Kim Reynolds’ tenure as governor has slowed Iowa’s economy to a standstill. Incomes are flat, our state’s revenues are shrinking …
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Staci Appel Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2018 1:00 am2853d ago
Kim Reynolds’ tenure as governor has slowed Iowa’s economy to a standstill. Incomes are flat, our state’s revenues are shrinking …
Steven Pokorny Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2018 1:00 am2853d ago
Why can’t the Republicans in Congress get their man in the White House under control? He just did a ‘Tillerson” …
Cassie Gatewood
Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2018 1:00 am2853d ago
Right now in Iowa, victims have no rights protected in the Constitution, even though offenders have many constitutional rights. To …
Carrie Z. Norton
Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2018 7:00 am2854d ago
When I think of voting for Pat Heiden for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, two quotations come to mind, …
Mary Wilcynski and Ralph Plagman
Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2018 7:00 am2854d ago
Stacey Walker is running for re-election to the Linn County Board of Supervisors. Walker is an extraordinary young leader and …
Joe and Kate Moreland
Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2018 7:00 am2854d ago
We are writing to support Zach Wahls’ candidacy for Iowa Senate. Wahls grew up in our neighborhood, attended the same …
Chance Lacina
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 11:12 am2854d ago
Two hundred years from now, our descendants will look back on us as barbarians for the way which we treat …
Jim Slitor
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 11:11 am2854d ago
I was dismayed to read that HUD director Ben Carson has proposed a plan that would increase the rent on …
Jim McNeish
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 7:00 am2855d ago
I appreciate The Gazette for depicting the other side of the opioid issue. A few years ago I had intense …
Renee Hoffman
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 7:00 am2855d ago
My chronic pain began when I was 19. My first back surgery occurred in 2009. This was the first time …
Jane Bottomley
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 6:00 am2855d ago
Regarding the series of articles that The Gazette has published on the opioid situation in the United States: I have …
Bill and Kathy Kilbourn
Letters to the Editor Apr. 28, 2018 1:00 am2856d ago
Remember when Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds campaigned on creating 200,000 new jobs and raising family income by 25 percent …
Karen Silhanek
Letters to the Editor Apr. 28, 2018 1:00 am2856d ago
The 10 p.m. news just informed Linn County that they have paid for a ‘litter pickup machine.” This is not …
Nancy Sauerman
Letters to the Editor Apr. 27, 2018 5:59 am2857d ago
Tobacco companies poured money into suppressing medical research and convincing people that smoking cigarettes did not contribute to cancer. People …
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