An Iowa City committee has recommended that temporary commercial activities be stopped on Melrose Avenue. This stems from complaints of …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 23, 2011 12:15 am5380d ago
An Iowa City committee has recommended that temporary commercial activities be stopped on Melrose Avenue. This stems from complaints of …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2011 10:22 am5380d ago
Vast numbers of Americans proclaiming themselves followers of Christ have had it comparatively easy when measured against saints who martyred …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2011 10:21 am5380d ago
I just buried Mary. She was my confidant, best friend, my fiancee. Mary died of a brain aneurysm on April …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2011 10:20 am5380d ago
Recently, the House leadership pushed a bill to take all federal funding away from Planned Parenthood and deny millions of …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2011 10:19 am5380d ago
Republican politicians, along with the money-changers that own the GOP and a few petty wannabes, are among the biggest freeloaders …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 22, 2011 10:12 am5380d ago
It appears as though the City Council has been sold a bill of goods regarding the planned medical mall here …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2011 12:05 pm5381d ago
Cropland prices are skyrocketing to absurd levels due to both increased corn prices and government subsidy. As more cash is …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2011 12:05 pm5381d 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 pm5381d 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 am5381d 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 am5382d 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 am5382d 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 am5382d 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 am5382d 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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