The two presumptive presidential candidates we are being snowballed with don’t cut the mustard. I cannot see a quality in …
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Frank Zieser Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2016 1:00 am3530d ago
The two presumptive presidential candidates we are being snowballed with don’t cut the mustard. I cannot see a quality in …
Eugene Spaziani Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2016 1:00 am3530d ago
Please, citizens. Stop denigrating superdelegates. Bernie Sanders and followers should understand the delegates’ vital role. Yes, the system is rigged, …
Janet Wagner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 24, 2016 1:00 am3531d ago
I was daydreaming in front of my TV. Soon Donald Trump appeared. I sat up. I could not believe what …
Jo Pearson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 24, 2016 1:00 am3531d ago
Letters such as that by Tom Lindborg from Minnesota (‘Traveler upset with C.R. traffic cameras,” June 15) are so puzzling …
The Rev. Beverly J. Birtcher
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2016 1:00 am3532d ago
In the June 7 article ‘Governor defends Bible proclamation,” Gov. Terry Branstad states that the Bible is a source of …
Dann Myers
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2016 1:00 am3532d ago
Thank you for the story about our beloved retiring Marion Police Chief Harry Daugherty (‘After 40 years with department, Marion …
Casey Cook
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2016 1:00 am3532d ago
Would Iowa City be willing to make an investment in affordable housing that pays off within two years and continues …
Robert Nassif
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2016 1:00 am3533d ago
The city plans to gut 34th Street to construct a six-foot-wide sidewalk. The first stage involves installing a sidewalk starting …
Gary Ellis
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2016 3:44 pm3532d ago
Fifty died and President Barack Obama lied. The primary factor in the tragedy in Orlando is radical Islamic terrorism. A …
Jo Pearson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 21, 2016 1:00 am3534d ago
Letters such as that by Tom Lindborg from Minnesota (‘Traveler upset with C.R. traffic cameras,” June 15) are so puzzling …
Chandra Jordan
Letters to the Editor Jun. 21, 2016 1:00 am3534d ago
On the June 15 broadcast of the KCRG-TV9 news at 10 p.m., there was a news story about my neighborhood …
Steven C. Carfrae
Letters to the Editor Jun. 21, 2016 1:00 am3534d ago
Mary A. Craig has written letters twice about the Glass Road improvements and in her last letter she pleaded for …
Dean Varner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2016 1:00 am3535d ago
In a May 6 letter ‘Gun violence not a citywide issue,” Evan Vulich correctly stated that gun violence was not …
Steve Feller
Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2016 1:00 am3535d ago
I applaud recent actions by an increasing number of Republicans to speak the plain truth: Donald Trump, by his public …
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