State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann is ‘eyeing” a run against Congressman Dave Loebsack (‘Bobby Kaufmann eyes congressional run,” March 18). He …
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Jim Walters Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2017 1:00 am3097d ago
State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann is ‘eyeing” a run against Congressman Dave Loebsack (‘Bobby Kaufmann eyes congressional run,” March 18). He …
Roger Schnittjer Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2017 1:00 am3097d ago
The president’s job is to protect the American public as President Donald Trump has often said. Protecting the American public …
Alvin Cummings
Letters to the Editor Mar. 27, 2017 1:00 am3097d ago
Recently, I was perusing World Book Encyclopedia in search of information on an author, when I came upon an entry …
Kathy Healy
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
For most of my 68 years I have lived in Linn County and have been surrounded by my Caucasian relatives, …
Michael Fritz
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
We are going to cut taxes. Sound familiar? It’s the oldest Republican slogan and now that voters believed it, the …
John A. Gross
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
Last week my wife and I took our grandson on his first visit to Chicago on his spring break. One …
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Mary A. Craig
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
Did the backers of the Crestwood housing project have any members attend the council meeting the night it was voted …
Karen Johnson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
Dear President Donald Trump, My father was foreman at General Electric in Massachusetts from the 1940s to 1970. He was …
Wendy Barth
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
Dear Joni Ernst, I was at your Cedar Rapids town hall on March 17, but I didn’t get to ask …
Al Schafbuch
Letters to the Editor Mar. 26, 2017 1:00 am3098d ago
As a Benton County farmer for 25 years, I’ve seen big improvements in the farming industry. For the past 25 …
Carolyn Moen
Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2017 1:00 am3099d ago
How great that a rapper donated a million dollars to the Chicago schools. Education is the answer. I have tried …
Ross Noecker
Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2017 1:00 am3099d ago
I’m one of the majority of Americans who believes the power of big money in politics is a monumental threat …
Harley Donald
Letters to the Editor Mar. 25, 2017 1:00 am3099d ago
Trust if we must whatever comes out of the Trump serial tweeties box, but as President Ronald Reagan once said, …
Roger Prasil
Letters to the Editor Mar. 24, 2017 1:00 am3100d ago
What Gov. Terry Branstad has done for Iowa: Iowa is recognized for having the worst bridges in the country. Public …
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