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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:54 am5260d ago
I think I’m one of the entitled I keep reading about in countless articles and letters in the paper and …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2011 10:52 am5260d 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 am5260d 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 am5260d 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 am5260d 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 am5260d 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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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2011 10:56 am5261d ago
Regarding the Aug. 14 letter by James Schmitz (“Obama should accept blame for country)”: You made a statement that amazed …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2011 10:54 am5261d ago
Parents of students in the Cedar Rapids Community Schools should be outraged and should show up Monday to voice their …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2011 10:44 am5261d ago
Bill Ferrel (Aug. 12 guest column) is on the mark in calling for Republican candidates to address the most important …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2011 10:43 am5261d ago
At 2 a.m. Aug. 12, I was driving downtown to pick up my son and some friends at an establishment …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2011 12:57 pm5262d ago
While President Barack Obama visited Iowa during his economy-themed bus tour, unemployment remained above 9 percent for the 20th consecutive …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2011 12:57 pm5262d ago
It is interesting that the articles in the Aug. 14 Business 380 insert about the credit unions did not include …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2011 12:44 pm5262d ago
Isn’t it ironic that those folks who were able to accumulate a little nest egg by being responsible and living …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2011 12:43 pm5262d ago
While KDAT used to be my favorite radio station and a station I felt I could play when my kids …
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