Opinion
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RESPONSE: Attack was misguided
Was Jeff Bourget really serious in his ridiculous attack in The Press on the United States Citizens Association?
PRESS: Well, shut my mouth
Shame on you, Coeur d'Alene Press! Your front page story on July 26 showed a photo of a couple lounging on a beach at the "mouth" of the Spokane River. Any eighth-grade science student can tell you that the mouth o…
FDA: Admit your errors
In late June, the FDA warned consumers of possible contamination of alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts grown and distributed by Evergreen Produce of Moyie Springs while a thorough investigation was conducted. Consum…
OBAMA: Inept robbing hood
In his typical community organizing campaign rhetoric, Obama intensified class warfare in our communities without creating even one paying job. Barry appealed for the masses to bombard the Halls of Congress with em…
PSSST: Someone is lying, America
America is broke? Oh, really? Golly gee, how can that be; we're the richest nation on Earth - and we're broke? Quantum physics aside, is it possible to be in two places at the same time? Not in my world, so the obv…
A smell test for funding
The caller to Idaho Fish and Game explained that there was a dead deer at the end of his driveway.
4-H: There in times of need
Tina Bothwell is right on the money! I too believe that all our elected officials don't have a clue about what really goes on in the community.
WHINERS: Try investing instead
Again I see a flurry of letters about those evil rich somehow finding magical solutions to minimize their taxes that no one else has been able to discover. It's time to face the truth.
4-H: Lifeblood of the fair
The community and culture of North Idaho would not be the same without 4-H. Losing the Extension office will affect more than predicted.
4-H: Spare it from chopping block
They want to do what? Kill 4-H! Isn't that kind of like shooting Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny or burying Mom, Flag and Apple Pie? Four-H is an integral part of Americana.
CFLs: Lighting way for future
n his letter to the editor of July 22, Mr. Gardner of Coeur d'Alene implies that the mandatory use of compact fluorescent bulbs beginning in 2012 is President Obama's fault. Not so. The change from incandescent bul…
STREETS: City crew applauded
Finally... Every manhole cover and utility cover is reset to grade and the road is smooth. They got it right!
LIBERALS: Elected by numb voters
I read an Internet news article that is typical and always amazes me. Every time a liberal opens their mouth and casts dispersions against a Republican the Republican Party, Tea Party, etc., they are really talking…
AARP: No fan of organization
On July 17 your paper published a front page article using the AARP and their scare tactics on us seniors, to make points. I am a senior in my 70s and I know, just as all seniors should know, that any bill on any t…
Is consolidation one answer?
There's been a lot of talk lately about compromise.