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LIQUOR: Legal moderation?
The pros and cons will always be debated on state run liquor stores and portions of the article in the Sunday Coeur d'Alene Press were very amusing, especially Jeff Anderson's comments. Does logic rule at the Idaho…
Answer the call
Perusing some national headlines yesterday, one from Tucson, Ariz., jumped out at us.
VETERANS: Thanks for remembering us
A load of thanks to the restaurants and others that remembered us vets on Veterans Day. It was nice to feel remembered. I felt a sense of warm companionship I haven't felt in a long time. Thanks again fellow Americ…
Celebrate Idaho Nonprofit Week Guest Opinion By RUTH PRATT Special to The Press
Can you guess which sector of the Idaho economy the list below describes?
COUNTY: Just say no to administrator
Kootenai County don't need no dag-gone administrator!
KHS: Prove it, column writer
This letter is in response to Cecilia Nolthenius's "My Turn" Nov. 9 submission.
RIGHTS: They're being run over
Regarding the article on "Right of way right" in the Nov. 5 Press, I was not contacted at all by anyone except my neighbors. My understanding is that there would be no recompense to landowners for the area because …
McEUEN: Time for a last resort
It seems the mayor of Coeur d'Alene does not consider that the recent election was a referendum on McEuen. She intends to continue onward with plans to spend $39-plus million without consulting her constituents thr…
FLAG: Doing right isn't always easy
Sunday I drove down Government Way in Hayden and saw that a flag that was posted on a light post for Veterans Day had broken and was flying upside down. My children asked if that was proper as I was recently medica…
VETERANS: The times are changing
To the restaurants and businesses that reached out to us veterans on Veterans Day, thank you for showing your appreciation.
RESPECT 'NO': Same standards for all
Many of us end up in odd situations. Thirty-three years ago I was on a motel floor in Bonners Ferry with a lesbian friend from church. Wearing only our birthday suits. In the missionary position. About to have carn…
POWER: Feeling over-regulated?
Recently a section of ObamaCare was deemed not workable by Secretary Sebelius: The Class Act. Most people don't know but Sec Sebelius has unbelievable powers to enact provisions of ObamaCare: There are more than 2,…
School district of the year
Coeur d'Alene School District isn't one to shy away from controversy.
EPA: Reel in a little realism
Serena Carlson certainly hit the nail on the head in her short letter about the EPA speaking at the Magnet School. It seems that more often than not these federal organizations are given free access to young minds …
MAYOR: Maybe LCDC can help
I couldn't help but notice that Panhandle State Bank has brought suit against our beloved Mayor Bloem. Maybe she could use LCDC to fund her out of the problem. After all, isn't LCDC her personal choice for funding …