Opinion
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AIRPORT: Must take front seat
After attending the airport workshop last Wednesday night, I have a few thoughts on the land use and future of the airport.
COUNTY: Echeck fee is backwards
Why is the Kootenai County treasurer charging a convenience fee to pay property taxes by echeck?
ACCIDENT: No tears for victim
Live by the gun, die by the gun.
MILLIE: Got it good in Idaho
A lot of letters to the editor lately have been bashing Millie Hayes. I want to compliment her for moving to the fourth lowest taxed U.S. state. Idaho per capita is the lowest taxed. I wonder if that very low tax r…
POLICE: Pitfalls of all profiling
Former Kootenai County Undersheriff Tad Leach shared this open letter with The Press:
BRONCOS: Where's the love, Press?
How about some state pride when an Idaho team plays in one of the big New Year’s bowl games? We are a house divided with a Vandal and a Bronco, and are well aware we are in Vandal country. But give me a break. How …
LCDC: Exposure not very positive
“LCDC Seeks More Exposure” — really? It’s been almost impossible to get accurate information about LCDC’s Midtown “mixed-use affordable housing” development. It’s a low-income housing project which will be “policed…
KHS: Ex-volunteers lament policy
It was with sadness, shock and anger we read the letter (12-26-14) from Jan DeSantis. We were volunteers who were walking the dogs at KHS. We were there 50+ hours weekly and EVERY dog got walked daily. We did this …
JUDGE: Mom's verdict unflattering
Honorable Watson, NO honor in your decision! Judge Watson was the presiding judge over our son’s divorce. Divorce is never easy. However, they have no real property or children and both were amicable on what they w…
PUBLIC ART: Higher priorities
Mr. Mayor, before we build “public art” in Hayden, I wish we build sidewalks.
IDAHO: God loves us more
This is my last letter for 2014, I want to explain why I love Idaho so much.
KHS: Dogs getting walked plenty
Dear Jan DeSantis,
Arm yourself with gun safety training
Tuesday's tragedy, in which a 2-year-old boy fatally shot his 29-year-old mother in the Hayden Walmart, generated an outpouring of sympathy, support and, sadly, ridicule. Yet another chapter in the ongoing Second A…
BASEBALL: Field of dreams gone
I have been seeing the sign of the proposed Field of Dreams on 15th Street at Cherry Hill Park for some time now.
Catch your health in new year
You can get your heart thumpin' by jumpin' into the lake at noon tomorrow.