Here are several priorities for everyone in this country to work for in order to ensure continued democracy: Eliminate, bypass …
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Lawrence Reiner Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1870d ago
Here are several priorities for everyone in this country to work for in order to ensure continued democracy: Eliminate, bypass …
Joel Snell Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1870d ago
Todd Dorman’s comment on bright-red Iowa making us another ‘fly over” state appears valid (‘Iowa is red, young professionals and …
Darryl Syverson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1870d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked all of us to ‘double down” and be ‘part of the solution” by taking every …
Steve Tucker
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1870d ago
Thank you fellow Iowan Todd Dorman for insulting the intelligence of the over 50 percent of Iowa voters who apparently …
Ann Christenson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 8:59 am1871d ago
Because our newspapers are so important to democracy and have been getting such a bad rap under this administration, a …
Ted Wernimont
Letters to the Editor Nov. 4, 2020 2:49 pm1873d ago
So let’s do a quick reality check for all our conservative sports fans who just cannot put two and two …
Palmer Holden
Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2020 2:46 pm1874d ago
I poke myself every time I renew my subscription to The Gazette. In fact, running up to the election, I …
Niles Ross
Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2020 8:57 am1874d ago
Friday’s Gazette quoted epidemiologist Dr. Salinas at U of Iowa – ‘We are going to lose our grandparents, our parents. …
Lauren E. Tiffany
Letters to the Editor Nov. 3, 2020 8:57 am1874d ago
Iowa received federal allocations totaling $37 million earmarked for coronavirus relief and pandemic aid. But Gov. Reynolds ‘redirected” that money …
Carolyn Stephenson
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:32 pm1877d ago
For Iowa campaigns, we see ad after ad after ad pointing out the flaws of a candidate’s opponent. Raising taxes …
Jim Highly
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:32 pm1877d ago
Throughout this year we have seen the administration again and again ignore sound scientific advice whenever it served political objective. …
Becky Picard
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm1877d ago
I have never before this year written about anything political. Why this year? I have never before feared for the …
Symon Sanborn
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm1877d ago
I’m in the mud. I’m in the mud up to my nose. The mud is that I don’t know what …
Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm1877d ago
To earn respect, you must extend it to others. I refuse to respect the current occupant of the Oval Office …
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