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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 16, 2010 12:34 am5557d ago
A new sheriff (city manager) is coming to town in early September. The first of many big decisions he will …
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It is the time of the year (Independence Day) when we remember those who gave so much to call this …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2010 12:57 am5558d ago
The public needs help to understand the joblessness that is devastating millions. So I read The Gazette’s July 9 editorial, …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2010 12:57 am5558d ago
How telling. The country is still staggering out of a serious financial recession, Congress is grappling with the issue of …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2010 12:56 am5558d ago
Our elected politicians to Congress need a lesson on economics as our country wallows in low growth and high unemployment. …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2010 12:55 am5558d ago
Election 2010 by the numbers: 60,000: The number of Iowans Sen. Chuck Grassley put in jeopardy by voting against extending …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2010 12:54 am5558d ago
Tired of hearing everything wrong with America is the fault of the last president? Maybe Will Rogers’ words of the …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2010 12:53 am5558d ago
The author of the July 3 letter who attacked President Barack Obama and his administration must have been in a …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2010 12:59 am5559d ago
A recent Supreme Court decision (McDonald v Chicago) reaffirms the right of individual gun ownership. This ruling is in keeping …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2010 12:58 am5559d ago
Nathanael Greene, a famous Revolutionary War general, drove the British out of South Carolina, and was rewarded with a plantation. …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2010 12:55 am5559d ago
On July 4, The Gazette reprinted a Chicago Tribune editorial with which it evidently agrees. The piece was prompted by …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2010 12:54 am5559d ago
Buy local, use local companies, who are they kidding? I work for a locally owned printing business and haven’t seen …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2010 12:00 am5559d ago
The addition to the bike trail crossing Wright Brothers Boulevard to Ely Road: Who’s paying for this fancy addition? We, …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2010 12:41 am5560d ago
The July 3 Gazette printed a news item with this heading, “Loebsack-Pelosi supports protecting both sides of the Cedar.” How …
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