Why do I, a resident of Cedar Rapids, care about funding for the Marion library? Because approximately half of their …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2013 1:40 pm4503d ago
Why do I, a resident of Cedar Rapids, care about funding for the Marion library? Because approximately half of their …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2013 1:39 pm4503d ago
Craig Adamson, a current Marion City Council member, should be re-elected by your write-in vote. In fact, Adamson should be …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2013 1:35 pm4503d ago
How to win an election: 1. Be low key so your opponents don’t know what you are doing. 2. Line …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2013 1:35 pm4503d ago
As parents, we strongly support maintaining Iowa City’s 21-only after 10 p.m. bar ordinance. This law not only protects our …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 30, 2013 1:34 pm4503d ago
Three years have passed since the 21-only bar ordinance went into effect in Iowa City and none of the doom …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 29, 2013 2:12 pm4504d ago
Driving around my lovely town of Coralville, I see a thriving, charming, clean and well-maintained place. Coralville has cultural opportunities, …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 29, 2013 2:12 pm4504d ago
Laurie Goodrich is approachable, works well with others, and will make decisions based on past, present and future research for …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 29, 2013 2:11 pm4504d ago
As I travel around Cedar Rapids, I am reminded every day of the regrettable condition of our streets. It has …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 29, 2013 2:11 pm4504d ago
After dedicating more than 40 years of my life to journalism, many of them actively covering partisan politics at the …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2013 12:58 pm4505d ago
During these weeks, we are being subjected to much of the same rhetoric we hear year after year from the …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2013 12:56 pm4505d ago
The Gazette Editorial Board, we can assume all members are in agreement, has once again reaffirmed its support for sodomite …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2013 12:53 pm4505d ago
I believe that Susie Weinacht would make an excellent addition to the Cedar Rapids City Council in one of the …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2013 12:52 pm4505d ago
Now that you see what you get when you don’t vote in every election, don’t you think you should vote …
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Letters to the Editor Oct. 28, 2013 12:46 pm4505d ago
It feels way more like racial hatred than an ideological fight. More about the color of the president’s skin than …
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