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Nothing wrong with Arizona law
I am curious about the reaction over Arizona's new law. The bill actually mirrors federal law and has absolutely nothing to do with race, age, gender, or religion, nor does it hinder any citizen's rights to life, l…
Fear is a poor teacher
As an IB Social Studies teacher at LCHS and prior teacher of AP U.S. History, I have knowledge and familiarity with our district's high school advanced learning programs. Since the April School Board meeting, I hav…
Citizens will meet Monday on IB/PYP issue
Much more was discussed at the school board meeting on May 3, 2010, than teacher collaboration. First, the board announced an official "financial emergency."
Jail full - but it needn't be
The current Kootenai County commissioners have not been supportive of programs at Adult Misdemeanor Probation that help alleviate overcrowding of the jail. As former administrator of that department, I was involved…
Let IB facts speak for themselves
Listening respectfully to opposing views is essential to forming educated opinions. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, everyone is not entitled to their own set of FACTS. The words that follow will…
Why we're going to the dogs
Idaho is a special state. Most people are responsible, friendly and hard working. Independents, Democrats and Republicans alike, really share a Libertarian commonality that creates a more self-reliant attitude than…
Column tough to interpret
Jimmy Pappas (My Turn, 4-23-10) uses words of more than one syllable?and forms coherent sentences. Therefore, I interpret that the load of bovine scatology he provides is not due to idiocy or profound ignorance.
Law will waste tax dollars
I was pleased to note, when moving to Idaho, that the state was in the hands of fiscal conservatives, responsible people who took their duties as conservators of the public taxes to heart, exercising sound judgment…
Who's the bully on the IB playground?
Vern Harvey and Dan Dolezal deserve a round of applause for their IB, PYP column published on April 17. Together they have illustrated exactly the kinds of behavior and thinking the IB programs are designed to illi…
Building roads to nowhere
The Tea Party movement in our community has been quick to condemn wasteful spending by the federal government. As a fiscal conservative, I agree with their demands for financial transparency and fiscal prudence, bu…
Clerk: Local elections run according to law
There appears to be a great gulf of difference in the conclusions that have been drawn by some regarding last November's election for the city of Coeur d'Alene. That election was conducted by the Kootenai County El…
Diapers for the Tea Party
Let's send a truckload of diapers to the next Tea Party rally.
Standing up to the pro-IB steamrollers
The recent discussion over the International Baccalaureate curriculum is so typical of modern political debate. The opposing citizens use facts, the curriculum standards themselves, the expensiveness of it and the …
IB, PYP: Name of the game is choice
Hayden, Idaho, has been stigmatized for decades as the bigoted Aryan Nations capital of the United States, a place where skinheads and the KKK can hang out, have a beer together, and exchange racial jokes. I know; …