Cropland prices are skyrocketing to absurd levels due to both increased corn prices and government subsidy. As more cash is …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2011 12:05 pm5276d ago
Cropland prices are skyrocketing to absurd levels due to both increased corn prices and government subsidy. As more cash is …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2011 12:05 pm5276d ago
I’m writing about the Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa project that is going forward. I was at one of the City …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2011 12:04 pm5276d ago
Judith Rutledge complains that the Iowa House would punish women if our taxes aren’t used for “medically necessary” abortions for …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2011 11:55 am5276d ago
Before voting for the 1 percent local-option sales tax extension on May 3, take a hard look at the local …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:23 am5277d ago
Kudos to the referee at the recent AAU tournament who walked off the court following a first half of trash …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:21 am5277d ago
The Gazette seems to imagine ghosts lurk in Branstad’s biennial budgeting process. Your editorial (April 16) expressed a desire for …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:16 am5277d ago
Lesson regarding the conservative agenda: Since Reaganomics, conservatives have done much to attack those least able to defend themselves while …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:15 am5277d ago
We’d like to recognize and thank the Grovert family for its Lent display at the Grovert Motor Co. along Highway …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:13 am5277d ago
The American middle class was a result of the 1930s Great Depression and World War II. People wanted a better …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:12 am5277d ago
Once again Cedar Rapids needs money, and once again Cedar Rapids has proposed a countywide local-option sales tax levy to …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:11 am5277d ago
More than 3 billion bushels of U.S. corn are used for ethanol production every year now. People are starting to …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2011 11:10 am5277d ago
Regarding Anita Hansen’s April 9 letter: Life is hard out here. We have been lied to regarding COLA (government cost-of-living-adjustment …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2011 1:32 pm5278d ago
I notice that Mariannette Miller-Meeks was in Iowa City on April 11, exhorting seniors to be “joyful” as a way …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2011 1:26 pm5278d ago
The Gazette’s April 9 front page reported that the government shutdown was avoided at the last minute. One of the …
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