On Aug. 7, I had the privilege and honor to attend the send-off of the 2/34th HHC Brigade Special Troops …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2010 12:49 am5523d ago
On Aug. 7, I had the privilege and honor to attend the send-off of the 2/34th HHC Brigade Special Troops …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2010 12:48 am5523d ago
The proposed closing of Second Avenue is unbelievably minor compared with the benefits of the planned Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2010 12:48 am5523d ago
The state/city/federal governments don’t lose money if they don’t have it in the first place. For example: They (governments) say …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2010 12:47 am5523d ago
The Gazette’s lead story Aug. 14 announces “What it could cost you” if President George W. Bush’s tax cuts to …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2010 12:46 am5523d ago
School is starting; will students go hungry this year? Federal authorization for school breakfast and lunch programs expires Sept. 30. …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2010 12:45 am5523d ago
In 2001, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote a bill reducing the tax burden on the low- and middle-income families. It removed …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2010 12:27 am5524d ago
Call me old-fashioned but I was offended by the Fox Trot cartoon in Sunday’s Gazette and its repeated use of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2010 12:26 am5524d ago
In 1950 my husband, Fred, bought 76 acres of farmland and developed a small resort known as Freddy’s Beach. Hundreds …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2010 12:25 am5524d ago
We remain unconvinced that Second Avenue should be closed in order to build a medical mall and hope that the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2010 12:23 am5524d ago
Some confusion seems to exist in the community regarding whether the city government is making financial commitments to Physicians’ Clinic …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2010 12:58 am5525d ago
The Wapsipinicon River and people living along it are under siege by special interest groups. They want the Department of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2010 12:04 am5525d ago
The Gazette recently carried the first salvo in the U.S. government’s latest demonization campaign. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2010 12:01 am5525d ago
My 13-year-old granddaughter was brutally assaulted and injured by a teenage thug at the St. Jude’s Sweet Corn Festival for …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2010 12:00 am5525d ago
I was saddened by Leonard Pitts Jr.’s Aug. 8 column. First, by the truth Mr. Pitts reminded us of – …
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