Regarding the May 22 guest column by Rich Patterson, ‘Should Cedar Rapids kill geese?”: No doubt there is no place …
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Gary L. Roberts Letters to the Editor Jun. 11, 2016 1:00 am3545d ago
Regarding the May 22 guest column by Rich Patterson, ‘Should Cedar Rapids kill geese?”: No doubt there is no place …
Carolyn Goddard Letters to the Editor Jun. 11, 2016 1:00 am3545d ago
Regarding the incident in the Cincinnati Zoo: One of the things about this country’s society that upsets me is the …
June Cunningham
Letters to the Editor Jun. 11, 2016 1:00 am3545d ago
As a longtime Marion resident, I have watched the community grow and been very pleased. However, the new mini roundabout …
Greg Johnson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2016 11:40 am3545d ago
Cedar Rapids has done a lot for bicyclists and I watch out for them when driving. However, it concerns me …
Ernest Rimrodt
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2016 11:39 am3545d ago
Regarding the May 31 article ‘‘I don’t like sidewalks’”: I have lived in the neighborhood near Jefferson High School for …
Rosemary Weydert
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2016 11:38 am3545d ago
The silent majority has never been so important as today, especially those who stay informed. These are the ones who …
Jim Schmitz
Letters to the Editor Jun. 9, 2016 1:00 am3547d ago
Matt Damon gives a commencement speech to MIT graduates and takes cheap shots at Donald Trump and Wall Street. Really? …
Tony Stabb
Letters to the Editor Jun. 9, 2016 1:00 am3547d ago
Shhhhhhhh! I found a driving street in Cedar Rapids. Three lanes wide, one way, parallel parking on the right-hand side, …
Lynn Hjelmen
Letters to the Editor Jun. 9, 2016 1:00 am3547d ago
Recently, there was a letter in The Gazette with a recommendation on how to use the money collected by the …
Mary A. Craig
Letters to the Editor Jun. 8, 2016 1:00 am3548d ago
Can someone please tell me what is so special about the neighborhoods surrounding Glass Road? In the past, I’ve commented …
Palmer Holden
Letters to the Editor Jun. 8, 2016 1:00 am3548d ago
Regarding the May 29 editorial ‘Can leadership be taught?”: Of course leadership can be taught. That is what the military …
Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Jun. 8, 2016 1:00 am3548d ago
It was drearily predictable when two of The Gazette’s house right-wingers, Mallard Fillmore ‘artist” Bruce Tinsley and columnist Walter Williams, …
Craig Shapiro
Letters to the Editor Jun. 7, 2016 1:00 am3549d ago
Before anyone comes at Cedar Rapids’ Canada geese with ‘both barrels,” consider this: Goose couples mate for life, raise and …
Patrick DePalma
Letters to the Editor Jun. 7, 2016 1:00 am3549d ago
Last year I lamented about the summer of the orange cone and when would it come to an end. If …
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