I have a simple response to the Feb. 16 editorial about not letting big motors on Lake Macbride: Bull. I …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2011 11:17 pm5331d ago
I have a simple response to the Feb. 16 editorial about not letting big motors on Lake Macbride: Bull. I …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2011 11:16 pm5331d ago
Regarding a Feb. 13 letter by Kirk Witzberger, “How we all benefit from two lakes two different rules”: One lake …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2011 11:13 pm5331d ago
If the bills promoting the end of horsepower restrictions on Lake Macbride succeed, the horsepower restriction would be replaced with …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2011 8:05 am5331d ago
On Jan. 26 at the Cedar Rapids airport, I saw my family for the first time in six months after …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 25, 2011 8:00 am5331d ago
Free-roaming elk seem to be making the news in northeast Iowa. I don’t think there is any mystery as to …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 24, 2011 10:05 am5332d ago
The good in all of us often rallies to the defense of those who seem to be victims of circumstance. …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 24, 2011 10:03 am5332d ago
Remember Chicken Little? The state has a big rainy day fund, and many people with jobs. Yet, we are told …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 24, 2011 10:02 am5332d ago
Did you know that Social Security does not add – and never has added – a single penny to the …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 24, 2011 9:59 am5332d ago
The adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” clearly applies to the legislation being considered to remove the 10 …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2011 11:12 am5333d ago
The past few days have seen the streets of Madison, Wis., packed with union workers in protest of the state’s …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2011 11:08 am5333d ago
House Study Bill 84 proposes selling the Jackson Pollock painting for a minimum price of $120 million with the proceeds …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2011 11:06 am5333d ago
Todd Dorman (Feb. 17 column), how about cutting me a little slack? My 63 employees deserve to work in this …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2011 11:05 am5333d ago
Americans owe much to the hundreds if not thousands of Americans who died organizing unions through many decades of pitched …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2011 11:04 am5333d ago
A look at the visionary health of our Cedar Rapids decision-makers reveals a strong self-absorbency syndrome. It is all about …
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