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Vicki Decker Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2011 2:16 pm5032d ago
I have taken a stand I hope others might follow. Not only will I shop locally, I will trade with …
Vicki Decker Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2011 2:14 pm5032d ago
I agree with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the best qualified and …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2011 2:45 pm5033d ago
The Christmas program presented by the Prairie High School music department was spectacular. They sang the real songs of the …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2011 2:35 pm5033d ago
James v. the United States (1961) was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that held money earned from illegal …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2011 2:33 pm5033d ago
If you were among the generous sponsors, great volunteers or hundreds of shoppers who defied the rain on Dec. 3 …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2011 2:09 pm5033d ago
After reading Thomas Walker’s misinformed letter to the editor in the Iowa State Daily, I feel the obligation to provide …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2011 1:25 pm5034d ago
Newt Gingrich is bright and glib. He’s also an erratic and smug intellectual. Above all, Gingrich is unelectable. Pairing himself …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2011 1:24 pm5034d ago
While it is encouraging that a path forward now exists for an international agreement on climate change, the deal completed …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2011 1:22 pm5034d ago
After watching most of the Republican debates to date, I have come to the following conclusion. It is time for …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2011 1:21 pm5034d ago
In the political scene, much of the focus is on religious belief and it is easy to pick up a …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2011 1:20 pm5034d ago
Mitt Romney can make Obama a one-term president. In selecting a candidate, caucus members have two main options: who do …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2011 1:20 pm5034d ago
Referencing the Dec. 11 letter from Patricia Haines of West Des Moines (“Lead killing eagles, endangering humans”): She uses the …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 16, 2011 1:14 pm5035d ago
When we have an opportunity to obtain more jobs and make business in Cedar Rapids better, why would anyone not …
Vicki Decker
Letters to the Editor Dec. 16, 2011 1:14 pm5035d ago
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