After 20 years of Daylight-Saving Time, did it have to be changed? The new rules enacted in 2007 added a …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2011 11:52 am5171d ago
After 20 years of Daylight-Saving Time, did it have to be changed? The new rules enacted in 2007 added a …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2011 12:27 pm5172d ago
Who is paying for portable toilets in the park (where protest groups gather), if any are used? If they’re not …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2011 12:26 pm5172d ago
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, held Nov. 6-12, is sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States to recognize …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2011 12:24 pm5172d ago
I grew up hunting pheasants and I appreciate the role hunting can play in maintaining healthy wildlife populations. However, the …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2011 12:22 pm5172d ago
Deregulation and lower taxes at the top have created a new class of corporate plutocrats. They spend hundreds of millions …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2011 12:20 pm5172d ago
Please pass this letter on to the aggressive drivers in your lives. It’s not that I think they can’t read, …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 12:03 pm5173d ago
When Jesus Christ was a young man, his first Christian act was in the temple when he overturned tables and …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 12:02 pm5173d ago
Some people are anxious to raise the gas tax thinking it won’t greatly affect them. Wrong. The majority of the …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 12:01 pm5173d ago
The Oct. 30 front-page article (“Kids in need”) on the wonderful people who send food to hungry children and families …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 12:01 pm5173d ago
What to do with the decline of student enrollment in Cedar Rapids schools? It’s high time that Cedar Rapids and …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 12:00 pm5173d ago
Regarding heavy traffic through Iowa City on Iowa Highway 1: Designating a truck route except for local deliveries would help …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 11:59 am5173d ago
We have super funds to clean up oil spills and to clean up the environment. We have super funds to …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 14, 2011 11:58 am5173d ago
Cedar Rapidians and surrounding communities: Are you aware of what a fantastic health care facility we have in Cedar Rapids …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2011 11:55 pm5174d ago
You know what ticks me off? When a stranger to our town says to me “What is that smell?” I …
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