Don’t downplay the devastating effects Project 2025 would have on our country. Just look at what has happened to the …
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Deb Shields Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2024 8:33 am421d ago
Don’t downplay the devastating effects Project 2025 would have on our country. Just look at what has happened to the …
Michael Davies Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2024 8:33 am421d ago
Well, here we go again. The closer we get to election time, and the less the Democrats have to brag …
Nicholas Freshour
Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2024 8:32 am421d ago
While many will receive legitimate calls and texts from political campaigns this year, sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between real …
Deb Krebill
Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2024 6:00 am421d ago
Many times, there are attributes of a candidate running for office that cannot be found through research. I want to …
Charles and Mary Sue Vernon
Letters to the Editor Oct. 21, 2024 6:00 am421d ago
We have known Andy and Connie McKean since moving to Anamosa in 1986. They have both been very involved in …
Paul Deaton
Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2024 6:00 am422d ago
With all the education talk before the Nov. 5 election, Ed Chabal should be a shoo-in to be elected to …
Stella Siver
Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2024 6:00 am422d ago
This letter is the same topic as Richard Sprague’s in The Gazette on Sept. 22. It’s about the roads and …
Gary Bell
Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2024 6:00 am422d ago
Here are some reflections on the legislative forum at Mt Vernon High School with District 83 Rep. Cindy Golding and …
Sue and Bob Dvorsky
Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2024 5:00 am422d ago
Many of my friends remember the election night in 2008 as a remarkable moment in the history of our country. …
Charlie McClintock
Letters to the Editor Oct. 20, 2024 5:00 am422d ago
This is not a traditional Letter to the Editor for a political candidate. Rather, I’d like to offer you an …
Dan Sullivan
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2024 6:00 am426d ago
My wife and I are empty nesters after our three children have finished college and married. They all live out …
Bonnie Boothroy
Letters to the Editor Oct. 16, 2024 6:00 am426d ago
What choice? When a couple deeply desires and joyfully celebrates a pregnancy, what happens when the woman’s body rejects that …
Dean Soenksen
Letters to the Editor Oct. 15, 2024 8:49 am427d ago
I moved here in January 1983. I’ve seen a lot good and bad. Politicians have come and gone. John Thompson …
Jerry Chilton
Letters to the Editor Oct. 14, 2024 6:00 am428d ago
This is the only time in my memory that so many people who were close to a U.S. president have …
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