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GAS PRICES: Time for feds to step in
What is going on with gas prices? Isn't it very strange that the minute a story comes out about problems with Libya that our gas prices immediately rise. Libya only supplies a small amount of our gas and there is n…
REFORM: Plan fails this test
I would like to respond to some changes Superintendent Luna has proposed.
MILITARY: Not the same thing
We think Jim Blake of Post Falls has the right idea in how to pay teachers. He suggests we pay teachers "the way we pay our military."
Start smart, home buyers
You might not know it by looking out the window, but spring really is on its way.
KROC: A dream come true
I realize we live in a generation when policies, rules, codes, guidelines, whatever you want to call them, don't seem to hold much weight, but as a member of the Kroc Center, I am thankful for their policies and th…
REFORM: How does this add up?
Idaho Superintendant Luna said he would increase class size to 19 students. Wow! But I visited my grandchildren's elementary school and counted 26 students already in each class! After school I asked the teachers t…
KROC: Now, who was rude?
I have been a member of the Kroc Center since it opened and I feel a few people, whatever their motive, have unfairly slandered the center.
TAXES: Remember grocery credit
The Free American Association of Retired People (AARP) Tax Help Program that is presently active at the Silver Lake Mall and at senior centers in Coeur d'Alene, Rathdrum, Post Falls and Athol would like to remind t…
McEUEN: Elephants here, there
"Holy Parks and Rec Batman, the circus is coming to town"... seems a reasonable conclusion after seeing the number of "elephants in the room" over at Team McEuen's think tank headquarters. But before we go nose to …
McEUEN: Don't fence me out
Oh no, not another letter dealing with McEuen Field. Well, this one will be short.
TAXES: Hold officials accountable
Take off Your Rose Colored Glasses! OK everyone, I'm tired of seeing and reading in the news the crises that the state, country governments are in where it comes to budgets. Let's look at and understand and start a…
REFORM: Laptops have their place
A few weeks ago our legislative group in Boise announced plans to curtail the power of the unions as if the unions in this right to work state had any power to start with. The equivalent of saying Tom Thumb was too…
SWIM: Community missing from Kroc
I attended the Swimming Championships in the Kroc Center. I was excited to watch my friend's children compete in such a high level event in a great facility. I was badly mistaken. The Kroc Center found a way to aim…
REFORM: Unions big part of problem
OK, I've had it with these Teachers Unions and the teachers who belong to them. These teachers are being led around by the nose by union leaders who could care less about those of us who pay taxes that pay their wa…
GYMFEST: True of soccer, too
It was great to see front-page coverage of a great youth sporting event like the Northwest Gym Fest. The story mentioned that the event brings "over 47 teams, and 900 girls" to the area.