On Nov. 7th, you get to vote for four candidates for the Iowa City Community School District board. As an …
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Maka Pilcher Hayek Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2023 9:20 am851d ago
On Nov. 7th, you get to vote for four candidates for the Iowa City Community School District board. As an …
Jim Lingo Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2023 9:19 am851d ago
Barry Buchholz has provided 12 years of stellar service on the Linn-Mar School Board. I am writing this in support …
Elinor Levin
Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2023 12:50 pm851d ago
I sit in a lot of meetings, often with amazing people who want to improve life in Iowa and for …
Tammy Lutz
Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2023 9:19 am851d ago
If you do what you’ve always done, you get what you’ve always got. Cedar Rapids schools need to creatively plan …
Helane Golden
Letters to the Editor Oct. 17, 2023 9:39 am853d ago
This November, Cedar Rapidians have a number of choices for director at large in the CRCSD school board race. One …
Lance Lillibridge
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
During my time as a steward of the land and advocate for Iowa’s agriculture industry, I’ve seen firsthand the need …
Michael Tilley
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. lamented the white moderate who agreed with the concerns …
Dave Edwards
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
In response to the article, “Poll: Few say conservatives can speak freely at colleges,” (Tues Oct. 3, Page 1A) as …
Nina Bappe
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
It’s time for us, the American people, to wake up. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Many people complain that …
Shirley Burnett
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
Perhaps some necessary changes need to be made in how the House and Senate do certain things, namely what happens …
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
Sen. Bob Menendez, the crook, deserves a fair trial — just as does D.T. Trump, the crook. Having said that, …
Annamarie Marcalus
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
How can Hawkeye fans support teams when we subscribe to cable and cannot afford PEACOCK streaming? Annamarie Marcalus Iowa City
Lauren Tiffany
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
Once again, Althea Cole has denigrated and derided an entire group of people, apparently without so much as speaking to …
Jim Fink
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2023 6:00 am854d ago
I have a solution for all the Republican angst over how much the locally elected school boards are paying their …
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