In placing blame for the financial fiasco at the 6th Judicial District Department of Corrections on former director Gary Hinzman, …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2014 3:16 pm4414d ago
In placing blame for the financial fiasco at the 6th Judicial District Department of Corrections on former director Gary Hinzman, …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2014 3:16 pm4414d ago
Rodeo is a spectacle of abuse, a display of human domination over animals. Electric prods, spurs and bucking straps are …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2014 3:15 pm4414d ago
To the seniors, the children and the working poor: What a friend we have in Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. How unfortunate …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 26, 2014 1:46 pm4415d ago
A Jan. 19 Gazette article proclaims “Extreme weather stresses crops worldwide.” What a shock. Like this hasn’t been going on …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 26, 2014 1:44 pm4415d ago
In the newspaper lately, there have been negative articles concerning South Slope Cooperative Communications. I have been a South Slope …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:58 pm4416d ago
Editor’s note: Following is a letter we received responding to our Nov. 17 editorial, “Kids Games”: I am the father …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:55 pm4416d ago
Editor’s note: Following is a letter we received responding to our Nov. 17 editorial, “Kids Games”: I spent three seasons …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:48 pm4416d ago
Editor’s note: Following is a letter we received responding to our Nov. 17 editorial, “Kids Games”: As a farm kid, …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:47 pm4416d ago
I see Congress is having trouble extending jobless benefits. There is a simple answer. Fine and jail all who hire …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:44 pm4416d ago
The Jan. 18 issue of The Gazette was full of environmental stories that made it interesting to read and appreciate. Beginning with …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:43 pm4416d ago
I think it is time to let professional sports teams advertise on their players’ uniforms. Like NASCAR ads on cars. …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:39 pm4416d ago
Big Ten officials hand out reprimands like the officials call fouls: unequally. I can remember other coaches in basketball and …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:38 pm4416d ago
Your Jan. 18 article about the closing of the soy candle factory in New Hampton (“Company to close Soy Basics …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 25, 2014 12:37 pm4416d ago
The Gazette for Jan. 19, section D, depicts “Educating entrepreneurs” at Metro High School. The students are producing chocolate bars …
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