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OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
TURKEYS: Population has skyrocketed
Christy Wood was totally correct in bringing up before the city council the issue of wild turkeys in the Fairway Forest area. I have lived in that area for 45 years, the first 40 turkey free.
EDITORIAL: Experience should count when choosing a city councilor
With government, as with almost anything, experience counts. A person who has previously served on a commission or committee would be a stronger candidate than someone who has never spent one minute serving the cit…
SAME SEX MARRIAGE: Repeal would upend people’s lives
I am a resident of Idaho. My family was born and raised in Sandpoint, Idaho. It came to my attention that the Mass Resistance Right Wing Group is pushing to make Idaho’s first act of legislature “repeal the same se…
FIREWORKS: Ban them or leave it alone
I have lived in Coeur d’Alene my entire 65 years, living downtown until third grade and Dalton, Seventh Street junior high, mid high 15th Street, Coeur d’Alene High School…
LAKELAND BOARD: Inaction and indecision
Michelle Thompson, Ramona Grissom, and David Quimby just committed Lakeland School District to another year of chaos, indecision, and financial distress by re-electing Thompson as board chair. Thompson’s statement …
PRESS CARRIER: Thank you, Sandy Crump
I want to give a big shout out to my Coeur d’Alene Press Carrier. I have never seen her, nor do I know what kind of car she drives.
FIREWORKS: Brazenly breaking the law
Christie Wood’s proposed solution to our illegal fireworks dilemma completely misses the mark. She suggests the city designate areas where legal, ‘safe and sane’ fireworks could be used by families. While that’s a …
COEUR d’ALENE: Little San Diego
Welcome to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Visit on Vacation and leave on probation. Many call it, “little San Diego;” with Texxxass style government.
ROSDAHL: He is missed
Bring him back. Nils Rosdahl was the pulse of the business community, and his Sunday column, Business Bits, was a treasure chest of information that was so helpful for all of his readers.
FIREWORKS: Show common courtesy
Our congratulations to JoANN LOKKEN on the great My Turn piece in the CDA PRESS Jan. 14.
EDITORIAL: Grizzly bears aren't 'overrunning' Idaho, but we should still manage them
Grizzlies are solitary creatures and like to be alone. They generally travel solo, with the exception of mating season. So we doubt a bunch of them are getting together and “overrunning communities.”
RHETORIC FROM THE LEFT: Just hyperbole?
Since Kamala just certified the election, installing Trump as president, doesn’t that make her and the left complicit for not protecting us from enemies foreign or domestic?
FIREWORKS: Why aren’t laws enforced?
I want to give a shout out to everyone who has written letters regarding the lack of enforcement for illegal fireworks. I have also written several letters about the war zone on July 4.
FIRE LEVY: Tell taxpayers what it will cost
Believe we need to shine a brighter light on the Fire Department’s need for upgraded equipment and facilities… and its partners Zion and Portman Square.
SHOLEH PATRICK: Her column will be missed
I was saddened to learn that The Press will no longer carry columns by Sholeh Patrick. In 1995 Carl Sagen wrote a book entitled “The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.” A corollary for today migh…