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Patrick DePalma Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2018 9:25 am2867d ago
A Gazette article highlighted a bill the Iowa House is considering that would publish the names of people who pay …
Steve Maddison Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2018 12:00 am2868d ago
Regarding the Feb. 4 column by Hector Avalos, Kenneth Atkinson and Robert Cargill ‘Why we don’t support religious scripture bill”: …
Joe Phernetton
Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2018 12:00 am2868d ago
There is nothing wrong with speeding cameras in town or on the interstate. You seldom hear or read this, but …
Jim Voss
Letters to the Editor Feb. 15, 2018 12:17 am2869d ago
Why do the kids not have to attend school on inclement weather? For safety reasons. Lots of schools offer online …
LEAD-K for Iowa
Letters to the Editor Feb. 15, 2018 12:16 am2869d ago
Did you know there are approximately 430,000 individuals in Iowa who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (D/HOH) and Iowa’s D/HOH children …
Noralee Sherwood
Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2018 12:00 am2870d ago
I read in disgust and anger of the yearly sanctioned urban deer kill in Cedar Rapids. Throughout last winter and …
Jordan Hare
Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2018 12:00 am2870d ago
She has heroes. My daughter was born Aug. 3, 2017. She is by all accounts a happy, healthy little girl …
Jeff Stevens
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2018 12:00 am2871d ago
This state continues to amaze me. For example, about six months ago I was hired on with a well-known security …
Shanda Carstens
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2018 12:00 am2871d ago
The buzz words, ‘school choice” and a voucher called Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are here. What’s at risk? Iowa’s nationally …
Bill Nicholson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2018 12:00 am2872d ago
In response to James Heires’ criticism of the proposed Iowa Senate resolution recognizing the crinoid as the state fossil of …
Hal Dendurent
Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2018 12:00 am2872d ago
The ‘Nunes memo” alleges that a FISA warrant for a Trump campaign official was improperly obtained because the evidence it …
Maria Encarnacao
Letters to the Editor Feb. 11, 2018 8:36 am2873d ago
Regarding the Feb. 1 Walter Williams column ‘Consider immigration lies and hypocrisy”: After reading this article I am left with …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Feb. 11, 2018 12:00 am2873d ago
In 2013, the Republicans cut commercial property taxes for large corporations and then, foolishly, took general fund money to backfill …
Betty Salmon
Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2018 12:00 am2874d ago
We have an extraordinary opportunity to election a governor who emerged by popular demand, not from establishment politics. Cathy Glasson, …
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