I will be a senior at Washington High School. I am devastated that the leader of the Washington community, Dr. …
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Peter Nassif Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2016 1:00 am3487d ago
I will be a senior at Washington High School. I am devastated that the leader of the Washington community, Dr. …
Ashley Hageman Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2016 1:00 am3487d ago
I am an incoming 11th-grader at Washington High School. I have been taught to look up to leaders and learn …
Rob Dean
Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2016 1:00 am3487d ago
The recent ‘encouraged retirement” of legendary principal Dr. Ralph Plagman is a sad commentary on the times and a rather …
Mary Vasey
Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2016 1:00 am3487d ago
I first knew of Dr. Ralph Plagman when I was teaching at Hiawatha Elementary School and he was at Kennedy. …
Nancy Sauerman and Bruce Bachmann
Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2016 1:00 am3488d ago
This letter responds to The Gazette’s July 24 article, ‘There goes the sun?” Our commitment to sustainable energy led us …
Mary Gravitt
Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2016 1:00 am3488d ago
Economically, the first half of the 20th century was grim – home to financial horror stories such as the hyperinflation …
Richard Pohorsky
Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2016 1:00 am3489d ago
In a letter by Natalie Harwood (‘Grassley doesn’t stand for Iowa values,” July 19) criticizing Sen. Chuck Grassley for not …
Mike Knutson
Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2016 1:00 am3489d ago
I’ve lived on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids for 15 years. Over the past year, the city has been …
Mary Lou Hess
Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2016 1:00 am3489d ago
Regarding Carole Teator’s July 15 guest column ‘Where have all the insects gone?” I wonder, too. I haven’t seen ladybugs …
Pete Looney
Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2016 11:48 am3490d ago
Steve Sovern’s interesting letter was published Monday: ‘Laws aren’t enough to protect cyclists,” focusing on the reality that ‘somebody’s gonna …
Cil Visek
Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2016 1:00 am3490d ago
So many of us drive Interstate 380 daily. The city and county have done a good job with the downtown …
JoLynn Glanzer
Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2016 1:00 am3490d ago
The July 23 Gazette article ‘Being good without God” caught my attention because it is actually impossible to be good …
Lawrence O. Reiner
Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2016 1:00 am3491d ago
In regard to the design of the proposed modification of Mormon Trek Blvd., there are several questions I would like …
Vivian Martin
Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2016 1:00 am3491d ago
Talk about a marketing ploy! The GOP has done it again. I can’t recall of ever seeing a picture of …
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