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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.
Slow down on Coeur Terre annexation
There is no obligation to annex this property into Coeur d'Alene at this time.
Sources of Strength should be retained
It is distressing and rather amazing that the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program has even become controversial, as recently reported in the CDA Pre…
Return Idaho to our true values
Last weekend was to me one of the best weekends in Kootenai County. It truly was a countywide effort to peacefully fight back against hate and some distorted v…
MY TURN: Do your homework; NIC and the business community
Brent Regan’s last column, Work not Woke, was a little amusing. The silver spoon trust funder has taken a few college classes in California, but he’s never ben…
MY TURN: Save NIC from FUD
Why do we read in this paper on September 16th, that representatives of the majority of the county, the Republican Party (63,755 voters, 63% of registered cou…
MY TURN: Retired? Change Lives through Volunteer Legal Work
I still have the handwritten card from my client.
MY TURN: Time to acknowledge those affected by suicide
September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month
MY TURN: NIC must be protected
North Idaho College has been a beloved cornerstone of our community. The KCRCC wants to get rid of public education. Here’s the truth: North Idaho College provides training for accounting, autobody, business …
COMMENTARY: The real facts on our school levy
I appreciate the editor’s note at the end of Brent Regan’s Aug. 26 commentary on our proposed School Safety and Deferred Maintenance levy. If you missed that p…
MY TURN: Cd'A School District $80M levy
Let me say first that I am all for our children's safety in school. Secondly, I, along with many others in this community am a senior citizen with very limited income. Last year I paid $478.19 to District 271. I ha…
OPINION: A new voice for free market policy
This fall, Idaho and the Mountain States welcome a new voice for free market policy and ideas, and a voice for limited, constitutional government. The Mountain…
MY TURN: Mini motel district, the STR issue
As a 26-year resident of the Garden District I am appalled of many things in the changing neighborhood landscape, but the short term rental issue is tops. I have observed seven Vrbo/Airbnbs, and one more developing…
MY TURN: Party politics, NIC and common sense
In response to Brent Regan’s “Elephant Metamorphosis” commentary of Aug. 5 I would like to proclaim disinterest in political parties. More important to our gov…
MY TURN: Telling it like it is
Last week, I opened my favorite paper to see once again the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee Chairman Brent Regan using a platform to spread his ve…
MY TURN: Seeing through an elephant tale
How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time. With this fact in mind, let’s start consuming the elephant Brent Regan placed before us so as to expose the tripe buried in his story titled “Elephant Metamorphosis…