The Cedar Rapids City Council is considering a proposal to ban the sale of dogs and cats from puppy and …
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Nicole Lesmeister Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
The Cedar Rapids City Council is considering a proposal to ban the sale of dogs and cats from puppy and …
Cindy Garlock Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
Think about this statistic for a moment: 1 in 4 women in the United States experience severe intimate partner violence. …
Alan Erickson
Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
Iowa House Bill 669 and recent TV ads would have you believe that solar energy producers ‘don’t pay their fair …
Katarina Newcamp
Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
On April 15, the first measles case in eight years was confirmed in Iowa. The affected individual was reported to …
Mary A. Craig
Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
Has the city been hiring companies to repair our roads that provide shoddy workmanship? I ask because this very same …
Bruce Tinsley
Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
I do the Mallard Fillmore comic strip that’s always getting into trouble in your paper and across the country. Thanks …
Curt Zingula
Letters to the Editor Apr. 21, 2019 5:00 am2496d ago
As The Gazette recently reported, a Washington, D.C. based pressure group, Mighty Earth, is trying to raise skepticism about biofuels. …
Rich Hillyer
Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2019 5:00 am2497d ago
President Donald Trump denies the assertion that mankind is responsible for climate change, yet declared windmill noise causes cancer. Seriously, …
Julie Popelka and Diana Rae Patten
Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2019 5:00 am2497d ago
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department hosted its annual Adult Resource Expo March 27 and it was a total success. On …
Dennis Lynch
Letters to the Editor Apr. 20, 2019 5:00 am2497d ago
A breath of fresh spring air washed over the comics page with the displacement of Mallard Fillmore to the Insights …
Mike Sawyer
Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2019 4:00 am2498d ago
Infants are thankful the American Academy of Pediatrics petitioned the Consumer Product Safety Commission, asking for Fisher-Price to recall the …
Dee Delaney
Letters to the Editor Apr. 19, 2019 4:00 am2498d ago
In response to a recent column by Adam Sullivan (‘Proposed medical cannabis expansion is good, not great,” April 5) and …
Dale Fitzgibbons
Letters to the Editor Apr. 18, 2019 6:00 am2499d ago
Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and his merry of band of witch hunters have finally closed shop, showing empty pockets after …
Rosemary and D.G. Partridge
Letters to the Editor Apr. 17, 2019 8:10 am2500d ago
Devastating flooding in many areas of Iowa is causing widespread pollution from industrial agriculture and adds to our long-term problem …
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