Everything about providing free lunches in the summer is great, but I have one question: Are all those plastic lunch …
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Marti Garrison Letters to the Editor Jun. 26, 2014 5:06 pm4205d ago
Everything about providing free lunches in the summer is great, but I have one question: Are all those plastic lunch …
Tim O’Brien Letters to the Editor Jun. 26, 2014 5:05 pm4205d ago
Joni Ernst, in a recent political ad, indicated that if she goes to Washington she would ‘make them squeal.” Who …
Helen Murray
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 5:47 pm4206d ago
I was very disappointed to see the condition of Cedar Memorial Cemetery this year when I went to place flowers …
Alan Evan-Schwartz
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 5:47 pm4206d ago
I enjoyed the Brucemore supplement in The Gazette. What happened to Bluesmore 2014, normally, one of the largest and best …
John Johnson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 5:47 pm4206d ago
In the latest school shooting at an Oregon high school, a teenage student armed with an AR-15 military-style assault rifle …
Kay Lammers
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 3:00 pm4206d ago
Marion has hired an out-of-town consultant for $100,000 to come up with a new branding. A select few will be …
Neil Thomas
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 3:00 pm4206d ago
For eight years a cozy, relaxing nook has resided at 112 32nd St. Drive SE in Cedar Rapids. Todd Meyer …
Cindy Frese
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 3:00 pm4206d ago
The June 14 letter ‘Roosevelt students take pride in garden” mentioned how Roosevelt Middle School has had an ongoing project …
Robert Cribbs
Letters to the Editor Jun. 25, 2014 3:00 pm4206d ago
The election participation rate for U.S. military services overseas was 4.6 percent in the midterm election of 2010. In the …
Jim Slitor
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4208d ago
Kudos to Todd Dorman for his June 3 piece ‘Branstad balks at conservation.” Branstad used his veto to slash funding …
Grant Speece
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4208d ago
I enjoyed reading the story about the work that is being done by Gospel Tabernacle Church in Cedar Rapids (‘The …
Lee R. Overton
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4208d ago
Oh, for those days when you parked your car, put the coin in the meter and went about your business. …
Karen Fesler
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 5:41 pm4208d ago
Trash talking about ‘big oil” seems to be fashionable among some in Washington, D.C., but we should take a minute …
Charlie Reutner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4208d ago
I am delighted the Environmental Protection Agency has moved to abate the disastrous impacts of climate change by regulating carbon …
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