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Joie Cole Letters to the Editor Feb. 10, 2018 12:00 am2874d ago
A married colleague of mine, who has two children under the age of 26, told me she paid $900 a …
Rich Hillyer Letters to the Editor Feb. 9, 2018 12:00 am2875d ago
Anyone ever heard of the band Maroon 5? Can you name one of their songs? Me neither. The organizers of …
Syndy Conger
Letters to the Editor Feb. 9, 2018 12:00 am2875d ago
Going into the first days of the 2018 Iowa Legislative Session, the League of Women Voters of Johnson County finds …
Sally McMillan
Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2018 12:00 am2876d ago
The usual and expected responses are being made to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union. The agenda he outlined …
Dean Pedersen
Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2018 12:00 am2876d ago
More than 317,000 Iowans care for their parents, spouses and other loved ones so they can live safely and independently …
Shawn Harmsen
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2018 12:00 am2877d ago
I am supporting Nate Boulton for Iowa governor because a year ago I saw him out front with Iowa Democrats …
Chandra Jordan
Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2018 12:00 am2877d ago
In response to Ralph Russell’s Feb. 4 letter ‘Disrespect causes reader to skip game,” which implied that kneeling for the …
Gail Martens
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2018 12:00 am2878d ago
Maybe there should be an audit of the Iowa government’s handling of money. Where is all this money going, especially …
Susan Shullaw
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2018 12:00 am2878d ago
On Jan. 31, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that has been described as a ‘first step” toward …
Matt Chapman
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2018 12:00 am2878d ago
While preference groups is the only way the minority party can remedy the anger of the 2016 primary, once in …
David Sheets
Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2018 12:00 am2878d ago
By doubling the standard deduction and elminating State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions from federal tax liability, the 2018 federal …
Kermit Postier
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2018 12:00 am2879d ago
I get so sick and tired of people complaining about traffic cameras. If Rep. Jake Highfill and Sen. Brad Zaun …
Steve Shriver
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2018 12:00 am2879d ago
It seems like so many haters have come out to attack the newbo evolve festival. Too many people are questioning …
Steve Herman
Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2018 12:00 am2879d ago
On Jan. 22, The Gazette ran an article (‘Mexico suffers record homicide tally in 2017”) about the record setting 25,000 …
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