Like a financial balance sheet, the proposed Rock Island Clean Line project has negative attributes along with positive benefits. Those …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 12, 2014 2:22 pm4429d ago
Like a financial balance sheet, the proposed Rock Island Clean Line project has negative attributes along with positive benefits. Those …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 12, 2014 2:20 pm4429d ago
Mayor Ron Corbett was quoted in the Jan. 5 Gazette: “We’re having some success in this community because we’ve put …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:51 pm4430d ago
This story of two wolves (related to personality) rather fascinates me. Here, related to culture. Inside each of us there …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:51 pm4430d ago
I’m in agreement with Jim Walters as to the lack of caring about our natural resources (“Don’t let Iowa Legislature …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:49 pm4430d ago
Thank you, Phil Alexander. Your racially charged diatribe (“U.S. demographics a test disadvantage,” Dec. 22) regarding declining test scores in …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:49 pm4430d ago
The United Nations is trying to sneak several dangerous treaties through the U.S. Senate: l The U.N.’s small arms treaty …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:48 pm4430d ago
Streets in the residential areas of Cedar Rapids are a terrible mess from all the sand and salt that has …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:47 pm4430d ago
The Environmental Protection Agency needs to reassess its stance on ethanol. The EPA is set to change rules that could …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 11, 2014 12:46 pm4430d ago
Cedar Lake has been called many things: the slough, a dumping ground for industrial waste, the home of chemically altered …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2014 12:35 pm4431d ago
Regarding the Jan. 3 article, “Lawmakers push for new sports fund”: The article was very positive about moving forward in …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2014 12:34 pm4431d ago
As a volunteer at the Iowa Juvenile Home library, I was impressed with the way staff helped the students to …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2014 12:33 pm4431d ago
If you go to usa.gov, you can read the most recent executive orders made by our president and those who …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2014 12:32 pm4431d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says he is going to run for re-election to the Senate in 2016 when he is …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 10, 2014 12:31 pm4431d ago
As we begin a new year, I want to voice concern about an inequity that has existed for too long …
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