How ironic it is that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (“Vilsack warns of impact on Iowa,” Feb. 20 story) said …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2013 10:33 am4675d ago
How ironic it is that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (“Vilsack warns of impact on Iowa,” Feb. 20 story) said …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Mar. 15, 2013 10:32 am4675d ago
Regarding the Feb. 25 story “Sawdust cattle feed: Spinning straw into gold”: Is there no end to man’s inhumanity? Thirty …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2013 12:55 pm4676d ago
A recent Gazette article invited people to attend a presentation about the potential plans for Greene Square Park. I participated. …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2013 12:53 pm4676d ago
Thank you to Jennifer Hemmingsen for her sensitive and insightful comments about Lori Bears (“Lori Bears held I.C. accountable,” March …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2013 12:52 pm4676d ago
Dan Kehl keeps opening his mouth about our attempt to get a casino in Linn County. He continues to whine …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2013 12:50 pm4676d ago
I can’t understand why Dan Kehl, CEO of Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, spent nearly a million dollars on a …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 14, 2013 12:50 pm4676d ago
Several years ago, a man started a Humane Society in Muscatine. Some teenage boys broke in and killed many cats. …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 13, 2013 12:29 pm4677d ago
Jonah Goldberg’s Monday column “Greatest generation the most entitled” is hog wash. As the son of “Greatest Generation” parents and …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 13, 2013 12:27 pm4677d ago
It’s critical that we think carefully about the location of a casino and the message it sends to future families …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 13, 2013 12:26 pm4677d ago
In the current discussion of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, some have creatively ventured a theory that the …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2013 12:38 pm4678d ago
Why don’t some people want background checks for everyone before they can buy a gun? The National Rifle Association quotes …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2013 12:36 pm4678d ago
The (Linn County gambling) vote is over. I don’t know why a business, being built by private investors, needed us …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2013 12:33 pm4678d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad’s comparison of medical co-pays to the cash bar at a wedding is insulting to uninsured Iowans. People …
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Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2013 12:31 pm4678d ago
There has been much talk lately of the Republican Party’s effort to rebrand itself. It’s coming from the “young guns,” …
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