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REALTY: Bleak picture gets old
Kim Cooper, you are fired. As the spokesperson for the Coeur d'Alene Board of Realtors, you do a great disservice to all real estate professionals, builders and real estate investors. Every week you believe you nee…
SCHOOLS: Putting vote in perspective
I want to remind Beate Schevalier that the recent school board election was for only two of the five zones so the "will of the voters" only applied to the people of two zones. Those of us in Zone 1 have for years e…
SECURITY: Dollars not working for us
Almost daily, we hear government officials and politicians complaining about the tremendous problems the country is facing with a shortage of Social Security funds.
STATUE: Protest hardly representative
Ms. Wilks, please do not condemn an entire community for the actions of a few! Seven people were protesting the statue of Ganesha; the remaining people were simply onlookers. Let's keep things in perspective. The s…
TAXES: One size fits all
Most of us know our politicians put so much debt on this country, it will take years to overcome. Also with the Federal Reserve buying our debt and printing money, it adds more debt on everyone.
RESPONSE: Letters miss intended marks
Responding to both Mary Murdock and Jeff Langford's letters, I have some issues. First, Ms. Murdock, President Obama never claimed that he was going to declare martial law, suspend the Constitution and take our gun…
Go ahead: Tell him
Thanks, Dad.
WARMING: Don't slam climatologist
I see they're at it again - slamming Cliff Harris for opposing the global warming cabal in his column. And, as usual showing their ignorance by saying he should stick to forecasting the weather.
WARMING: In science we trust
Cliff Harris's latest foray into the wilds of climate research leads inevitably to support human caused global warming (agw). He makes reference to the imaginary "Climategate" scandal. Then he admits that global wa…
STATUE: Since when is city Christian?
Citizens of Coeur d'Alene, pray as hard as you might that it may become true, but the fact that the religious majority of this town is Christian does not make the city of Coeur d'Alene by any means a "Christian cit…
STATUE: Protest a rightful exercise
OK, after reading the venomous diatribe of the ideologues, Jessica Wilks and David Larsen, I felt the urge to chime in on the Idol/Statue/Artwork of Seventh Street.
STATUE: Corner no place for gods
Sholeh, our mayor, the Human Rights folks, Unity Church and others are supporting the extraordinarily ugly Hindu god that adorns (?) Sherman Avenue. They claim it is Politically Correct to exhibit it in the interes…
TAILS: Old event alive and barking
My name is Sydne Watson (formerly Sydne Spink) and I am the creator of "AJ's Tails & Trails 5K Dog Walk."
STATUE: It's still idolatry
In her June 14 column, "Sculptures exhibit faith shared," Sholeh Patrick makes a couple of common mistakes: She fails to differentiate between religion and idolatry, plus she mixes religions and philosophies as tho…
FLOWERS: Theft a grave crime
A dear friend and neighbor died 14 years ago. This year I again fixed a hanging basket for her grave at Forest Cemetery and set it up in mid-May. On June 13, I stopped to see if the flowers needed water or to be de…