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David Sherwood Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2020 6:17 pm2050d ago
So, you won’t wear a face mask because, 1. You are a ‘denier” and the so called pandemic is just …
Chandra Jordan Letters to the Editor Jul. 8, 2020 5:28 pm2051d ago
Reading John Kass’s column in the Sunday, July 5 Gazette on cancel culture only made me think one thing. John …
Steve Panther
Letters to the Editor Jul. 8, 2020 1:37 pm2051d ago
Due to COVID-19, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) reports the number of people facing a food crisis will …
Matthew Burrier
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2020 9:22 pm2053d ago
There is much debate on whether or not to wear a mask in public during a global viral pandemic that …
Wayne Clayton
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2020 8:00 am2053d ago
Recently, on KCRG.com, I saw two items side by side that caused me to shake my head and laugh. One …
Steve DeVries
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2020 8:00 am2053d ago
I am submitting this letter to voice my strong support for Christian Andrews. He is running for state representative in …
Herman Lenz
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2020 7:46 am2053d ago
We need laws to make it mandatory that every violent police action be tried before a jury of unscreened citizens. …
Sue Dirks
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:07 pm2057d ago
I am so weary of Republican presidents and Congress members creating more and more debt. George W. Bush and his …
Ro Foege
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:06 pm2057d ago
Wake up Iowa! Maybe we all became indifferent and numb due to all the bad and sad news – pandemic, …
Palmer Holden
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:06 pm2057d ago
I propose when a policeman finds cause to arrest someone we have a set of rules. The policeman will speak …
Lee R. Overton
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:05 pm2057d ago
My wife and I have entered our 80s and 63 years of marriage. Now I’m living comfortably with a daughter …
Mike Schluckebier
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:05 pm2057d ago
Yet another infantilizing column from Sen. Chuck Grassley, (‘Inspector generals serve America, not president” June 21) trying to spin his …
Stella Siver
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:04 pm2057d ago
Many residents of Cedar Rapids never have to travel on our disastrous streets as they drive to their places of …
Pam Mackey Taylor
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2020 4:04 pm2057d ago
Sierra Club thanks Cindy Golding for publicizing our endorsement of Abby Finkenauer for Congress in her letter to the editor …
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