On Sept. 23, Iowa joined 46 other states in declaring Falls Prevention Awareness Day. While a trip on the sidewalk, …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Sep. 25, 2011 3:48 pm5118d ago
On Sept. 23, Iowa joined 46 other states in declaring Falls Prevention Awareness Day. While a trip on the sidewalk, …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Sep. 25, 2011 3:46 pm5118d ago
I was glad to see the new traffic lights put up at Highway 13 and Mount Vernon Road. I don’t …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 25, 2011 3:43 pm5118d ago
When I think I have heard it all, across the news wire comes the report that our Board of Regents …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:19 am5119d ago
It seems Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad could not wait to see if his party would be successful in gaining a …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:17 am5119d ago
I urge our members of Congress, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin and Rep. Dave Loebsack, to protect low-income families …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:16 am5119d ago
In response to Richard Brown (“Money to find cures doesn’t seem to help,” Sept. 19 letter), who was lamenting the …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:15 am5119d ago
Recently, New York Republican state Sen. Roy McDonald voted pro-gay marriage after long opposition. McDonald has received praise and also …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:11 am5119d ago
Leon Mehring’s letter (“Tax brackets make no sense,” Sept. 14) stated that when he inquired about his 10 percent property …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:07 am5119d ago
The media has been drilling the point that the Palestinian push for U.N. recognition as a state solves nothing and …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 24, 2011 12:02 am5119d ago
In his Sept. 1 letter, “Public humiliation would end bullying,” Steven Bristow wrote that schools should have lie detectors used …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2011 1:04 pm5120d ago
We at Compeer of Johnson County and many others who work for or benefit from non-profits owe Linda Severson a …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2011 1:03 pm5120d ago
“Then the terrorists win” has been a recurring phrase to explain why we should rebuild at the World Trade Center …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2011 12:50 pm5120d ago
In the past century, the United States has adopted socialist “qualities ” that have fundamentally transformed the nation into more …
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Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2011 12:49 pm5120d ago
I was dismayed by Ken Lowen’s Sept. 12 letter castigating Don Tyne, director of Linn County Veterans Affairs. The criticism …
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