The closing of Abbe Center is difficult to understand. Our most vulnerable population is now at risk. Our nephew was …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2013 1:04 pm4587d ago
The closing of Abbe Center is difficult to understand. Our most vulnerable population is now at risk. Our nephew was …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2013 1:03 pm4587d ago
My son is a resident at the Abbe Center in Marion. A year ago, he had a psychotic break and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 7, 2013 1:01 pm4587d ago
Sadly, horse slaughter in our country is almost a necessary evil for the owners who no longer will provide care …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2013 12:48 pm4588d ago
Commander-in-chief Barack Obama has launched a military war against Christians. Evangelical Christianity tops a U.S. Army Reserve list of groups …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2013 12:47 pm4588d ago
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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Letters to the Editor Aug. 6, 2013 12:46 pm4588d 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 pm4589d 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 pm4589d 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 pm4589d 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 pm4590d 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 pm4590d 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 pm4590d 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 pm4590d 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 pm4591d 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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