To the editor: Poppycock is all I can say about Lynda Waddington’s July 11 article ‘JoCo ID cards begin next …
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Mary Croy Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2015 2:20 am3878d ago
To the editor: Poppycock is all I can say about Lynda Waddington’s July 11 article ‘JoCo ID cards begin next …
Suzanne Barnes Letters to the Editor Jul. 15, 2015 2:20 am3878d ago
To the editor: Recently, The Gazette published a guest column about how wonderful the Bakken pipeline would be for Iowa …
Terry Heller
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2015 1:00 am3879d ago
To the editor: Walter Williams’s July 6 column on the right to bear arms was an eye-opener (‘Constitutional ignorance and …
Steve Parrott
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2015 1:00 am3879d ago
To the editor: Sheila Koppin, who until recently was the communications officer for the Office of the Iowa Board of …
Joseph Trabucco
Letters to the Editor Jul. 14, 2015 1:00 am3879d ago
To the editor: When Congress recently passed the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation it was a victory for business, workers …
Cheryl Valenta
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2015 1:00 am3880d ago
To the editor: After attending four community hearings to learn about the proposal for a crude oil pipeline crisscrossing Iowa, …
Mary Gravitt
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2015 1:00 am3880d ago
To the editor: There are no bus shelters on the outbound Towncrest Bus Route in Iowa City, but there are …
Donna Derr
Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2015 1:00 am3880d ago
To the editor: I am so tired of hearing about how wrong the Confederate flag is. I saw where it …
David H. Burke
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2015 1:00 am3881d ago
To the editor: Once again, it only took a little time for The Gazette to get on the bandwagon and …
Jeff Klinzman
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2015 1:00 am3881d ago
To the editor: For perhaps the first time since the 1970s, when then-Gov. Robert Ray opened Iowa as a haven …
Duane Eldred
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2015 1:00 am3881d ago
To the editor: Come on you in the Legislature. Get back to Des Moines and override Gov. Terry Branstad’s vetoes. …
Alan Flanagan
Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2015 1:00 am3881d ago
To the editor: It was a pleasure to read The Gazette’s recent article on Mike Gesell (‘Gesell for all seasons,” …
Amy Collette
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2015 1:00 am3882d ago
To the editor: Regardless of the outcome of the primaries and presidential election, at least one proposal should be promoted …
Ann Treanor
Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2015 1:00 am3882d ago
To the editor: Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges charges the majority with the offense of judicial activism …
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