Thank you fellow Iowan Todd Dorman for insulting the intelligence of the over 50 percent of Iowa voters who apparently …
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Steve Tucker Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1930d 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 am1930d 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 pm1932d 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 pm1933d 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 am1933d 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 am1933d 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 pm1936d 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 pm1936d 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 pm1937d 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 pm1937d 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 pm1937d ago
To earn respect, you must extend it to others. I refuse to respect the current occupant of the Oval Office …
James Conger
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm1937d ago
I’m a COVID survivor – I contracted the virus five months after it arrived. We shut down, masked up and …
Debbie Carrico
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm1937d ago
I was a Republican for more than 30 years. I was shocked when Donald Trump became the party nominee in …
Bryan Davis
Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm1937d ago
My heart goes out to Joe Powelka author of the Oct. 24 guest column ‘What are the costs of COVID …
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