We have two problems and one solution. Our Iowa City jail wants to expand. Our nearby post office wants to …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 29, 2013 1:32 pm4508d ago
We have two problems and one solution. Our Iowa City jail wants to expand. Our nearby post office wants to …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 29, 2013 1:32 pm4508d ago
Things are happening in our culture that would have been thought impossible several generations ago. Our government is taking actions …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 29, 2013 1:31 pm4508d ago
Former Chief Justice Louis Lavorato says Gov. Terry Branstad took a “hands off” approach in Larry Hedlund’s termination. Just like …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2013 12:43 pm4509d ago
Let’s re-elect Karla Cook to the Iowa City school board. There is no more levelheaded, thoughtful, conscientious person around. She …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2013 12:37 pm4509d ago
Students in this community will benefit if we elect Jason Lewis to the Iowa City school board on Sept. 10. …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2013 12:31 pm4509d ago
Kudos to small town, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. The town leaders, very concerned about property damage and motor vehicle accidents with an …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2013 12:25 pm4509d ago
It has long seemed that peace in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East can only succeed by multiple simultaneous efforts. …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 28, 2013 12:23 pm4509d ago
There are so many appreciative things that could be said about professional baseball in Cedar Rapids but the limit of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2013 12:56 pm4510d ago
If I have a choice between raising property taxes or voting yes for the extension of the local-option sales tax …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2013 12:55 pm4510d ago
In the northwest corner of Iowa, who next will Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, so thoughtlessly and insultingly degrade; will the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2013 12:55 pm4510d ago
A few weeks ago, I decided to take my lunch to a bench on Iowa City’s Ped Mall at the …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2013 11:51 am4511d ago
I read with dismay last week the news articles questioning the ethics of one of our school board candidates, Brian …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2013 11:51 am4511d ago
Who is Tuyet Dorau? A person you want on your team, protecting your education system and making it the best …
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