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My Turn
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MY TURN: AI writing and beyond
Last week, I wrote 269 words for the back cover of a book I recently completed. After some edits, I thought it was…
MY TURN: A response to Diana Braskich’s My Turn
As a member of Clean Books 4 Kids, I feel it necessary to respond to Diana Braskich’s “My Turn” from Oct. 5. First, I truly empathize with Diana’s abuse. What happened to her was unconscionable and, as she explaine…
MY TURN: Stand with Israel
Once again, Islamist Terrorists are attacking the State of Israel. Here in the U.S., the usual apologists for America’s enemies haven’t lost a moment in praisi…
MY TURN: Spirit Lake must focus on all community needs
Please know my interest in taking this public approach is in the hope of urging the citizens of Spirit Lake to “take a breath” and focus on what’s best for the community overall, now and into the future.
MY TURN: Housing crisis remains
We all have memories of how things used to be. Sometimes those memories are distorted by the passage of time and appear significantly different today. Kootenai…
MY TURN: Summarizing the sheriff's library book situation
Let me see if I have this Sept. 27, 2023, Press article (“Sheriff Scopes Books”) right.
My Turn: An open letter to Sheriff Norris
As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I have been watching the situation unfold at the Community Library Network with a growing sense of disbelief.
MY TURN: Infrastructure projects for Idaho
I noticed a news article about more money being spent on the bill. That made me curious about what projects have gotten money so far. A google search turned up a lot of projects.
MY TURN: Shoshone County BOCC blaming others, working less
This letter is to express my own opinion, and no one else’s. The new commissioners are pointing fingers and blaming us for overspending for the last four years, but not saying what we overspent on. Why?
MY TURN: About Regan's 'Fact Check'
I read Mr. Regan’s “Fact Check” opinion in Friday’s Coeur d'Alene Press. His life story is eerily similar to my own … without the wealthy parents’ part. I enjo…
MY TURN: The tragedy at NIC
Thank you Tarie, Brad, Nick, and SaveNIC. On April 28, 2022, Ken Howard and I resigned from the NIC Board of Trustees after many years of service. It was a dif…
MY TURN: Thank you to Cd'A Basin community
Just a note to say thank you to the Coeur d’Alene Basin Community for the opportunity I have had to serve them as Executive Director of the Coeur d'Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission (BEIPC). …
MY TURN: Mammoths and Extinct Megafaunas: Climate change or man
Mammoths were not the only megafauna that went extinct at the end of the Great Ice Age (Pleistocene). Hundreds of large mammal species disappeared, including mastodons, woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceros, Irish elk…
MY TURN: Maybe the 'bad guys' are really the 'good guys'
Rumors and misinformation often align with group affiliations. Zeke Winchestor’s letter may be an example. He says the bad guys on the board at NIC are ‘the majority’ because they hired the wrong attorney. Newcomer…
MY TURN: Political considerations
Octogenarian Observations 2.0 I want to thank all of you that will take the time to read this through, and think about what is right for our country.
MY TURN: If you can't stand the heat ...
Ya just gotta feel sorry for poor old attorney Art Macomber who said as quoted in a recent Press article, that because he had faced sharp criticism from the public over his work at North Idaho College, he raised hi…