In regards to Al Seabrook’s letter of April 18, I’m glad he and his wife have a $50,000 annual income …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 10:04 am5358d ago
In regards to Al Seabrook’s letter of April 18, I’m glad he and his wife have a $50,000 annual income …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 10:02 am5358d ago
I voted no on the sales tax extension. It always seemed very unfair to funnel flood water through downtown Cedar …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:58 am5358d ago
Just two days after the defeat of the local-option sales tax extension, a front page Gazette article talked of when …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:57 am5358d ago
I love Cedar Rapids, and I believe that if you love something, you support it and protect it. I’ve never …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:53 am5358d ago
Now that the local-option sales tax (referendum) rush is over, it’s time to take a more realistic look at flood …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:53 am5358d ago
Well, here we are all living in “the city of no”, as my wife and I have been referring to …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:52 am5358d ago
In response to a couple of recent letters, I say, “Did you read your words after you wrote them?” I …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:51 am5358d ago
Last year, I wrote a letter suggesting that anyone applying for a hunting license should have to pass the Minnesota …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:51 am5358d ago
On April 26, I had the privilege to go to Washington, D.C., as a World War II veteran with the …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:49 am5358d ago
The extent to which distortions and half-truths are thrust at the American people in the name of liberty is truly …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:48 am5358d ago
Fact No. 1: In a close vote, the local-option sales tax was defeated. Fact No. 2: Our city still has …
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Letters to the Editor May. 14, 2011 9:47 am5358d ago
It didn’t take long for the City Council to see that without the extended (sales) tax (for flood protection and …
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Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2011 10:35 am5359d ago
Well, the city “powers that be” are at it again. Now they want to relocate the Time Check Recreation Center, …
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Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2011 12:41 am5360d ago
Does anyone remember the leftist-manufactured anxiety attack called the ozone hole? We were all going to get skin cancer and …
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