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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2012 11:21 pm5012d ago
I have invited many candidates of all political parties to visit us before and since we started our Iowa Coffee …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2012 11:20 pm5012d ago
In the past six years, I have witnessed some very disturbing behavior by some girls’ athletic teams. Eight times I …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 8, 2012 11:08 pm5012d ago
OK, folks, when are you gonna get real? Once again we need a chief of police. I hope the powers …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2012 11:38 pm5013d ago
If the average wage in Iowa is $45,000, a 2.5 percent reduction in payroll tax (Social Security payment) equals $1,125 …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2012 11:37 pm5013d ago
I visited the cat section of the Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control some time ago and I am reporting …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2012 11:36 pm5013d ago
Regarding Bob Burn’s Dec. 14 plea for a safer Lake Macbride: I agree with his call for safety at the …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2012 11:35 pm5013d ago
Congratulations to all the Iowa citizens who chose to exercise their right to carry weapons. Last year, a new state …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2012 11:35 pm5013d ago
Max Low is a 13-year-old boy who has battled leukemia since kindergarten. He lives in a small town in southwest …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 7, 2012 11:33 pm5013d ago
Having sat through the trial of my brother, Keith Elson Jr., I could not help but question the inequity I …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2012 11:32 pm5014d ago
This is my idea concerning the argument in Washington whether to keep underfunding Social Security by 2 percent. First, it …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2012 11:31 pm5014d ago
This is in response to the Department of Human Services series in The Gazette. While I understand and sympathize with …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2012 11:30 pm5014d ago
As most of the country demands that Iowa no longer be first in the presidential selection process because we are …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 6, 2012 11:29 pm5014d ago
I don’t know how the rest of you feel, but it makes me wonder when I read in the newspaper …
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Letters to the Editor Jan. 5, 2012 11:54 pm5015d ago
I woke up to a great New Year’s Day. I left to go to work and some vandals had to …
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