So according to the engineers, the Steve and Berry’s building at Westdale has water coming through the floors. I guess …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Oct. 11, 2009 12:08 am5943d ago
So according to the engineers, the Steve and Berry’s building at Westdale has water coming through the floors. I guess …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Oct. 11, 2009 12:06 am5943d ago
Ah, two wise sociologists, from Philadelphia no less, produce a book telling us how to keep more bright young Iowans …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 11, 2009 12:04 am5943d ago
This is in response to the Oct. 4 letter “Seeing the light on how the universe started,” which, like a …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 11, 2009 12:02 am5943d ago
I agree with Greg Karp’s article in the Oct. 1 Gazette regarding bottled water. I tried it once, it didn’t …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Oct. 10, 2009 5:51 pm5943d ago
David Letterman is an entertainer – a clown – not a cleric or self-moralizing conservative politician. As Washington Post TV …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 10, 2009 12:58 am5944d ago
I recently heard about a 4-year-old organization that has inspired me. Kiva is the first person-to-person microfinance Web site and …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 10, 2009 12:50 am5944d ago
What happened to the days of your son or daughter suiting up in their high school uniforms and going out …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 10, 2009 12:48 am5944d ago
Sen. Tom Harkin’s elevation to head the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee does not bode well for the …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 10, 2009 12:46 am5944d ago
Unemployment in Cedar Rapids has increased from 4.4 percent to 6.4 percent in a year and the risk of losing …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Oct. 9, 2009 12:23 am5945d ago
Cedar Rapids City Council members now charge any non-Cedar Rapidian of de facto theft from the coffers by working, shopping …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Oct. 9, 2009 12:21 am5945d ago
We are in the one-mile, no-burn area surrounding Cedar Rapids. We are in our 70s and maintain a yard with …
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Letters to the Editor Oct. 9, 2009 12:20 am5945d ago
Brian Fagan is a strong leader, able to work with people at all levels to make our city a great …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 9, 2009 12:16 am5945d ago
It’s been said that money is more important than people in the United States. If a public option is not …
Letters to the Editor Oct. 8, 2009 1:28 pm5945d ago
The local news agencies delight in constantly deriding mayoral candidate P.T. Larson as a perennial candidate, subtly implying that he’s …
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