Sen. Liz Mathis, who is up for re-election in Senate District 34, has a Republican opponent who is not telling …
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Gary Shea Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2016 1:00 am3383d ago
Sen. Liz Mathis, who is up for re-election in Senate District 34, has a Republican opponent who is not telling …
Boyd Severson Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2016 1:00 am3383d ago
Regarding The Gazette’s Sept. 11 editorial ‘A clear decision” supporting the proposed Crestwood Ridge apartment development: One statement mentions that …
Linda Koehler
Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2016 1:00 am3383d ago
Why can’t we maintain five supervisors and keep the representation for the whole county? Answer: At $103,000 per supervisor it …
Peggy Bramman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2016 10:56 am3384d ago
I was offended to see an ad that was sent to Delaware County voters by Dan Zumbach and the Republican …
Carl W. Stuber III
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2016 10:56 am3384d ago
To those who cannot stand up, take off their hats, put their hands over their hearts, put their phones away …
David Tominsky
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2016 1:00 am3385d ago
Stacey Walker radiates the energy our county needs to lead and is the best candidate for our open Linn County …
Kurt Maas
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2016 1:00 am3385d ago
The Gazette’s editorial calling on Iowa Republican leaders to elevate principle over partisanship with regard to criticizing Donald Trump’s recent …
Edna Brunkhorst
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2016 1:00 am3385d ago
All of us pay taxes, whether on clothing, telephone, furniture or on our taxable income. None of us want our …
Dale Fitzgibbons
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2016 1:00 am3386d ago
When we spend a dollar on a good or a service we say we obtained a dollar’s worth of value …
Randy Groepper
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2016 1:00 am3386d ago
It irritates me that just because I disagree with a candidates’ political philosophy, I must be a racist, a sexist, …
Joe Sheller
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2016 1:00 am3386d ago
The ‘we’re sorry” subtext of Todd Dorman’s column (‘Getting it wrong on immigration since 1895,” Sept. 11) might be a …
Polly Shive Pagliai
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2016 1:00 am3387d ago
Please join the first Art of Recovery walk Sept. 25, sponsored by Prelude (formally MECCA). September is National Recovery Month. …
Robert Ritscher
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2016 1:00 am3387d ago
I am a farmer, Farm Bureau board member, county voting delegate and Benton County Soil and Water Commissioner. We help …
Dale Walter
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2016 1:00 am3387d ago
I recently read The Gazette’s article about Monica Vernon’s tour of the Iron Workers Local 89 training center and was …
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