As we in the Cedar Rapids Community School District continue our mission to develop 21st century learners and productive, responsible …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2011 1:00 pm5153d ago
As we in the Cedar Rapids Community School District continue our mission to develop 21st century learners and productive, responsible …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2011 12:23 am5154d ago
As a lifelong Republican and conservative, I have always believed that government should be there to protect a person’s individual …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2011 12:21 am5154d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad recently released a campaign challenging Iowa to become the healthiest state in the country during the next …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2011 12:08 am5154d ago
I am amazed by the attention the Iowa Straw Poll got from the press, even the world press. Only 17,000 …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 11:06 am5154d ago
In the late 1980s, I spent three summers in Iowa City, two of those teaching summer school for the University …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 11:04 am5154d ago
As schools start back up during the next couple of weeks, it is a good time to remember that school …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:56 am5154d ago
With every resident of Cedar Rapids needing a way to get rid of their old garbage cans, right now would …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:55 am5154d ago
Tuesday’s front-page story, stating that the amount of corn used to produce ethanol now exceeds the amount of corn fed …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:54 am5154d ago
I think I’m one of the entitled I keep reading about in countless articles and letters in the paper and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:52 am5154d ago
With all of the paperwork, assessments, conferences, meetings, report cards, record keeping and many other obligations, teachers must work so …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:50 am5154d ago
This is to express my complete disappointment in Congress and administration of the United States. Your intransigence, arrogance and political …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:49 am5154d ago
The City Council did not let the residents of Cedar Rapids vote on the downtown hotel/convention complex. Evidently they did …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:47 am5154d ago
An officer is photographed sleeping on the job; police refused to give his name and tried to insinuate the photo …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 12:03 am5155d ago
Thank you, Coach Kirk Ferentz, for your comment regarding the emphasis the writer (Aug. 6 story) put on the fact …
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