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HIGHWAY: Work created danger
Due to the poor decision by the Department of Transportation in Coeur d’Alene to repave only the slow (outside) lanes on Highway 95 south, they have created treacherous driving conditions. The repaving was not done…
Candidate endorsement letters Oct. 25
WOLFE: Best man for the job
VOTE: Quality of life is critical
Our hometown of the past was also a scenic, laid back town with friendly relaxed people, until greed poisoned the quality of life for the residents. Cities have “city plans” directing city politicians, just as the …
ROTARY: They do so much good
I am sending verbal roses to our Rotary Clubs. They all do so many good things for our less fortunate citizens; the list is endless.
EVANS: Leads a strong slate
City workers and the City Council should be on the same team with the same goals. As a firefighter, I like knowing that our City Council supports safe neighborhoods with local fire stations and a centralized police…
MARCH: Word choice important
Thank you for printing the two photographs of the Rosary March for World Peace that was organized by Immaculate Conception Church, Post Falls, on March 12. Your photographer, Gabe Green, did well in capturing the a…
Letters to the Editor Oct. 25, 2013
VISION: 1 meeting, two perspectives
RIGHTS: Thanks for standing up
Dear Straight Allies:
Candidate endorsement letters October 24, 2013
SCHOOLS: Drop in and look around
My children are grown and I have no grandchildren but if I did I would be scared to death to have my children going to public school these days. I would pull them out and try and find an alternative source for them…
MEDIA: Room to share blame
Nice of you to include yourself in assigning blame for only the most recent debacle in D.C. to “we the voters.” I agree there’s plenty of blame to go around. How about the non-voters? But really, how could you have…
ISSUES: Writer addresses several
We need to fire all of our politicians or take their benefits away from them.
OBAMA: Criticism doesn't equal racism
OK people, let’s try to get this straight once and for all. A black president was inevitable, just as a female president is inevitable. Sooner or later both were going to happen. I am sick and tired of those mindle…
AMERICANS: Don't hyphenate people
Theodore Roosevelt once said: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a na…
PHOTO: Doggone it, it's not right
In the last few years the Press printed a photo of a local man riding his skateboard out in the street with his dog pulling him.