A writer makes unfounded accusations regarding an April 13 rear-end collision involving state Sen. Liz Mathis (“Mathis case handling, coverage …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2012 12:36 pm4850d ago
A writer makes unfounded accusations regarding an April 13 rear-end collision involving state Sen. Liz Mathis (“Mathis case handling, coverage …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2012 12:34 pm4850d ago
Iowa City’s Roosevelt Elementary is closed. Subtracting decades of tasteless capacity additions, I see a cute little pile of bricks …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2012 12:32 pm4850d ago
June is Scleroderma Month. What is scleroderma? It is a chronic and often progressive auto immune disease in which the …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:53 am4851d ago
Kofi Annan has been trying to wipe the blood off his hand from when he shook Syrian President Assad’s hand …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:52 am4851d ago
Thank you, Todd Dorman. Your June 10 column (“Tracing evolution on Polk”) enlightened many readers. The closed-door meetings, politics and …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:52 am4851d ago
I have never voted in a primary election because to do so I must declare for either the Democratic or …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:51 am4851d ago
Regarding Gary Ellis’ letter on June 10, “Obama’s policies killing private job creation”: Check out www.barackobama.com/ romney/economics/ survey. Go to …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:50 am4851d ago
Here in Iowa, we’re good neighbors and factory farms just aren’t. Too often, they build without consideration for neighbors’ quality …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:49 am4851d ago
Today, we have a president who is clearly hostile to Christianity. Never before in America has freedom of religion been …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 16, 2012 11:47 am4851d ago
Join me, and the Iowa Men’s Action Network, in speaking out against domestic and sexual violence. Reject the assumption that …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 14, 2012 12:16 pm4853d ago
I had the privilege of taking part in the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight from Cedar Rapids on June 5 as …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 14, 2012 12:15 pm4853d ago
On June 5, the voters of Johnson County decided I was worthy of being on the ballot in November. I …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 14, 2012 12:14 pm4853d ago
Massachusetts Democratic state Reps. Cory Atkins and Jeff Sanchez recently made it quite clear that Mitt Romney left a lot …
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Letters to the Editor Jun. 14, 2012 12:13 pm4853d ago
In response to Dick Roggensack’s June 4 letter, “Oil in Alaska shouldn’t hurt our environment”: Audubon’s Doug Harr and I …
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