Opinion
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Ice to warm hearts
Without any controversy, you can have a fabulous recreation attraction that benefits the community, area businesses and visitors, too.
FOX28: Version lacks credibility
Sent a letter to FOX28 regarding their shutting off their service through DIRECTV. They claim that DIRECTV is holding up the negotiations? Seems like the same thing happened to Turner Broadcasting a year ago. They …
Build a better bus system
Citylink provides a tremendous service to Kootenai County, shuttling more than half a million passengers hither and yon in Kootenai County last year without a single rider having to pay a penny.
WORDS: Separate reality and rhetoric
In a recent "My Turn" article, Pastor Peterson of the First Presbyterian Church discussed the importance of words. I was very impressed with the first part of his article: the importance of using positive words to …
DON'T ASK: Just check moral code
It always sounds so good, so tolerant, so open-minded. If we would all just accept everybody and everything the world would overflow with peace and love. Really? Jim Carroll (Ltrs, 16 Jan 11) took Unus Vocate to t…
HART: Destroyed voter faith in ethics
We in Idaho's Third Legislative District have elected a man to office who says he supports the U.S. Constitution and then does all in his power to subvert it by trying to establish a private, for-profit currency sy…
DON'T ASK: Promiscuity not just in the military
Regarding "Repeal: Sex will be everywhere" by Unus Vocate:
McEUEN: Past wasn't so bad
It used to be logging and mills. Now, it's a private golf course. It used to be swimming at Sanders. Now, it's private unless you want to sit in the water below 2,128 feet. It used to be softball, tennis, American …
McEUEN: Public should have say
Having just read that the City Council and the mayor are NOT going to allow a public vote on the McEuen project because they already represent the people is the last straw. This isn't the first time they have colle…
McEUEN: Too big, too deep
I think the plans for McEuen Field are far too reaching. One park can't be all things to all people. That's why we have many different parks throughout Coeur d'Alene, to meet the needs of a diverse population.
McEUEN: Boaters deserve better
I am very concerned about the potential loss of the Third Street boat launch. This launch removal will cause over crowding at the other launches with the effect of pushing many boaters off the lake during peak boat…
McEUEN: Voters will have final say
I don't know where the mayor got the idea that the public will not have any vote on the McEuen Field/Third Street Boat Ramp issue.
LCDC: Dollars are from the public
Just a reminder. When you read that LCDC is to fund any project, remember these are your tax dollars. I find it disingenuous when a story reads as if LCDC does not come from public tax income.
CITYLINK: Time to charge riders
Item: The Rising cost of Citylink's Success. It appears that the Coeur d'Alene Tribe funded and began the Citylink as a means of making it easier for folk to go to the casino. Now they are asking for help. It is po…
Press salutes change of guard
Change is good.