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Steve Fowler Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2025 6:00 am118d ago
MAGA has described the federal workforce as overpaid, lazy and unproductive. To me, the most unproductive sector of the federal …
Amanda Armstrong Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2025 6:00 am119d ago
I had the pleasure of working with Laura Zimmerman, an at-large school board candidate, for 10 years at Roosevelt Middle …
Neil Henkenius
Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2025 6:00 am119d ago
As a veteran, the increasing politicization of the military is deeply concerning. The oath is to the Constitution, not a …
Robin Skogman
Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2025 6:00 am119d ago
The columns written by Althea Cole and Todd Dorman, in the Oct. 12 edition, both demonstrated the importance of a …
Steve Springer
Letters to the Editor Oct. 19, 2025 6:00 am119d ago
In 2018, Iowa’s entire congressional delegation signed a letter cautioning President Trump’s threat of tariffs. Donald Trump disregarded this input …
Angelica Vannatta
Letters to the Editor Oct. 18, 2025 10:16 pm119d ago
In local elections, our votes matter more than ever. Our ballots decide who directly influences our schools and communities. Yet, …
Joan Schnabel
Letters to the Editor Oct. 18, 2025 10:23 pm119d ago
I am struggling to find the right word here, but the one that keeps coming to mind is ludicrous. I …
James Conger
Letters to the Editor Oct. 18, 2025 10:23 pm119d ago
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi recently snarled her way through a Senate Oversight Committee hearing, refusing to answer almost all …
Ed Fischer
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2025 10:06 am121d ago
On Oct. 8 I sent this to Congresswoman Miller-Meeks: “Please resign. Let the voters in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District elect …
Tom Petersen
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2025 6:00 am122d ago
I can’t imagine a better candidate than Scott Drzycimski for the District 2 representative to the Cedar Rapids Community School …
Adam Cooper
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2025 6:00 am122d ago
I grew up during the same era of social and political upheaval as the author of a recent guest column. …
Gary Sanders
Letters to the Editor Oct. 15, 2025 6:00 am123d ago
The almost invisible Nov. 4 Iowa City Council election is upon us, with early voting starting October 15. We have …
Angela Rogers
Letters to the Editor Oct. 14, 2025 6:00 am124d ago
I strongly support Jayne Finch’s re-election to the ICCSD school board because she has been a steady and effective voice …
Larry Hansen
Letters to the Editor Oct. 14, 2025 6:00 am124d ago
Wednesday afternoon at rush hour I was with a group of people on Hiawatha’s Emmons St. bridge over Interstate 380. …
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