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GUNS: Israel offers insights
In response to Jim Spurr’s January 2nd letter about gun control, enough already! Why is it that when a family driving down the road is hit head-on by a drunk driver and killed, there is no call to ban alcohol or ca…
SHOSHONE: County decision a poor one
I would like to thank the Shoshone County Commissioners for the Christmas present they forced upon the people of Shoshone County and particularly, the St. Joe Valley. The present requires the taking away of our cou…
TEENS: Worth the price of admission
Recently we went to the Regal Cinema to see Les Miserables as guests of our daughter. After the movie, I went to the men’s room. While I was in there some teenage boys entered. Usually in the company of teenage boy…
WOODY: SoCal, N.Idaho don't mix
Woody, you used the word “bitchin” describing McEuen Park. Isn’t that so SoCal in the ‘60s? It just doesn’t sound right here in North Idaho. The damage is already done but maybe in November we can vote all of you o…
TAXES: Headline was misleading
The headline on Alecia Warren’s article in the January 3rd edition, “A taxing question: Employers look at how to pass cost on to employees,” casts a negative slant on employers regarding the payroll tax. Let’s be c…
OBAMA: Police state of a different stripe
My how times have changed. In the dead of night and behind closed doors, President Obama has just signed an extension of the warrantless wiretap law. Also known as The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), …
GUNS: Armed citizens are better
To Jim Spurr and everyone else who wants to blame tragedies on guns, and the NRA.
Sweat those blues away
Yes, the Polar Bear Plunge officially counts as exercise - not for running into and out of the frigid lake, but for the massive shivering and shaking afterward.
Driven to distraction
Bless our school bus drivers.
LETTER: Makes us look stupid
Regarding the letter from Harley Duff, I can’t really be sure whether this was all tongue in cheek or if he really meant everything he stated in his letter. In any event, in this community of wackos there are certa…
LETTER: Makes for a good laugh
Harley Duff, thank you for making me laugh. It’s as ludicrous as everyone being armed to stop the “bad” guys.
BUSES: Locals go the extra mile
Recently, the Coeur d’Alene School District and the school board have been discussing the possibility of doing away with the School District’s Transportation Department and going to contract busing. It is interesti…
CLIFF: Disappointed by one man's vote
Raul Labrador votes FOR the largest tax increase in U.S. history! That’s front-page news! How dare he! Recall him!
PRESIDENT: A job well done
Congrats to the president for holding his ground. He did what he was elected to do.
QUOTE: Says something of guns
This quote I got out of a newspaper years ago. I don’t do computers so can’t check it out. This is for the ones who are too young or just don’t remember.