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HEALTH: First, read the bill
The Supreme Court of the land has upheld the Affordable Healthcare Bill. Now it is time for all of our Congress people to work together to make it work. Tweak it where it deserves it, but don’t gut it.
IRONMAN: Visitor tosses penalty flag
It’s not fair! Cathy Stephens is not an Ironman. The rules state you must finish the competition in 17 hours/by midnight, NOT 17:29.
LAND USE: Issue important to all
As one of the nearly 300 people who attended the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) Public Workshop at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, I read with interest and want to add to Brent Regan’s letter about the ULUC to the …
NIC: It's up to the students
This letter to the editor is in response to the Sunday, July 1 letter that Dan Gookin submitted to the Coeur d’Alene Press. First of all Dan, I want to thank you for attending the June North Idaho College Board of …
Of textbooks and texting
Darn it, Dan, you're right. It isn't fair.
HEALTH: Must be right for all
Like it not, Obama just won 30 million votes in November. Perhaps some of your family members are among this disgraceful number without health care who will now have the same privileges as those of us who are fortu…
COUNTY: Watch your spending
Dear Mr. Green,
CRUELTY: Get it out of Idaho
Idaho 1 of 3 would like to thank the many Idahoans who supported our initiative to add felony penalties for the worst animal cruelty. We did gather enough signatures to put it on the ballot; unfortunately about one…
COUNTY: Goal is to save money
Dear N. Dolph,
LABRADOR: Misses key differences
I am amazed that our Congressman, Raul Labrador, has such a fundamentally flawed understanding of “Obamacare” and the recent Supreme Court decision upholding its constitutionality. He stated: “The fundamental griev…
MANDATE: Whew, that was a close one
I’m proud to live in a free state like Idaho, where I don’t have to wear a helmet when I ride my motorcycle. Where I don’t have to have health insurance when (not if, but when) I go down on my motorcycle.
OBAMACARE: Fuel for conservatives
I believe that the Affordable Care Act will be either dismantled or repealed just after the next election cycle.
FEDS: Adding insult to death
To the federal government, I think you are a piece of [excrement]! My father-in-law lived for 29 days in June and the first thing you think of doing is debiting his checking account for his June Social Security che…
OUCH: Accident could've been worse
We would like to thank those individuals that stepped up to help our 12-year-old son who had a bicycle accident on the way to his tennis lesson this past week. While riding his bike near the Ramsey and Hanley inter…
TIMBER: Radicals stand in the way
“There’s Money in That Timber.” Really? There used to be.