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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2009 7:09 am5785d ago
Christmas shopping time is here, and we see a lot of advertisements to buy this product or that product. How …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2009 7:08 am5785d ago
How shocked and frustrated I was when I heard that federal prosecutors had dismissed all immigration charges against Sholom Rubashkin, …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2009 7:07 am5785d ago
For years we have read with concern regarding the problem of overcrowding in our prison system. Now we learn that …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2009 7:05 am5785d ago
I was disgusted to see Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek writing chain letters to every newspaper in the area complaining …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2009 7:04 am5785d ago
I was one of those people who helped collect signatures for a special election to fill the seat vacated when …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 11:47 pm5787d ago
Tuesday is World AIDS Day, when we remember those who have lost their lives to the disease and celebrate those …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 11:45 pm5787d ago
A Harvard study group’s analysis found that patients who have no insurance die at an alarming 80 percent higher frequency …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 11:44 pm5787d ago
True conservatives and liberals must unite against their country being supplanted for a bleak world government based on a culture …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 12:35 am5788d ago
I haven’t hung many – if any – Republicans’ yard signs at my place. But Pat Shey won a spot …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 12:35 am5788d ago
Don Karr offers a common-sense approach in city finances and understands that we can’t spend money we don’t have for …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 12:34 am5788d ago
Don Karr has been actively involved in our community for a long time and the valuable experience of starting and …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 12:32 am5788d ago
I am a regular viewer of city council meetings, and there is no member who has held themselves to higher …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 12:32 am5788d ago
Pat Shey’s track record includes his tenure in the Iowa Legislature and the city council and of being a pro-jobs, …
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2009 12:31 am5788d ago
Pat Shey has run a positive, door-to-door campaign. He let the voters talk to him, even giving out his home …
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