On July 6, The Gazette had an excellent front-page story about plans to build a plasma-arc waste treatment plant in …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 13, 2013 11:39 am4555d ago
On July 6, The Gazette had an excellent front-page story about plans to build a plasma-arc waste treatment plant in …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2013 11:39 am4556d ago
Profit-driven nursing home chains increasingly neglect and abuse Iowa seniors and people with disabilities, and Gov. Terry Branstad’s actions to …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2013 11:38 am4556d ago
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has publicly assured Iowans that the suspension of the state employee who alerted the highway patrol …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 12, 2013 11:37 am4556d ago
I hate to think that the Iowa Board of Medicine is the latest recruit of the forces working to end …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:26 pm4557d ago
Do Gov. Terry Branstad and his spokesman really think Iowans believe that the governor and lieutenant governor were so engrossed …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:25 pm4557d ago
Kudos to Target Store East for outstanding reaction and action taken by their staff during the June 24 tornado warning. …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:24 pm4557d ago
We had a farrow-to-finish hog operation of 500 to 1,000 head. Our farm smelled because we piled manure outside year-round …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 11, 2013 12:15 pm4557d ago
With all due respect to Jennifer Hemmingsen (July 7 column), it’s not just Midwesterners who love talking about the weather. …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2013 11:35 am4558d ago
Flag etiquette: To salute, all people come to attention, citizens not in uniform place their right hand over their heart …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2013 11:32 am4558d ago
I am amazed at the number of laws being passed that invade a woman’s body against her will, deny her …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2013 11:30 am4558d ago
Beautification of our city has been a priority. If so, how about removing the 2-foot erosion fences that can be …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2013 2:02 pm4559d ago
On behalf of the Marion American Legion Post 298 color guard, I apologize to those in attendance at the Praise …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2013 1:03 pm4559d ago
I was excited watching the end of the fireworks show downtown on Independence Day when Lee Greenwood’s song “Proud to …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2013 1:01 pm4559d ago
Growing up on a farm and watching my mother raise chickens, there always seemed to be one baby chicken that …
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