As the budget tightens, Gov. Chet Culver has said that we all must share in the sacrifice. I can’t help …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2009 11:55 pm5882d ago
As the budget tightens, Gov. Chet Culver has said that we all must share in the sacrifice. I can’t help …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2009 11:53 pm5882d ago
In regularly scanning the newspaper, I have come across a number of ideas that make sense for the United States …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2009 11:50 pm5882d ago
Keep hard-working, dedicated Rettig Janelle Rettig, a recently appointed member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, is running in …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2009 11:59 pm5883d ago
President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced five Guantanamo Bay prisoners with alleged ties to accused …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2009 11:57 pm5883d ago
In Marion, the fuss is about gaining community approval for a multimillion-dollar project to revamp the downtown district. I must …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2009 11:02 pm5883d ago
A response to a half-baked and misleading suggestion regarding walls (Dec. 6, Patrick Hitchon guest column): We are all impressed …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2009 11:01 pm5883d ago
The writer of a Dec. 5 letter, “Make everyone take 10 percent pay cut,” has a narrow-minded view of the …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2009 11:00 pm5883d ago
Thanks for the great front-page “ad” for Everclear (Dec. 4). Sexy blue flames in a shot glass. If I were …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2009 11:57 pm5884d ago
Members of two labor unions – AFSCME and SPOC – deserve the thanks of their fellow Iowans for voluntarily sacrificing …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2009 11:53 pm5884d ago
Kathleen Parker (Dec. 2, “The GOP suicide pact”) is right that if the Republican Party goes through with the resolution …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2009 11:51 pm5884d ago
I have been a critic of President Obama, so to be fair/balanced, I want to congratulate him on finally showing …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2009 11:50 pm5884d ago
I am enthusiastic about Janelle Rettig’s abilities and experience, as well as her personal qualities that would make her well-suited …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 7, 2009 11:00 pm5884d ago
Some would have conservatives feel guilty for opposing present health care legislation. Forget it. We want to chose our own …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 6, 2009 11:12 pm5885d ago
In the Nov. 26 letter, “Bible’s stories sound more like fairy tales,” Michael Northland asks “what sounds more like a …
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