Tax and spend is all our city seems to be able to do. The people of Cedar Rapids need to …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 10:51 am5372d ago
Tax and spend is all our city seems to be able to do. The people of Cedar Rapids need to …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 10:47 am5372d ago
When our City Council is willing to hold meetings nearly every night to convince us that we should vote yes, …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 10:46 am5372d ago
How can anyone with a loving, compassionate heart vote a tax onto the backs of tens of thousands of fellow …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 10:45 am5372d ago
I’m voting against the one cent local-option sales tax extension because the “option” lasts for 20 years. The merits of …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 10:44 am5372d ago
I am a resident of the northwest side and in June 2008, my home flooded. I will be voting no …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 10:41 am5372d ago
It’s clear to me that proponents of the local-option sales tax don’t have a clue as to what’s really going …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 12:10 am5373d ago
I won’t be here at the end of your one-percent tax in 20 years and our City Council won’t either. …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 12:10 am5373d ago
One reason I was so glad that Congressman Dave Loebsack was re-elected last time around is that he favors old-fashioned …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2011 12:09 am5373d ago
If the campaign had taken the technology we have paid for to give voters tangible information, the sales-tax extension could …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2011 10:21 am5373d ago
Did it ever occur to anyone that extra taxes rob from your families and more often that not, go to …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2011 10:20 am5373d ago
How many times have we heard this from our city leaders – we are here to serve the people of …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2011 10:19 am5373d ago
Concerning the proposed 20-year extension of the local-option sales tax: Nothing has been approved for funding at the federal level …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 28, 2011 12:22 pm5374d ago
Community officials are at it again and now it is my turn to opine. This (local-option sales) tax stinks of …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 28, 2011 12:17 pm5374d ago
The White House reaction to the Standard & Poor’s shot across the bow shows this administration has no desire to …
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