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Caleb Gates Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2017 12:00 am2946d ago
All mayoral and City Council candidates spoke about the need for flood protection. Yet few of them talk about or …
Bex Hurn Letters to the Editor Dec. 1, 2017 12:00 am2946d ago
I recently started a non-partisan political group called All In. Our group creates safe space to dialogue about the current …
Michael Kelly Sr.
Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2017 12:00 am2947d ago
Thank you to the volunteers at AbbeHealth Aging Services and Transamerica. I have been stuck in my home, recuperating from …
Kevin Szcodronski
Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2017 12:00 am2947d ago
Vision is one very important component of quality natural resource management. Two other needed ingredients are professional knowledge and training …
Steven Patterson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2017 12:00 am2947d ago
It sure is hard to reach my congressman. He says he represents me, but U.S. Rep. Rod Blum has moved …
Barbara Eckstein
Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2017 12:00 am2947d ago
On Nov. 16, former Iowa Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke at Iowa State University. His informed …
Dann Myers
Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2017 12:00 am2947d ago
Another high school football season has concluded in Iowa, and once again the parochial schools in classes 4A and 3A; …
Wade Wagner
Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2017 12:00 am2947d ago
We are just a few short years from 2020. That’s a calling for all of us to seriously consider electing …
Jerry Hobart
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2017 12:00 am2948d ago
This election cycle we have a choice in the District 5 City Council race as Ashley Vanorny heads into a …
Dick Meisterling
Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2017 12:00 am2948d ago
Cedar Rapids has been very well served by the involvement of Justin Shields. A man whose passion lies with improving …
Lu Barron
Letters to the Editor Nov. 28, 2017 12:00 am2949d ago
I strongly support Monica Vernon for mayor of Cedar Rapids. My last six years on the Linn County Board of …
Megan O’Connell
Letters to the Editor Nov. 28, 2017 12:00 am2949d ago
The Letters to the Editor word limit is not enough for me to describe why Brad Hart is the most …
Tim Bickel
Letters to the Editor Nov. 27, 2017 12:00 am2950d ago
Cries, protests and demonstrations about injustices of racial discrimination prompt review of little known and seldom taught history. For several …
Dennis Burrier
Letters to the Editor Nov. 27, 2017 12:00 am2950d ago
I can’t understand why we can spend thousands of dollars on each prisoner in jail and on death row, but …
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