While reading the AP story under the Sept. 5 headline, “New formula doubles rate of elderly in poverty.” my first …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2009 12:44 am5866d ago
While reading the AP story under the Sept. 5 headline, “New formula doubles rate of elderly in poverty.” my first …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2009 12:41 am5866d ago
Have you seen and read how Sens. Max Baucus of Montana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa each has received more …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2009 12:22 am5867d ago
As we commemorate the anniversary of the horrible events of eight years ago, it is our patriotic duty to those …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2009 12:20 am5867d ago
I would like to review this and see if I have it right: 1) Medicare works so well, that most …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2009 12:19 am5867d ago
I’m a nurse and I know we must have a public option for health care coverage. I have long thought …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2009 12:18 am5867d ago
City Manager Jim Prosser is wrong about not using Westdale Mall) for replacing flooded public buildings). We could save $100 …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2009 12:16 am5867d ago
In response to critics of raising chickens in the city: Please note that hens don’t make noise or smell. Actually, …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:24 am5868d ago
If one is wondering about the sorry state of our economy, all they need do is to examine wages-benefits-travel and …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:21 am5868d ago
The recent decision by some schools to not allow students to hear President Barack Obama talk to them shows a …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:20 am5868d ago
Wear your “grubbies,” bring gloves and weed trimmers. This is a partial list of what you will need if you …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:18 am5868d ago
I recently spent several days in a community in California. Many people there were driving golf cart-like vehicles on the …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:17 am5868d ago
In his Sept. 6 op-ed titled “Sen. Kennedy pushed for country’s betterment,” professor Doerge uses the term “unseemly personal incidents” …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:15 am5868d ago
The United Methodist Nomads (Nomads on Mission Active in Divine Service) recently completed 19 of 22 weeks working on homes …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 10, 2009 12:14 am5868d ago
Something bothers me about the president’s Tuesday speech to students and what the White House provided teachers to use. It …
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