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Trials on the trails
Virgil Edwards, we salute you.
UNIONS: Ruining public education
In the 1950s America had hundreds of airlines, scores of railroads, dozens of automakers, a huge steel industry and customer service. Where are they now? They were destroyed by unions and taxes. Unions destroy ever…
TEACHERS: Yes, we'll take that offer
I agree with Mr. Blake's letter. We should pay our teachers like other public servants. There would be a structured pay scale that included pay raises every two years just for sticking around, and we could expect t…
UNION: Something cheesy in Wisconsin
Guess who can't take yes for an answer? On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Republicans caved in to the wayward Democrats. Yes, you heard me right! After years of public employees receiving larger wage increases than worke…
LEVY: Wording was a problem
Am I the only person that had a problem with the way the school tax levy was written? If a person voted no on levy 1 their right to vote on levy 2 was denied. In essence if you wanted a say on levy 2 you had to vot…
GOVERNMENT: How much is too much?
The letter from Hendrik Mills is just another warning of government intrusion on our private lives. All I know about that situation is what I read in the paper, but for those who think "there ought to a law" or are…
LEVY: Not a vote of confidence
"We see this as a vote of confidence" is the quote from Superintendent Hazel Bauman in Wednesday's paper. Wait a minute, I thought these levies were all about the kids!
McEUEN: Price a starting point
Oh, where to start? Lack of a price tag, future home of year round boat launch with ample and close by parking for boat trailers, future home of the American Legion ball fields? No answers to these questions, just …
NATION: Focus on local needs
Hooray for Navy Seals! Shock at the four human beings that were so callously taken from us all. On the other hand it concern me that there is so little concern for nay dire consequences that the USA might mete out …
BALLOT: Might constitute fraud
When I sat down at the booth to mark my ballot on the Coeur d'Alene School District levy Tuesday I was startled to read that if I voted NO on Option 1, I was not to vote at all on Option 2.
TURNOUT: Worth a phone call
The Press reported that the recent school levy measure had a turnout of 28.4 percent of the district's registered voters go to the polls in Coeur d'Alene. That is a little more than 1 in 4 registered voters. How pa…
LEVY: Passing Part 2 a stunner
I was stunned to see that Option 2 of the Coeur d'Alene School District levy passed. I was OK with continuing the status quo with option 1, but come on! We need to replace stimulus monies and replenish reserves. B.…
SCHOOLS: Spending isn't the answer
I have been reading all the opinions of the citizens in Coeur d'Alene on Mr. Luna's proposal. Everyone is very passionate about it one way or another and I respect all opinions.
McEUEN: Tubbs Hill encroachment
The McEuen team has arbitrarily included Tubbs Hill in the McEuen Park project. However, Tubbs Hill is a separate entity. It is not part of McEuen. It is not a part of LCDC urban renewal. It should not be developed.
TEACHERS: They aren't the enemy
How did our country get to the point where we are attacking teachers and public employees while the men and women that head the banks and large financial institutions that drove our country to the financial rim con…