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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works
There will always be a need to safeguard the gemstone of our community.
Teachers know what they're doing
As the onslaught against teachers and Idaho's education system continues, do not forget that the new education bill passed by the Senate Education Committee is nearly the same as SB1113. Senator Goedde, Governor Ot…
McEuen Field: A blast from the past
In all the recent talk and reporting of McEuen, the concept driven by the Committee of Nine has been mentioned only in passing. It's too bad because it was created by citizens with input from all parties. A concept…
Education reform: Are you kidding me?
Do we have an educator crisis in Idaho or do we have an issue with how education is funded and governed? Everyone is an expert in educational issues because everyone has had one - good or bad!
Where has reason gone?
At the beginning of the 19th century, Thomas Paine wrote and published a series of papers titled "The Age of Reason." Paine's theme was primarily a polemic against organized religion's influence on early American s…
Honoring the bravest families in America
Oprah aired a show on Jan. 27 entitled, "The Bravest Families in America," to salute military families, with guests Tom Brokaw, Bob Woodward, and Michelle Obama.
Reforms are not union busting
Because Mr. Jim Foley, in his letter published last Sunday, criticized me by name for a 3/3/11 Press online column that did not appear in the print newspaper, I'm sending a copy of what I wrote that bothered Mr. Fo…
And so the public pays
Sometimes you get what you pay for. Sometimes you pay for what you get. Idaho is about to pay for what it got.
Make Tubbs Hill for everyone
I recently read a letter that was penned by three individuals; Barbara Fillmore, Linda Wright and Barbara Zimmer. I am disappointed in the context of the letter as it has many erroneous and misleading statements. I…
Health cuts now will hurt us later
Community health centers across Idaho and here in Kootenai County see firsthand the faces of our state's economic recession. These are senior citizens and families who were once solidly middle class and insured, an…
Vote 'NO' on Post Falls levy
I have written this article in response to the Post Falls School District's upcoming levy which will be held on March 8. I encourage all voters to vote "NO" and I will tell you why.
Education: It's not just the dollars
It seems one can't pick up a newspaper these days without reading a headline on funding education - from the proposed $77 billion federal budget for the Department of Education, to the upcoming vote on the $25.8 mi…
Just the facts
Special to The PressThe breathtaking state funding cuts that have occurred over the last two years have permanently changed the face of our public schools. In four days we will face the most important financial dec…
Cuts will hurt in long run
As the country faces an economic crisis that has not been seen since the Great Depression, our state is in the midst of determining ways to manage the budget. Idaho Medicaid is facing a deficit somewhere around $92…
New levy is not 'for the kids'
We now are faced with a request for another levy. Only this time, it is a whopping $26 million ($12.9 million each year for the next two years.)
Reform should go further
As I followed the deliberations of the state Legislature and the education proposals, I was amazed to read the articles in the Coeur d'Alene Press and thought surely they must be covering two different issues. The …