There are clear differences between the two candidates in Senate District 18, and I want to encourage all of the …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:29 pm5181d ago
There are clear differences between the two candidates in Senate District 18, and I want to encourage all of the …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:28 pm5181d ago
I met Liz Mathis more than 20 years ago. She is bright, hard working, and exercises sound judgment, and will …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:27 pm5181d ago
I’m happy to see Liz Mathis is addressing many of the issues at the root of the decline of the …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:26 pm5181d ago
Liz Mathis is exactly the dedicated individual that we need now in the Iowa Senate. I know she will work …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:24 pm5181d ago
I recently received a mailing from the Iowa Right to Work group. Although they claimed the group was not endorsing …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:23 pm5181d ago
On election day, we will be enthusiastically casting our votes for Dr. Rick Dobyns to represent our district on the …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:23 pm5181d ago
I have known Liz Mathis as a friend for many years. I have watched her work extraordinarily hard to bring …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:22 pm5181d ago
Since I began driving 40 years ago, Second and Third avenues were the way I went downtown and back. I …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:20 pm5181d ago
I will vote for Liz Mathis on Nov. 8. After attending the first two debates and exploring where the candidates …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:18 pm5181d ago
During the last four years, Monica Vernon has worked tirelessly for the city of Cedar Rapids during some of its …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:18 pm5181d ago
If you study the District 2 Cedar Rapids City Council candidates, there is only one with business experience and demonstrated …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:18 pm5181d ago
Become a welder and you should have been a nurses’ aide? Learn to fix cars, which now are run by …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:15 pm5181d ago
Having known Ann Poe for almost my entire life I can attest that she is extremely capable in helping lead …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2011 7:11 pm5181d ago
I am unable to vote for the Cedar Rapids candidates. But if I lived in Cedar Rapids as I have …
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