On Jan. 14, David Roederer, director of the Iowa Department of Management, told us (the state of) Iowa will be …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2014 1:17 pm4344d ago
On Jan. 14, David Roederer, director of the Iowa Department of Management, told us (the state of) Iowa will be …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2014 1:14 pm4344d ago
During the blizzard of Jan. 26, my son and I were traveling south on Highway 13 when we experienced near …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2014 1:11 pm4344d ago
The Jan. 31 Gazette article (“3 dead in murder-suicide”) about Robert Livingston shooting his wife, mother-in-law, and himself noted that …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2014 1:10 pm4344d ago
Pretty much every time President Obama talks, the facts are fabricated. Recently, he stated that Obamacare has signed up more …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 8, 2014 1:08 pm4344d ago
The recent ungodly surge to legalize marijuana for “recreational use” is the same sin as the sin of legalized gambling. …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2014 1:00 pm4345d ago
Thank God the Texas ordeal of treating the brain-dead woman as a potted plant is over. Assuming that the woman …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2014 12:42 pm4345d ago
The Iowa Veterans’ Welcome Center board members and volunteers would like to thank the IBEW Local 405 for its financial …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2014 12:41 pm4345d ago
Thank you for your story on workplace bullying, a problem that I believe is rampant among employers both large and …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 7, 2014 12:33 pm4345d ago
Because of the overwhelming success of Obamacare in reforming health insurance, the president, in his last year in office (2016), …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2014 11:06 am4346d ago
My pickup takes 87 octane unleaded gas. I do not want ethanol in my truck. The Ford manual says no. …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2014 11:04 am4346d ago
Regarding the Jan. 31 letter by Tom Lammers, “Little resident input on backyard chickens”: I am not a resident of …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2014 11:03 am4346d ago
As reported in The Gazette, the number of flu cases is increasing in Iowa (“UIHC treating more patients with severe …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 6, 2014 11:02 am4346d ago
I have lived in the Cedar Rapids area for more than 30 years and am wondering what has changed with …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 5, 2014 3:30 pm4347d ago
I’m glad to see our elected leaders in Washington have approved a plan to allow the federal government to spend …
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