During August, The Gazette provided extensive reporting of the amounts of rainfall Eastern Iowa received. One important news item I …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Sep. 4, 2009 12:12 am5874d ago
During August, The Gazette provided extensive reporting of the amounts of rainfall Eastern Iowa received. One important news item I …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:55 am5875d ago
When I sat in on a city council meeting held to encourage votes for 1 cent sales tax increase, the …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:53 am5875d ago
Congratulations to the “engineers” who designed and built the 29th Avenue bridge in Marion. It is a nice-looking bridge and …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:52 am5875d ago
A big thank you to the Cedar River Boat Club, the ski team and all the participants in the Venetian …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:51 am5875d ago
Shame on The Gazette, and shame on Michael Cook, for his Aug. 26, letter so obviously taken from a false …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:49 am5875d ago
Again, local developers are asking the city council to create a special taxing arrangement on residential property to help their …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:48 am5875d ago
Since so many are weighing in on the health care debate, I thought I’d inject my opinion and needle a …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 3, 2009 12:44 am5875d ago
When I picked my children up from school Aug. 24, I was told by the principal that my 9-year-old son …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 2, 2009 5:33 pm5876d ago
President Barack Obama and Congress should note what their Cash for Clunkers program did for our economy. Congress returned $3,500 …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 2, 2009 12:34 am5876d ago
Wow. What a thrilling and outstanding family night put on by the Cedar Boat Club at Ellis Boat Harbor on …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 2, 2009 12:30 am5876d ago
Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, held an Aug. 14 town-hall meeting on the health care bill at the Sigourney Public Library, …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 2, 2009 12:27 am5876d ago
Tom Ridge, former President George W. Bush’s homeland security chief, reveals in a new book that Bush and his top …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 1, 2009 12:55 am5877d ago
Imagine, I trade in my clunker and on the way home I hit a deer. As I pull into my …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 1, 2009 12:51 am5877d ago
Would someone in power in Iowa City and Coralville please stand up and address our problems, directly and honestly? You …
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