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PF: Keep your eye on overpass issue
FEDS: Remember, you work for us
Last Thursday was a great North Idaho fall day, so I thought I would ride my scooter down to the BLM park on Blackwell Island. I enjoy speaking with the fishermen returning or just enjoying the beauty. But to my su…
LETTER: Abortion argument lacking
This letter is in regard to the guest opinion of one Mary Budd in the My Turn column Saturday, Oct. 12.
FLAG: Pause was appreciated
Every day, weather permitting, we fly the American flag. Last Tuesday as I was raising the flag, a Coeur d’Alene city truck, which was going down our street, stopped until the flag was completely raised.
HUNT: Critics running on empty
Jason Ball dropped the “ball” on his My Turn column!
Something wicked this way comes
Oct. 31 won't mark the end of frightful things.
Candidate endorsement letters
THORESON: She will be on the job
Surplus a good problem to have
It's pretty easy to see which businesses spent unwisely and didn't plan for rainy days, from slight dips to deep recessions. They're the ones whose offices or storefronts are empty.
OBAMACARE: A dire prediction
The letter from Rena Peterson is not quite on the mark regarding The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It can’t be called Obamacare, because he doesn’t seem to know what’s in it.
ENDORSE: Not public safety's job
Since when does the police or fire department only support a portion of the citizens in our fine city? I find it very distasteful when the police or fire department endorse one candidate over another. Do they not s…
McEUEN: Thanks for the great park
What an exciting day for Coeur d’Alene. Hundreds of people showed up for the McEuen Park open house last Saturday for a firsthand look at what will soon become an extraordinary downtown attraction destined to benef…
McEUEN: That was then
It was with great interest that I read the article “What You Might Not Know About McEuen” in the Sunday, Oct. 13 edition of the Coeur d’Alene Press. The history of McEuen was to say the least very interesting.
COLUMN: Atop list of most irritating
I have read a lot of irritating remarks in letters and columns in The Press but nothing to compare with the absolute drivel in Chad Solsvik’s My Turn column of Oct. 12. Mr. Solsvik appears to present himself as a C…
LCDC: In need of great change
Kudos to Ron Nilson for hitting a home run on his analysis of the LCDC and what it is doing in this community. After reading Tony Berns’ propaganda piece a few days ago a missive from me was being composed to The P…
HORSES: Letter said it all
In Wednesday’s Press was a letter to editor from a Robin Near of Coeur d’Alene. I feel this letter, about horses, should be required reading for all new persons entering into a 4-H, FFA or any saddle club organizat…