and bad behavior Bookmeyer has suffered upon his citizens. She thinks publicly supporting him washes it all away and restores his reputation. I suppose in her own mind, it does. The people of Mason City know differently, and now she is forever tied to this buffoon.
It will be a bumpy ride.
Peter Children
Hey Peter, Matt certainly has B**ls between “you” legs but apparently you don’t. Run for an elected office like Matt is doing. Don’t just stand on the sidelines BI**HING.I have a lot more respect for Matt because of this. I have a lot less respect for you because you didn’t.
Hey Reggie, you obviously don’t know Peter Children. Your rebuttal to him not giving a “rat’s ass” got to you didn’t it.. (That was not a question.)
I know him, and when he says something he means it. He lays out his thoughts and signs his name. He has one one me there. He has one on you too!
Getting paid for writing something is irrelevant.
It’s about the information in the articles, good or bad.
Your are trying to find fault with the messenger. An old political trick. Doesn’t work anymore.
Matt..you can pick your friends, but unfortunately you can’t pick your relatives.
Do you people realize I don’t give a rats ass about what you think of me, I care even less about your negative comments concerning me. Get serious, how can I take seriously remarks made by people who hide their identity. People who refuse to take responsibility for what they write lack conviction…and as I told Reggie…..a spine.
You say you could could lose your job if you signed your real name, you say your wife might leave you, your neighbors will think badly of you. The real unvarnished truth is your are all cowards, each of you who have diarrhea of the mouth and can spew unfounded criticism towards me and at the same time hide behind false identities.
Your propose to defend Eric Bookmeyer and continually ask me for “proof”….I don’t owe you proof, I don’t owe you a damned thing. Did anyone ever stop and think, I know that a lot to ask of this crowd, but try it, just why Bookmeyer won’t lunch with me? Let me answer that for you. He won’t sit across the table from me because he cannot afford to be confronted with the truth….just like the rest of you.j
Pete, The article by Heidi Marqurdt if you read it was not aimed at her brother in law. Her article was in support of the mayor. I knew you couldn’t write but now I wonder if you can read. The sad part is your hatred for Bookmeyer has lead you blindly. Unfortunately with all your attempts and meetings to find candidates to run come November. My projection is that all four candidates up for re-election will win. First of all because most people won’t take a candidate serious that you and nit support and a person with any moral compass won’t want your endorsement. So in the end Heidi Marquardt is going to be a driving force that helps bookmeyer get re-elected in a landslide. Then you will have an excuse because of low voter turn out. Truth is people are tired of your bs and fortunately NIT keeps allowing your bs articles. Actually in the end because of endless rant and raves you will be a bigger reason that bookmeyer gets re-elected but you and your ego are just are not smart enough to figure that out. So keep up the good work your doing good work and you are hitting them hard. NOT!
I’m not going to address the tenor of Peter’s Op ED but two things he brings up in this piece deserve a bit of retort.
1. “His (Bookmeyer’s) reckless approach to allowing a dangerous trash burning plant to locate here without due diligence thereby putting the community at risk.” This assertion is crap. Just how was his approach “reckless”? The applicant asked for approval – nothing reckless here. A “dangerous trash burning plant” – says who? How about some facts on it? This project did not go forward because of the landfill commission populated by citizens of other communities.
2. “Bookmeyer pulled the rug out from under the downtrodden whom turned to the Human Rights agency as a means of protection against exploitation.” Another load of crap. The “downtrodden” have multiple agencies to assist them in all sorts of ways including an HRC at the state level. Reducing Mason City’s HRC down to the level of similar sized cities in Iowa is simply prudent budgeting supported by local taxpayers.
oh Peter, let’s see a let of all your volunteer efforts and donations. that would be proof positive that you are indeed an upstanding community minded person and not a whore mongering hack.
Dead horse, I give you Peter Children with a baseball bat.
Peter-I agree with your comments about her comments being intentional and with malice and with the goal of belittling Matt and that is a shame. It is easy to see that she is firmly in the mayors camp. Not knowing the lady at all I don’t think I would go along with your other comments about her. As far as the mayor, he is a public figure and therefore fair game. I agree with most of what you have said about the damage he has done to the city as that is a matter of public record. The comments about him being drunk I can’t support as there is no proof on that other than some people who say they saw him.
I never thought of that, but I think pEter is right. They are protecting their own reps by protecting bookee’s. If he is outted as the snake in the grass that the elderly persons know him to be, then people who supported him all along are guilty by association. This op-ed from mrs marquart was a defense mechanism. I think the people of germany did this in the 1940s. They ignored or supported the nazis while they slaughtered the jews. Kinda like when eric slaughters a bottle of scotch. Peter thank you for explaining this so plainly.
More pure poetry from PC. Keep it flowing my man, the people are behind you.
Peter, Heidi has done more for this community in her lifetime than you have and she is half your age. She is a successful business woman who was born and raised in Mason City. She has volunteered her time and served on numerous boards and commissions. So what have you and Nit done to serve and help the citizens of Mason City. I would like to know.
As far as the Mayor being supposedly drunk in public. This is getting old. Everyone knows that if this were true you would have some video and placing it on NIT. In three and half years you have nothing. If you did you would be displaying for the world to see.
More hatred and jealousy by someone who has nothing better to occupy his time.
How or in what way are you compensated for the Op-Eds you submit to NIT?