To the editor: The Bakken Pipeline enters the northwest corner of Iowa and goes out the southeast corner. How many …
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Tom Ratchford Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2015 1:00 am3810d ago
To the editor: The Bakken Pipeline enters the northwest corner of Iowa and goes out the southeast corner. How many …
Kathy Vande Zandschulp Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2015 1:00 am3810d ago
To the editor: I cannot believe that a city the size of Cedar Rapids does not have an organization that …
Jack Pilling
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2015 1:00 am3811d ago
To the editor: At this point it does not matter a whit how you feel about the selection of J. …
Laura McGraw
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2015 1:00 am3811d ago
To the editor: While abortion is a safe and legal procedure in this country, access to it has become a …
Amy Collette
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2015 1:00 am3812d ago
To the editor: In Iowa, ex-felons are permanently disenfranchised, their right to vote revoked for a lifetime unless they can …
Steve Kemble
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2015 1:00 am3812d ago
To the editor: Congressman Rod Blum’s Sept. 7 guest column ‘Let’s get America working again” reads as if it were …
Autumn Arnold
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2015 1:00 am3812d ago
To the editor: We have a responsibility to leave a clean, healthy planet for future generations. Climate change is affecting …
Karen Taylor
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2015 1:00 am3813d ago
To the editor: A kind stranger – an angel in disguise – helped me Aug. 28 and I’m very grateful. …
Brian Campbell
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2015 1:00 am3813d ago
To the editor: I applaud the Board of Regent’s selection of Bruce Harreld as University of Iowa president. The university …
Tim Crosby
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2015 10:57 am3812d ago
To the editor: The University of Iowa’s new president is Bruce Harreld. Any reasonable assessment of his CV would disqualify …
Charles R. Crawley
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2015 1:00 am3814d ago
To the editor: The best argument against Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee is two words: Supreme Court. Sanders does …
Matt Spellman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2015 1:00 am3814d ago
To the editor: It is critical we make a difference in this country. We have to stop getting involved in …
Myrna Loehrlein
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2015 1:00 am3814d ago
To the editor: Thanks to The Gazette for the Aug. 29 editorial about former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s …
Steve Sovern
Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2015 1:02 pm3807d ago
To the editor: Those with boatloads of money have purchased the keys to democracy. Citizens are being locked out as …
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