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Dennis Burrier Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2016 1:00 am3574d ago
Some voters in Iowa and elsewhere are so accustomed to forming an opinion on issues they don’t understand or have …
Lois Taylor Letters to the Editor May. 13, 2016 1:00 am3574d ago
I want to thank Congressman Rod Blum for leading by example and returning over $100,000 from his office’s budget to …
Fred Zerbee
Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2016 1:00 am3575d ago
Why is it that when we have two or more people of the same party seeking the same political office, …
Margaret Kolash
Letters to the Editor May. 12, 2016 1:00 am3575d ago
I was appalled and sickened as I read The Gazette’s May 6 headline suggesting hunting and slaughtering our beloved Cedar …
Gilbert Kopp
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2016 1:00 am3576d ago
I’m writing in hopes of getting something done at the Czech National Cemetery, located at the corner of Bowling Street …
Tiffany Lynn Carlton
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2016 1:00 am3576d ago
Even after being incarcerated one day short of five years, I still feel the guilt of what I put employees …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2016 1:00 am3576d ago
Water quality (‘Session fails to address water quality,” April 30) was Gov. Terry Branstad’s ‘top priority for the session”? He …
Don Hansen
Letters to the Editor May. 10, 2016 1:00 am3577d ago
Well, it is mowing time again and one can hear a multitude of noisy gas powered mowers. Following is a …
Cheryl Corey
Letters to the Editor May. 10, 2016 1:00 am3577d ago
Regarding the April 29 guest column by Jim Dyer, Waldo Morris and John Rosenberg ‘Consider privatizing city-owned golf courses”: What …
Tom Mohan
Letters to the Editor May. 11, 2016 3:41 pm3575d ago
The April 27 guest column ‘Stop the pipeline delays” left me insulted and outraged. It’s the same old, slickly packaged …
Laddie D. Oliver
Letters to the Editor May. 9, 2016 1:00 am3578d ago
The Constitution is the life blood of our United States. It must be mandatory for each state to return to …
Eileen McDermott
Letters to the Editor May. 9, 2016 1:00 am3578d ago
I agree with the April 29 letter ‘Speak out against mayor’s tax plan.” The voters have spoken and voted no …
Dave Parsons
Letters to the Editor May. 9, 2016 1:00 am3578d ago
Now that early voting has begun for the June 7 primary, it’s time for us to be making up our …
Steven C. Carfrae
Letters to the Editor May. 8, 2016 1:01 am3579d ago
Our city has sat on the fence too long as far as I am concerned and needs to deal with …
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