It’s awfully hard to feel Kirk Ferentz’s ‘hurt” at having to endure a 15% pay cut from his $5.5 MILLION …
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Jo Pearson Letters to the Editor Jul. 17, 2020 2:24 pm2042d ago
It’s awfully hard to feel Kirk Ferentz’s ‘hurt” at having to endure a 15% pay cut from his $5.5 MILLION …
Jim Mottinger Letters to the Editor Jul. 17, 2020 2:23 pm2042d ago
Why are bottle and can deposits still being collected from us when the stores are not taking them for return? …
Annamarie Marcalus
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Why can professional athletes get daily COVID-19 tests and immediate results when the rest of Humankind has to wait hours …
Gary Huxford
Letters to the Editor Jul. 16, 2020 5:39 pm2043d ago
Be careful who you vote for this November! The Trump administration has announced an all-out blitz to dismantle the Affordable …
Colleen Tobiason
Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2020 5:37 pm2044d ago
The COVID-19 virus is disproportionally affecting low-income citizens. ‘We Stand Together” echoes throughout our nation. Citizens volunteer their time and …
Kevin Link
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2020 6:00 pm2045d ago
I have an opinion in regards to the front page story on June 28 outlining the treatment of coaches Tracey …
Alexander Paul Shantz
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As COVID-19 infections continue to increase across the United States, many universities are considering online-only instruction for the fall to …
Marcella Bruns
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Life on a farm has changed a lot over the past 12 years. Growing up on a farm allowed me …
Coral Dye
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Thank you for the printing of the Declaration of Independence on p. 6A of the July 4 Gazette, along with …
James Hobart
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My wife and I went to four restaurants in Cedar Rapids this week and, aside from us, not a server …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2020 12:28 pm2047d ago
It took nearly four years but President Donald Trump is finally getting his wall. Mexico just announced closing their border …
Sarah Prineas
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2020 12:27 pm2047d ago
Recently Black Lives Matter protests occurred throughout our state and in HD 73. In response, the Iowa Police Chiefs Association, …
Denise Larson
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2020 12:27 pm2047d ago
I’m a high school history teacher and the proud owner of a T-shirt featuring the Declaration of Independence, so I …
Michelle Nunemaker
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2020 3:02 pm2049d ago
Our nation is at a turning point with active civil unrest, over 130,000 coronavirus deaths, and tens of millions unemployed, …
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