The June 5 primary election is sneaking up on us and I urge you to make Jim Houser your choice …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 26, 2012 11:01 am4978d ago
The June 5 primary election is sneaking up on us and I urge you to make Jim Houser your choice …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor May. 26, 2012 11:00 am4978d ago
The Gazette’s support for a lead-shot ban on dove hunting in Iowa doesn’t surprise. The newspaper’s editorial board holds that …
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Letters to the Editor May. 26, 2012 10:59 am4978d ago
I’d like to thank the late Max Hampton, because if it weren’t for Max, I wouldn’t be here. Max introduced …
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Letters to the Editor May. 26, 2012 10:57 am4978d ago
Our county’s elections are clean and fair. Results are accurate. Auditor Slockett is detail oriented and committed to the actual …
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Letters to the Editor May. 24, 2012 1:16 pm4980d ago
“I think the Johnson County public is very sophisticated about looking at these type of issues.” These are the words …
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Letters to the Editor May. 24, 2012 1:14 pm4980d ago
Industry-paid analysts tell us, the rate paying public, that we need to prepay for the only reliable energy available, nuclear. …
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Letters to the Editor May. 24, 2012 1:09 pm4980d ago
We always travel through, stay, eat and shop in Cedar Rapids, but after returning home in California and receiving a …
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Letters to the Editor May. 24, 2012 1:08 pm4980d ago
God created perfect humans and a perfect world called Eden. God wanted his creatures to love and obey Him of …
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Letters to the Editor May. 24, 2012 1:08 pm4980d ago
To my amazement, the city wants to build two parkades downtown. We already have two parkades and several parking lots …
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Letters to the Editor May. 23, 2012 12:57 pm4981d ago
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was on C-SPAN recently, bellyaching about President Obama’s national debt. What did President Bush, King and …
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Letters to the Editor May. 23, 2012 12:56 pm4981d ago
There is talk in the news about what the Republicans may do if the Supreme Court declares the Affordable Care …
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Letters to the Editor May. 23, 2012 12:55 pm4981d ago
Sen. Mike Gronstal explained why he has blocked a vote on the issue of same-sex marriage: “I’m not going to …
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Letters to the Editor May. 23, 2012 12:54 pm4981d ago
Tom Slockett is my choice for Johnson County auditor. I have known Slockett for many years, and as a former …
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Letters to the Editor May. 23, 2012 12:52 pm4981d ago
Dear Hostile Motorist, Your anger is not productive. Yelling profanities from your car is not productive. Pass me safely, pull …
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