Leona Helmsley, wealthy New York City businesswoman and hotel magnate, went to trial in 1989 on charges of income tax …
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David Helman Letters to the Editor Oct. 2, 2020 4:55 pm1906d ago
Leona Helmsley, wealthy New York City businesswoman and hotel magnate, went to trial in 1989 on charges of income tax …
Rob Gettemy Letters to the Editor Oct. 2, 2020 4:55 pm1906d ago
As a retired corporate executive, a former entrepreneur and currently, a Big Ten university instructor, I both recognize and value …
Let the people speak on Supreme Court opening
Letters to the Editor Oct. 2, 2020 4:55 pm1906d ago
Both Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley need to honor their previous remarks on filling a supreme court seat during …
State Rep. Amy Nielsen
Letters to the Editor Oct. 2, 2020 4:41 pm1906d ago
The events of this year have put a spotlight on big systemic chasms in our country. But big systemic chasms …
Ann Treanor
Letters to the Editor Oct. 1, 2020 3:56 pm1907d ago
I wish I could say I was surprised by Trump’s outrageous behavior at the first presidential debate. I am well …
David Sheets
Letters to the Editor Oct. 1, 2020 3:56 pm1907d ago
No one who watched the first presidential debate can reasonably conclude there was a winner. Only a partisan with an …
Sharon Poplawski
Letters to the Editor Sep. 29, 2020 4:25 pm1909d ago
There are a record number of women running for political offices this year and it should be noted that Iowa’s …
Michael Mallie
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
‘Defund the Police.” What does that mean? On May 30 the national organization of Black Lives Matter defined Defund the …
Diane LaDuke
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
No one wants to disband the police department. This is a lie told by Republicans to create more chaos. What …
Dick Roggensack
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
I am a longtime conservative Republican. While I have no fondness for Donald Trump, I would prefer that he, rather …
Sharon Hannen
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
We should elect Christian Andrews as state representative in District 95 and Eric Green as state senator in District 48. …
Bob Teig
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
I was wrong. I thought, if someone wanted to take away 48,000 Linn County voters’ ballot requests, at least one …
Paola Jaramillo Guayara and Cristina Muñoz De La Torre
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
Representing some of the beautiful diversity within the Latinx community we have the honor of working with Hai Huyhn and …
Richard Jacobson
Letters to the Editor Sep. 26, 2020 7:00 am1912d ago
Just watch – people of faith, particularly Catholics, will be viciously smeared and attacked by Democratic senators in the upcoming …
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