I am glad to see our City Council unanimously voted to place the 10-year local-option sales tax to a community …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2013 12:47 pm4433d ago
I am glad to see our City Council unanimously voted to place the 10-year local-option sales tax to a community …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2013 12:46 pm4433d ago
As a dialysis facility administrator at DaVita Cedar Rapids Dialysis Center in Cedar Rapids, I care for 48 kidney failure …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2013 12:36 pm4434d ago
Political campaigns are lasting years and costing billions of dollars nowadays. Because of those things, average citizens are exempt from …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2013 12:33 pm4434d ago
“Fix-the-Debt” is a national group of Wall-Street-connected financial fat cats who want to increase their wealth at our expense by …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 5, 2013 12:32 pm4434d ago
Four years ago, I watched as our state’s government was spending more money that it was taking in, passing the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2013 1:21 pm4435d ago
My husband and I enjoy the downtown Cedar Rapids farmers market very much. I never leave without my arms and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2013 1:12 pm4435d ago
For years the threesome I golf with played primarily at Twin Pines. Several years ago, after another season pass cost …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2013 1:07 pm4435d ago
As Twins season ticket holders, we planned our summer vacation around seeing the Kernels play on July 13. We stayed …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 4, 2013 1:04 pm4435d ago
AFSCME Local 12, which represents employees at the University of Iowa, is a proud supporter of the Homeless Children’s Trust. …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2013 12:46 pm4436d ago
For 30 years, I taught grades 7-12 mathematics in rural Iowa. There are two main reasons to start school in …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2013 12:45 pm4436d ago
I don’t know why Magellan Midstream Partners made the decision to stop delivering unleaded gas to the area, but as …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2013 12:44 pm4436d ago
Recently, the Iowa City Press-Citizen published an article about the principal in Ottumwa disallowing “The Laramie Project” from being staged …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2013 12:42 pm4436d ago
Almost daily we are informed of some new threat to our health or livelihood. These span the range from terrorist …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 3, 2013 12:39 pm4436d ago
Your recent article concerning the termination of a captain in the Cedar Rapids Fire Department requires further clarification (“Fire captain …
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