Since June 2008, the residential daily service charge for water, sewer treatment, storm sewer, solid waste and recycling services has …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2012 3:34 pm4889d ago
Since June 2008, the residential daily service charge for water, sewer treatment, storm sewer, solid waste and recycling services has …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2012 1:49 pm4890d ago
Former Massachusetts Gov. and presidential candidate Mitt Romney picking Paul Ryan as his vice presidential candidate was brilliant! Ryan has …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2012 1:49 pm4890d ago
Though I’ve lived in Ohio for more than 26 years, when people ask me where I’m from, I still answer …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2012 1:48 pm4890d ago
Let’s get specific for a change in how to create a better economy. This is becoming a ping-pong political arena …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2012 1:36 pm4890d ago
Ken Thimmesch (“Pay attention to who’s opposing voter ID laws,” Aug. 14 letter) must not read the paper to which …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2012 12:25 pm4891d ago
To those who are raising daughters: Please pay attention to what she wears and the implications it has on her …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2012 12:24 pm4891d ago
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation provides vital investigative support and expertise to law enforcement agencies across the state – …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2012 12:24 pm4891d ago
“There are documented cases where deceased people and animals were registered to vote and voted, and where voters voted more …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2012 12:23 pm4891d ago
The Iowa Republican Party and the Family Leader’s calls to remove Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins from office begs …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2012 12:22 pm4891d ago
Again in the Aug. 12 Gazette letters, conservatives are painted as mean-spirited, intolerant, religious nuts for believing that the Iowa …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2012 12:12 pm4891d ago
The United States gives billions in subsidies for fossil fuels and nuclear but only small tax incentives for solar and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2012 12:21 pm4892d ago
I applaud Charlotte Nelson’s Aug. 9 guest column, “Why we should value direct care,” and I echo her arguments about …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2012 1:02 pm4893d ago
What happened to the world I grew up in? We were taught in school, that as citizens, we have a …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2012 1:02 pm4893d ago
An Aug. 5 letter (“Time for mourning, not advancing agenda,” Jesse Monk) asked whether now is the right time to …
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