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FORECLOSURE: It's really vote-buying
On the Sunday AP story about the $25B settlement over GOV. CAUSED FORECLOSURE ABUSES.
SCHOOLS: Penalize the guilty parties
I would like to congratulate School District 271 board members Tom Hamilton and Terri Seymour for their work in overturning the appointment of Wanda Quinn. The manner in which the appointment of Quinn was made was …
EASTON: Look at BSA history
In regard to the fate of Camp Easton, you have to understand how BSA works. In the early 1990s they wanted the Idaho Panhandle Council and the Lewis and Clark Council consolidated with Spokane. Makes administration…
DEFICIT: Putting it into perspective
You just published top rich people's fortunes and how long to spend them to zero. How about the government debt of $15 trillion at $1 million a day? Or a trillion seconds equals about 32,000 years. Might help most …
SCHOOLS: And justice is done
Edie Brooks' brazen unethical maneuver to "select" her successor on the Coeur d'Alene School Board has justly been corrected through judicial action. Her attempted manipulation in constructing events to achieve a p…
TREES: Here's the dam truth
Yes, Chip Althen, you do have this right and your commentary is right on regarding removing the trees along the dike road. What should be included is that contrary to the advice of all the locals who understood soi…
GOP: Dictating lifestyles again
Boy, if you didn't think the conservatives/Republications wanted to rule the world and tell you how to live your personal lives, just review the news this week. Especially everything that came out of their recent W…
MARRIAGE: Not an education question
Front page news, Idaho man and wife. Jon Downing said the key is educating us "about tolerance," dissolve "the barrier of fear." Then Matt Cannon said, "CD1 has pockets of progressive residents."
CDA: We're not going away
Following the last election that saw two new councilmen voted in, the mayor apparently interpreted the results as a political move (Reagan Republicans), refusing to see even the slightest degree of public objection…
SCHOOLS: Press was hiding truth
It is not a surprise to find an important article about school trustees and district administrators managing themselves illegally buried in the back of the Coeur d'Alene Press on Saturday. It is easy to suppress th…
Park is perfect for LCDC funds
When the board of Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency meets this afternoon, a big step in creating McEuen Park should be taken.
BIKER: Ticket was deserved
I have to agree with the police with issuing the citation to the bicyclist hit by a car at Interstate 90 and U.S. 95. While riding a bicycle has its rules of the road and are not strictly enforced this case did war…
GOP: So many wrongs for right
I'm about fed up. The Republicans want everyone out of their lives but they all want to have a say about abortion, contraception, etc. Something that has nothing to do with their lives but since it's not what they …
EASTON: Listen to the Scouts
Dear Scouting Board Members,
SHERIFF: Why Ben's the best
The Republican sheriff's primary is interesting. You have Adam Johnson whose sole law enforcement experience involves being arrested on several occasions, including felonies. John Green touts his arrests as an offi…