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Jo Dillon Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:09 pm1734d ago
Unfortunately, most of the noise in our lives lately has been related to politics. We hope some of the idiocy …
Ed Wasserman Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2020 2:40 pm1737d ago
Give Donald Trump credit for calling attention to the most flagrant fraud of the 2020 presidential election. But, contrary to …
Abby Huff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 10, 2020 4:02 pm1738d ago
All over the country small businesses are in crisis. Main Street America works with over 1,000 Main Street Communities of …
Johnathan Bartholomew
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:38 pm1734d ago
Iowans came out in historic numbers this year to support the candidates of their choice. Mariannette Miller Meeks, a Republican …
Vernon Trucano
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:38 pm1734d ago
As an Iowan I think we should count every vote, no matter how long it takes. We have lived in …
Lisa Wachendorf
Letters to the Editor Dec. 9, 2020 4:51 pm1739d ago
On Nov. 3, voters went to the polls to determine who would represent the Iowa 2nd Congressional District Republican Mariannette …
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Ed Flaherty
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2020 5:44 pm1740d ago
What would you call the poorest country on the Arabian peninsula? What would you call the country whose schools, bridges, …
Nancy Giesking
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2020 10:57 am1740d ago
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate recently certified the election of Mariannette Miller-Meeks as our 2nd District representative to the …
Gaylon Heetland
Letters to the Editor Dec. 8, 2020 10:57 am1740d ago
Rita Hart and Iowa Democrats are making a huge mistake not accepting her defeat according to Iowa’s election rules. Iowans …
Steven Patton
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5, 2020 12:00 am1744d ago
The Gazette should investigate another aspect of the voting differences (urban/rural) in Iowa. Investigate the question, ‘Do you believe in …
Jim Olson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5, 2020 12:00 am1744d ago
World AIDS Day, which we marked on Dec. 1, reminds us of the importance on international cooperation in combating infectious …
Robert Sprengeler
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5, 2020 12:00 am1744d ago
Recently there have been letters critical of columnist Todd Dorman. People have a right to their opinions, but these comments …
Kay E. Graber
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5, 2020 12:00 am1744d ago
In Sunday’s Gazette (Nov. 29), letter writer Darren Davenport suggested that voter fraud could be eliminated if the auditor’s office …
Amy Adams
Letters to the Editor Dec. 4, 2020 2:00 pm1744d ago
After the women’s liberation movement, the 1980s were peppered with commercials like Enjoli’s ’24 hour women.” Commercials like this solidified …
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