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Dorothy Ciha Letters to the Editor Aug. 15, 2014 4:40 pm4154d ago
Recently, the House of Representatives voted to appropriate $694 million to care for the child immigrants from Central America. Also …
Dave Bradley Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2014 5:39 pm4155d ago
Once more Iowa has to go through a Terry Branstad campaign where his less than mediocre record is hyped way …
Floyd Sandford
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2014 5:39 pm4155d ago
Wait, let me be certain I understand. Cedar Rapids wants to be a Blue Zone community and yet when Edward …
Chloe Howe
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2014 5:39 pm4155d ago
School is getting ready to start and too many of Iowa’s students will be dropped off and picked up by …
Sue Dirks
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2014 5:41 pm4156d ago
Am I the only one who is upset that the Supreme Court decided that the owners of Hobby Lobby can …
Jeanne Amosson
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2014 6:57 pm4156d ago
A word about the Senate contest between Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley. Ernst is a solid fiscal conservative who will …
John Jadryev
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2014 6:57 pm4156d ago
We recently passed the 100-year anniversary of a tragic event and the 50-year anniversary of another. World War I started …
Barbara Lang
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2014 5:37 pm4157d ago
Like many Iowans, my grandparents and parents were farmers, and they taught me to value healthy soil and a healthy …
Debra Ozburn
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2014 5:37 pm4157d ago
This is in reference to the Aug. 1 letter ‘Interstate 380 cables are a death sentence.” I was upset and …
Dawn Brouwers
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2014 5:37 pm4157d ago
On July 20, The Gazette published an article ‘Care providers leaving poor areas” about medical providers leaving low income areas. …
Gordon Taylor
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2014 5:24 pm4158d ago
The reaction to the University of Iowa being moved from No. 1 to No. 2 in the Princeton Review party …
Noreen Tonkin
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2014 5:24 pm4158d ago
I had heard that Marion Mayor Allen ‘Snooks” Bouska was a nice and caring person. People of Marion had told …
Ken Rizer
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2014 5:24 pm4158d ago
Regarding the July 31 article ‘Decision time looms for Options program”: Sen. Tom Harkin and other disability rights advocates want …
Sheryl O’Connell
Letters to the Editor Aug. 8, 2014 4:33 pm4161d ago
The move to close sheltered workshops for the disabled is taking away an opportunity for those who don’t fit the …
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