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Steve Rowland Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2022 6:30 am1365d ago
There continue to be real threats to our country, our democracy and our future. Many people are unaware or just …
Thomas Reardon Letters to the Editor Mar. 24, 2022 6:30 am1366d ago
Once again, multiple bad bottle bills are being considered by the Legislature, threatening to undo decades of progress in helping …
Russ Lenth
Letters to the Editor Mar. 23, 2022 6:30 am1367d ago
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ website has a contact form where the writer may request a response, or not. On three occasions …
Lauren Tiffany
Letters to the Editor Mar. 22, 2022 6:00 am1368d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds uses all the right trigger words to persuade Iowans that taking public money for private schools is …
Stan Thornberry
Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2022 5:30 pm1365d ago
Todd Dorman, you enumerated the issues of teachers teaching CRT, X-rated books, and socialist indoctrination (before you even mentioned U.S. …
Polly and Jim Porter
Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2022 5:26 pm1365d ago
Some of us who belong to New Song Episcopal Church have been participating in a book study, using “The Church …
Brenda Sandburg
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:06 pm1372d ago
Iowans are proud, honest, hardworking people that have been through so much over the last few years. I trust Ashley …
David Duer
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:06 pm1372d ago
Iowa’s Republican-led Senate and House have passed, and Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, has signed a bill that immediately bans trans …
Scott White
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:05 pm1372d ago
As an old history major, I ponder where are the modern titans of leadership in the world today? My parents’ …
Ann Klees
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:05 pm1372d ago
Yellow River State Forest is our own wonderful driftless corner of Iowa. A valuable economic resource, with spectacular vistas, great …
Tom and Joan Cook
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:05 pm1372d ago
After listening to The Gazette’s Pints and Politics session about Iowa’s Bottle Bill, it was surprising to learn that $48 …
Dick Janson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:04 pm1372d ago
Hate has many guises, but it has raised its ugly head in Iowa and bitten several Iowans. The result is …
John Carver
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:03 pm1372d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds at a recent rally, not yet a president herself, presented her contrast with President Joe Biden. Let’s …
Bob Watson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 18, 2022 1:03 pm1372d ago
There are some 15,000 Iowa hog confinements that, through the anaerobic digestion of hog waste which takes place in them, …
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