After the recent news of a proposed gas tax increase, I have to wonder if our elected officials really care …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Feb. 24, 2012 11:37 pm4964d ago
After the recent news of a proposed gas tax increase, I have to wonder if our elected officials really care …
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Flood flow expressed in cubic feet per second per square mile of drainage area, for the 2002 Indian Creek flood, …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2012 11:49 pm4965d ago
The president has backed off the original contraception mandate and called it a compromise, it is obvious to me that …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2012 11:48 pm4965d ago
Join me March 6 when I vote “yes” for extending the local-option sales tax. As a business case manager at …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2012 11:48 pm4965d ago
One of the highlights of the Affordable Care Act is its focus on preventive care, which helps stop health problems …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 23, 2012 11:47 pm4965d ago
In 2008, the home that my wife and I live in on the west side was flooded. With the help …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:48 pm4966d ago
I must respond to the guest column in the Feb. 3 Gazette concerning traffic cameras written by retired police officer …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:47 pm4966d ago
Nearing the summer of 1973, I was a senior at Coe College. My major was physical education. At the time, …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:46 pm4966d ago
I would like to thank Vanessa Miller for her educational Feb. 10 article “Full House,” about the growing group of …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:45 pm4966d ago
Of the reasons not to vote Republican, the most serious is their eagerness to dismiss science. Traffic cameras reduce death …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:44 pm4966d ago
The Second Amendment indeed guarantees the people to keep and bear arms. Then why do we allow governments, state and …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:43 pm4966d ago
My husband and I were both born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids and our two sons also were …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 22, 2012 11:42 pm4966d ago
Once again we are being asked to extend the local-option sales tax – i.e., you are being asked to voluntarily …
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Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2012 11:08 pm4967d ago
Thank you for gathering information from Stephen G. Bloom’s emails for the Feb. 10 follow-up on his article, “Observations from …
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