Once again the Iowa Utilities Board has sided with Dakota Access in allowing the company to build its dangerous pipeline …
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Virginia Melroy Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2016 1:00 am3447d ago
Once again the Iowa Utilities Board has sided with Dakota Access in allowing the company to build its dangerous pipeline …
Rich Zeis Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2016 1:00 am3447d ago
When Richard Nixon destroyed evidence and lied about it in 1974, we kicked him out of the White House. In …
Jon Custis
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2016 1:00 am3448d ago
On Sept. 1, I went to the Jones County Courthouse for a town-hall meeting to confront Sen. Chuck Grassley on …
Norm Sterzenbauch
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2016 1:00 am3448d ago
The American worker is the backbone of our economy and the middle class. When our leaders don’t support and uplift …
Greg Hapgood
Letters to the Editor Sep. 15, 2016 1:00 am3448d ago
In response to Charlie Kress’ guest editorial of Aug. 31 ‘Prospect Meadows: Good project, wrong location”: The solution is very …
Jeannette Clayton
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2016 1:00 am3449d ago
I am saddened and embarrassed by Sen. Chuck Grassley’s unwillingness to do his job helping this country have a full …
Tim Newton
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2016 1:00 am3449d ago
I would like to voice my support for Rod Blum and urge you to do the same. I am a …
John Carver
Letters to the Editor Sep. 14, 2016 1:00 am3449d ago
Your privilege to vote will soon be coming and it’s time to decide. A July Gallup Poll of Congress’s work …
James Smetzer
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2016 1:00 am3450d ago
I find myself wondering what Monica Vernon actually thinks about the issues. She is running as a Democrat, but was …
Richard Rozinek
Letters to the Editor Sep. 13, 2016 1:00 am3450d ago
Once again the taxpayers of Cedar Rapids get to foot the bill. We have the scandal of a young female …
Jeff Cardon
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2016 1:00 am3451d ago
On Tuesday, Mount Vernon votes on a proposed bond issue. Our children graduated from the Mount Vernon schools; we are …
Dory Rathje
Letters to the Editor Sep. 12, 2016 1:00 am3451d ago
In an age where many often feel employers lack real appreciation for its hardworking employees, I must send accolades to …
Harold Goodrich
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2016 1:00 am3452d ago
I urge my fellow property owners in the Mount Vernon School District to vote no on the $15.9 million school …
Carrie Slagle
Letters to the Editor Sep. 11, 2016 1:00 am3452d ago
Rapid rehousing is an approach to ending homelessness for individuals and families who are homeless, defined as living in emergency …
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