POLL WATCHERS: Thanks for your vigilance

We want to thank all the thousands of poll watchers. They were watching the Nov. 5 election very closely this time! Nothing like the very poor poll watching that was in the 2020 presidential election. So glad to hear incoming presidential administration is finally after many years is going to do a major complete overhaul of Washington, D.C. Something that should have been done many years ago to help save our republic. One of our major political parties always refers to our country as a democracy. We are not a direct democracy. Our founding fathers set up our country as a republic. We don’t pledge allegiance to a democracy. Our country is a republic.

Locally, Idaho school districts would be farther ahead cutting number of public school districts down to 44, one per county, not 115 public school districts. Give more money to teachers that may improve education and many less high paid administrators. Massive cost savings.

MONTE HILLMAN

Kootenai County