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Principles to guide us
Constitutional scholar Dr. David Gray Adler, in his address to citizens in Coeur d'Alene recently, put the onus of keeping our nation great - no, making it even greater - on you.
CRUELTY: Extend laws to wolves
Recent television/newspaper reports on changes to the Idaho animal abuse laws which would make these crimes a felony are very confusing. How could the state government consider this, while on a recent broadcast a t…
VETERANS: Many have vision problems
The Blinded Veterans Association, chartered by the Congress of the United States in 1945, is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The most recent quarterly edition of the BVA Bulletin provides the following informatio…
RECALL: Don't let minority rule
I am adding my no to the rapidly growing list of those who oppose the recall petition of Coeur d’Alene Mayor Bloem and council members Kennedy, Goodlander and McEvers. I will confine my comments to Mayor Bloem, but…
YOU: Ready to tell your story?
Everyone has a story to tell.
GEESE: Migratory bird law broken
What no one has bothered to mention in this tawdry story of the callous disregard for the welfare of wildlife by Charles Buck in his cruel attempt to prevent goose nesting at the University of Idaho campus in Coeur…
RECALL: Chaos comes to Cd'A
A quote from poet John Lydgate, later more famously used by President Lincoln reminds us that “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t ple…
RECALL: Public vote, anyone?
COME ON, PEOPLE! Let’s get a true picture.
RECALL: A proud aunt speaks out
Please be assured, I do not believe this writing to be accepted as impartial in anyway. I am the proud aunt of City Councilman Mike Kennedy.
IDAHO: Well, WA. does pay better
I am happy Nathan Prower (LTE IDAHO: Why it Beats Washington) prefers to live in Idaho. I have lived here 49 years and I do not plan to leave. It is my home and I love the country: north to south, east to west.
RECALL: Ignore the malcontents
The recall effort presently under way amounts to harassment of duly elected public servants carried out by a group of malcontents who want to circumvent the electoral process with a baseless recall measure. Recall …
RECALL: Let's talk about it
To Doctor Riggs and the nice lady from the Library Foundation: I’d suggest you review your decisions to slam all of us who signed the initial Recall CdA Petition. I signed it and I also met with the mayor of Coeur …
RECALL: Some have much to gain
What a surprise, the Downtown Association supporting the mayor and council members. Of course they are, what a waste of money advertising that fact. Hope it wasn’t LCDC money paying for the ad! The mayor and counci…
RECALL: Builders urge 'no' to signing
The North Idaho Building Contractors Association (NIBCA) Board of Directors urges all city of Coeur d’Alene residents that when asked to sign a recall petition of the mayor and three of our councilmen you tell them…
EASTON: Cut through propaganda
As a Boy Scout, I attended Camp Easton the last week of July in both 2010 and 2011. There was a definite difference between the two summers!