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JINDAL: For once, he got it right
Hooray for Bobby Jindal! I don’t usually agree with him but recent remarks from Bobby spark a ray of hope. SOME Republicans have made some pretty stupid reparks over the past year or so. That doesn’t make all Repub…
CONCERT: Applause for both sponsors
We want to thank the Cd’A Press and the Kroc Center for sponsoring the concert presented by the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West “The Commanders” Jazz Ensemble on Monday, January 21st. What an enjoya…
KERRY: Service record exemplary
I am replying to Mr. James Oswald’s letter to The Press printed Jan. 25 in which, when speaking of Senator and Secretary of State Nominee, John Kerry, the following statement was made: “he promised to release his m…
FARRAGUT: Please, don't mess it up
Like General Sherman burning his way through the South, except he had good reason, the Idaho Department of Lands and the Parks Department have nearly reached the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. Behind them they have l…
SHERIFFS: Solid stance on guns
My heartfelt compliments and congratulations to both sheriffs, Wolfinger and Alexander, for their verbal stands on gun regulation. Great job, guys! I believe that I am only one of many who appreciate your comments …
Lesson learned - and shared
You can be a genius and still say something stupid.
ARMS: See what the founders said
This letter is in response to Mr. Gary Edwards’ comments entitled, “Check must be required,” published Jan. 23. Your statement that “the Constitution’s Second Amendment requires that gun owners belong to a well reg…
KITTY: Story ends happily
On Jan. 17 I got the surprise of my life! I received a call from Kootenai Humane Society and they said, “I think we have your cat.” At first I was puzzled because my cat was at home with me. Then I asked them in di…
DEBT: Democrats, heed the danger
Assume you are the parent of a family of four and you make $60,000 a year. You have been spending $80,000 a year for several years and have outstanding loans of over $100,000. How long could you survive before your…
GUNS: Armed - and dangerous
We as a country face a quandary about guns and violence. It is often stated as “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people,”. . . and people are killing, in terrifying fashion. People kill people in schools, theate…
SCHOOL: Disruption leads to eviction
Wednesday I received a phone call form Ponderosa Principal Kathy Baker telling me I needed to pick up my son for the third time so, being upset, I asked why my son was being sent home from school. The answer I got …
MONEY: Tale of two priorities
Funding for education pared to the bone; $20 million for Mayor Bloem’s park.
CODE: Shackled with permission
To say “some” property owners are “wary” is putting it mildly. In reality, hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of property owners are extremely angry and awake to the fact that the proposed Unified Land Use Co…
KERRY: No way secretary of state
This is a copy of a letter I sent to Sen. Risch:
MEDICAID: My Turn column got it right
Len Crosby is “right on” in his My Turn opinion of 1/19/2013. Keep ‘em coming Mr. Crosby. You’re thinking correctly.