How long must we pay for our forefathers’ heinous crimes toward the American Indians? What about the atrocities meted out …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2011 11:02 am5339d ago
How long must we pay for our forefathers’ heinous crimes toward the American Indians? What about the atrocities meted out …
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This is not about buyouts, but about a house that is not on the Q list. The house next to …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:46 am5340d ago
Let me get this straight. We should drop the bottle bill because it is working so well? Give me a …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:45 am5340d ago
In Orlan Love’s Feb. 8 article on Lake Macbride, Rep. Mary Mascher, House District 77, was quoted as saying “the …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:45 am5340d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad, I am a Republican and I voted for you. I like what you are doing about budget …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:42 am5340d ago
I was alarmed to learn that nearly 30 members of the Iowa House, many of them newly elected, are sponsoring …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:42 am5340d ago
A recent news article on KGAN Channel 2 noted that Justice for Our Neighbors Coalition (JfONC) is not in favor …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:39 am5340d ago
The city of Marion is in the process of changing its stormwater utility fee (which has been a flat fee …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:38 am5340d ago
The morning after the big snow, I called my snow removal service. It came and plowed me out. There was …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2011 8:38 am5340d ago
Second Amendment rights enthusiasts should take note of Egypt’s peaceful change of government. Just imagine the outcome if Egyptians were …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 15, 2011 3:55 pm5341d ago
The recent debate in the Iowa Legislature over same-sex marriage is damaging Iowa’s economy and reputation. By stubbornly rehashing a …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 15, 2011 3:53 pm5341d ago
The “Will of the judiciary vs. rational thinking” is the title of this rebuttal to the Jan. 30 guest column, …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 15, 2011 3:52 pm5341d ago
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are greatly under appreciated. I know their paramedics can get to the small towns faster. They …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 15, 2011 3:52 pm5341d ago
When Iowa’s David B. Henderson was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1899 to 1903, he was presented with …
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