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ELECTION: Vote for responsibility
Idaho’s working families want to take responsibility for their health, but they need affordable options. The new health care law provides tax subsidies for middle income residents, but 70,000 lower income working I…
VETS: Thanks to Buck Knives, donors
On Oct. 4, veterans who served a minimum of one tour in Iraq or Afghanistan with the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard, were presented a total of 42 Buck Commemorative Knives for their honorab…
PRESS: Exposing censorship
The recent editorial entitled, “Exposing a sick society” that was published Wednesday made me wonder if the Coeur d’Alene Press has lost the true understanding of the First Amendment. This editorial went out of its…
ANGELS: Carry gas cans, smart phones
On Thursday, Oct. 2, I was on my way to church to do some volunteer work and I ran out of gas. I am a 72-year-old widow and I live on a monthly Social Security check. This happened the day before my check was due. …
VOTE: Let conscience be your guide
The Nov. 4 election allows us to choose local officials to represent district constituents’ beliefs and values on issues such as education, minimum wage and mental illness treatment. This affects us at the most per…
HALLOWEEN: Must we have the blood?
Your front page picture of Blood Bayou in last Saturday’s Press probably came across to many of your readers as just another ordinary display of Halloween “fun.” What’s not to love about blood, violence, torture an…
TRICK: Fake Dems no treat to voters
If you read the letter to the editor from Karen Sullivan, who signed as Precinct 2 Democratic Committee Person, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, your first reaction was probably the same as mine: “What the heck?” This appears…
VOTE: And forget party affiliations
I feel disheartened when local elections attract far fewer voters than the national elections. The local elections should have at least the same or even more voters than the national elections.
RULING: How wrong you are, governor
Thank you, Mr. Otter.
DEER: Deal with problem rationally
In response to “Dalton deer drawing danger:” As a 20-year DG resident, I’ve seen the after-effects of predators coming into our community many times, but the prey weren’t usually deer; they were domestic chickens a…
CONCERT: Blown away by the noise
Thank you Kootenai County Fairgrounds for being so considerate to your taxpaying neighbors. That sorry excuse for a concert you ran on Oct. 4 was way over noise limits. My home was shaking for three hours. But I’m …
FLU: Wishing it on a writer
In rebuttal to Wesley Ewers’ letter on Oct. 1: First of all, you are dead wrong. I almost died from the flu a few years ago. Since then, I faithfully get a flu shot every year.
Environment, economy can co-exist
Let's acknowledge something right up front. Many of the Idahoans pleading for fewer governmental regulations have a vested interest in what that would mean to them: More money.
RULING: Governor, justice got it right
I want to thank you Justice Kennedy for standing up for our moral and constitutional rights. Gay marriage is between a man and a woman. It will always be no matter what law they want to pass. It doesn’t make it so.
MATHESON: Don't believe the attack
I am writing in response to a letter recently submitted by Mr. Bland of Cougar Gulch where he attacks Republican Kootenai County treasurer candidate Steve Matheson. Mr. Bland has manufactured a fictitious backgroun…