A recent article said, ‘Trump leads Clinton in Iowa.” After Donald Trump lost to Ted Cruz in the Iowa primary, …
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Robert McShane Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
A recent article said, ‘Trump leads Clinton in Iowa.” After Donald Trump lost to Ted Cruz in the Iowa primary, …
Edna Brunkhorst Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
The Independent voters are crucial in this election as they make up more than one third of the electorate. They …
Lawrence Rettig
Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
What does it tell us when the head of the Republican National Committee says of Donald Trump, ‘He’s been on …
Linda Armitage
Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
I am going to vote for Hillary Clinton and Patty Judge and Monica Vernon. They believe in the principles that …
Sandra Eccles
Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
I see my strong mother in Hillary Clinton. The word quit was not in her vocabulary. Many times she reminded …
Jerry Chaffee
Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
Should a woman be elected president of the United States? Well, not now with this one. There are probably 100 …
Dale Fitzgibbons
Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2016 1:00 am3351d ago
The Clinton presidential campaign’s current effort to paint candidate Donald Trump as a potty-mouthed womanizing boor, therefore unsuited to the …
Jerry Mackey
Letters to the Editor Oct. 22, 2016 1:00 am3352d ago
Our city just went through the second major flood in the last eight years and our city was much more …
Laura Skogman
Letters to the Editor Oct. 22, 2016 1:00 am3352d ago
With so much media coverage of the controversial campaign for president, it’s been tough for local candidates to punch through …
Rick Fosse
Letters to the Editor Oct. 22, 2016 1:00 am3352d ago
Proponents of Measure C advocate that change is needed to ‘fix the City Charter.” However, the fact of the matter …
Sharon Schanbacher
Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2016 1:00 am3353d ago
This is in response to the Cedar Rapids Community School District and now the Linn-Mar school district’s policy to let …
Chelsea DeLarm
Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2016 1:00 am3353d ago
If someone asked us if we wanted to end homelessness, we would say yes. If someone asked us if we …
Marilyn Blackhurst
Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2016 1:00 am3353d ago
In this election it is imperative a vote is cast with the following issues in mind – border security, safety, …
Mary and Marv Schlichte
Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2016 1:00 am3354d ago
After reading the endorsement of Ken Rizer by The Gazette, we must respectfully disagree. Rizer helped our governor to privatize …
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