The traffic cameras should stay! I drove a shuttle for a local car dealer for six years and drove on …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:57 am5020d ago
The traffic cameras should stay! I drove a shuttle for a local car dealer for six years and drove on …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:56 am5020d ago
The proposed Dubuque ordinance to discourage merchants from providing plastic bags would have unintended consequences. That’s because the cheap reusable …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:55 am5020d ago
Spare the First Christian Church building! In the spring of 2011, a sizable segment of the local community showed up …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:54 am5020d ago
Historic First Christian Church is smiling at you, St. Luke’s Hospital – a benefactor and builder in our community, not …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:54 am5020d ago
I am among those troubled and disturbed by the front page story (March 24) on trapping. Trapping is an extremely …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:53 am5020d ago
The current occupant of the White House likes to state that he didn’t know how bad the recession was until …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:52 am5020d ago
Apparently the only signature item on the agenda of the January 2012 State of the Union address was a clever …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:50 am5020d ago
Thank you for the heartwarming story about the treatment of Haitian infant Bedica Ermilus by Drs. Chris Buresh and Ginny …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:49 am5020d ago
We need to examine the Cedar Rapids Community School District as a business. The clients of the school district are …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:49 am5020d ago
Robert Boyle, founding father of modern chemistry, would be rolling over in his grave. I have read with interest the …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:48 am5020d ago
April is Autism Awareness Month. I have been getting a lot of phone calls from people wanting to know what …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 14, 2012 10:47 am5020d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley called President Obama stupid for stating he felt the Supreme Court would not rule a law passed …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 13, 2012 10:44 am5021d ago
As a corn farmer, I get upset when I’m at the grocery store and see foods marketed as being free …
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Letters to the Editor Apr. 13, 2012 10:43 am5021d ago
To all Republicans in Congress and especially Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.: Keep your hands off railroad retirement. The House of …
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