To the editor: A zero-tolerance policy is nothing more than a restriction on people thinking for themselves. In 2009, a …
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Rosemary Weydert Letters to the Editor Apr. 11, 2015 1:00 am3973d ago
To the editor: A zero-tolerance policy is nothing more than a restriction on people thinking for themselves. In 2009, a …
Patricia Kinch Letters to the Editor Apr. 11, 2015 1:00 am3973d ago
To the editor: First, it was the casino, now it is a water park (‘Plans pitched for water park in …
Jim Slitor
Letters to the Editor Apr. 11, 2015 1:00 am3973d ago
To the editor: The analysis piece on April 4 ‘Iran, U.S. embark on unchartered territory” was excellent. If those who …
Myrna Loehrlein
Letters to the Editor Apr. 10, 2015 6:58 pm3973d ago
To the editor: Imagine that your child comes home from school with a fever. It looks serious, so you take …
Myra Krenz
Letters to the Editor Apr. 10, 2015 6:57 pm3973d ago
To the editor: Regarding the March 31 letter ‘Second Amendment is under attack”: This outdated amendment was put in place …
Mark Hanawalt
Letters to the Editor Apr. 10, 2015 6:57 pm3973d ago
To the editor: Iowans are getting ready for the 2016 presidential campaign, which saw its first official entrant with Sen. …
Amy Collette
Letters to the Editor Apr. 9, 2015 5:17 pm3974d ago
To the editor: In the 1990s, Washington state and Oregon started an experiment that has become so successful that Colorado …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 9, 2015 5:17 pm3974d ago
Mary A. Craig To the editor: Recently, I had the pleasure of going to my grandsons’ school and having lunch …
James Beranek
Letters to the Editor Apr. 9, 2015 5:17 pm3974d ago
To the editor: Congratulations for reporting on the threat to the State Historical Society’s research library in Iowa City. This …
Betty Brauer
Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2015 1:55 am3976d ago
To the editor: It was refreshing to read something positive about Joni Ernst after all the snide remarks about her. …
Rosemary Weydert
Letters to the Editor Apr. 8, 2015 1:00 am3976d ago
To the editor: The modern day media is pushing names and faces on their public. For 2016 it is Hillary …
William Gasper
Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2015 5:31 pm3976d ago
To the editor: I am writing to say that we got my parents’ house rebuilt because they were on the …
Terry Ebaugh
Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2015 5:31 pm3976d ago
To the editor: I am very, very disappointed in The Gazette’s decision to discontinue the comic strip ‘Mallard Fillmore”. This …
Robert J. Boes
Letters to the Editor Apr. 7, 2015 5:31 pm3976d ago
To the editor: The March 26 letter to the editor ‘Climate change is a scare tactic” seems to beg for …
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