The Des Moines Register published an article June 1st stating that Iowa may see rolling blackouts this summer due to …
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Laura Myres Letters to the Editor Jun. 13, 2022 5:30 am1285d ago
The Des Moines Register published an article June 1st stating that Iowa may see rolling blackouts this summer due to …
Jim White Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 6:00 am1286d ago
There is a practice in business called Risk Assessment and Mitigation. It can apply to security, business processes, financial issues, …
Judy Vopava
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:45 am1286d ago
Sofia DeMartino wrote an excellent column in Sunday’s editorial page (“What is it with you people and Chicago” June 5) …
Michael Fitzgerald
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:30 am1286d ago
I had the opportunity to reflect on the impact a single person can make on our state as I attended …
Mike Schluckebier
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:30 am1286d ago
I remember distinctly Althea Cole’s Oct. 28 column in which she laments the direct result of actions that can essentially …
Diane Duncan-Goldsmith
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:15 am1286d ago
I am not certain when assuring children have easy access to healthy school meals became a partisan issue. Senate Bill …
Bu Wilson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 12, 2022 5:00 am1286d ago
I hope I’m not the only one who is appalled at reports of people traveling hundreds of miles, sometimes across …
Kevin Wymore
Letters to the Editor Jun. 11, 2022 5:30 am1287d ago
The Cedar Rapids School Board should reinstate school resource officers (police) to McKinley and Roosevelt Middle Schools, and add them …
Gary Huxford
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2022 1:16 pm1288d ago
If you don’t have a seat at the negotiating table, pull up a folding chair. We came close to losing …
Charley- Thomson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2022 1:16 pm1288d ago
As the smoldering heap of wreckage from the progressive left in Washington, D.C. grows larger and more discouraging by the …
Deb Baughman
Letters to the Editor Jun. 9, 2022 8:38 am1289d ago
I’m willing to ignore the Second Amendment, a constitutional right, and give up my guns on the following condition: All …
Leslie Hoyt
Letters to the Editor Jun. 8, 2022 6:30 am1290d ago
I, together with my children and my parents, experienced the new Morgan Creek County Park development on the west side …
Evan Perry
Letters to the Editor Jun. 7, 2022 7:10 pm1290d ago
A recent column in The Gazette dismisses plans under consideration to potentially move Cedar Rapids’ elections toward Ranked Choice Voting, …
Bob Welsh
Letters to the Editor Jun. 6, 2022 5:45 am1292d ago
I am a 95-year-old retired minister. I have been a part of the aging network in Iowa for over six …
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