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EXCHANGE: New world for Idahoans
This week, Idaho citizens stand to benefit greatly from the launch of the state-run health insurance exchange, officially named, “Your Health Idaho.” The health exchange will offer 161 health insurance plans that w…
POLICE: Chief should be local
The Gospel according to the meandering diatribe of Tony Stewart. Seems the so-called expertise Mr. Stewart seems to flaunt could be better served in L.A., Detroit, and especially Chicago instead of continuing to sp…
SOUZA: Will listen to her constituents
I’m writing this in response to Sholeh Patrick’s recent article casting doubt on the viability of local referendums giving guidance to elected officials. These votes would be advisory in nature and would not hold a…
OFFICER: A little compassion, please
Recently, the partner of our son was pulled over while traveling south on I-95. She was in the slow lane and was merging into the right turn lane when a Coeur d’Alene police officer pulled her over for not signalin…
OBAMA: Balance the budget - now
Let see, “We are just paying the bills. It’s money we already spent.” That’s the reasoning the president used the last time we had to raise the national debt.
Cronkite, Brinkley just go together
A breath of fresh air blows into town tomorrow night.
MOOSE: In search of more moose
I enjoyed the picture in Monday’s paper of the moose wandering around Coeur d’Alene. He was just probably looking for a Moose Lodge!
THEATER: Go back to glory days
The elephant in the auditorium no one seems to want to talk about is Roger Welch. A director without a social agenda who sticks to the classics without a message will take the summer theater back to the glory it us…
MAIL: Delivering wrong message
I work as a landscaper-groundskeeper in a 55-plus retirement community in Coeur d’Alene. I was pruning some bushes behind a postal collection box and had put a plastic garbage can full of limbs on the street within…
KNIVES: Thanks for all the help
Purple Heart recipients of our previous wars were presented with a total of 18 Buck commemorative knives on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Post Falls American Legion Post 143. Two of these were Posthumous awards, prese…
SATELLITE: Know what you're getting
Beware of false advertising! I received an ad proclaiming a great deal of “Only $19.99 a month for DirecTV.” Wow! I bit! The installer placed the dish on my roof and then came in with papers to sign.
All aboard the chamber express
If your business or organization isn't a member of the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce, it's time to reconsider. The chamber has always needed support, but perhaps now more than ever, the chamber deserves support.
CLIMATE: Same ol' naysayers
Here we go again! The right wing Michelle Bachmann followers are out in force backing fellow radical Cliff Harris. I could see the letters denouncing Global Climate Change from miles away. I don’t really have the w…
CAMPGROUND: Too many felled trees
I am deeply concerned about the “excess” needless falling of healthy trees on the North Fork, where my family and myself spend our vacations and I pay for space in Big Hank Campground.
WRITER: Words were too harsh
I wish to apologize to your readers for the inappropriate and harsh language used in my Letter to the Editor published Sept. 25. A more appropriate final paragraph should have read: