I asked several professional newspeople and news departments to investigate into local sheriff departments (including Fayette County) to find out …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2014 1:43 pm4432d ago
I asked several professional newspeople and news departments to investigate into local sheriff departments (including Fayette County) to find out …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2014 1:42 pm4432d ago
It was refreshing to read in The Gazette (“C.R. outdoor education center planned,” Jan. 3) how Dave Blankenship plans to …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2014 1:42 pm4432d ago
I’m sorry I didn’t write a letter to the editor last week and express my disappointment with Iowa basketball coach …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9, 2014 1:41 pm4432d ago
I was shoveling snow from our driveway Dec. 16 and a FedEx truck stopped on the road. The driver got …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2014 2:42 pm4433d ago
We read with great interest and excitement in the Jan. 1 Cedar Rapids Gazette about Linn County’s plan to acquire …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2014 2:41 pm4433d ago
This election year, some politicians are again misleading the American public in order to get votes. They are saying, “It’s …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2014 2:40 pm4433d ago
In reference to the letter about the girl receiving a ticket for not having up-to-date license tags (“Enforcement of law …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2014 2:03 pm4434d ago
The National Security Agency has made the case in court that bulk collection of telephone records is critical in the …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2014 2:03 pm4434d ago
Guest columnist Tom Snyder wrote an “interesting” assessment of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (“Leaders ignore Constitution,” Jan. …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2014 2:02 pm4434d ago
Is anyone else confused by the anti-Obamacare sign, just north of Cedar Rapids on Interstate 380? The sign reads: “He …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2014 2:16 pm4435d ago
I have been a member of the Iowa Juvenile Home Foundation since 2008 and visit the facility regularly. I am …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2014 2:16 pm4435d ago
Human Trafficking Awareness Day is Saturday. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and is defined as controlling a person through force, …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2014 2:15 pm4435d ago
On the evening of Dec. 21, I hobbled to the door without my cane and discovered a group of wonderful …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 5, 2014 2:45 pm4436d ago
Let’s start the new year right by admitting none of us would have life on earth unless God gave it …
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