COMMENTS: Let them be heard

Seldom does the Coeur d'Alene Press run away from an issue. You have no problem printing letters that assail your stories, your editorials and some of your biases. Despite this The Press goes on and does a great jo…

MANDATE: Not what voters said

Now that we have awakened to the repercussions of voter anger, I am dropping this note of caution to the Republicans: Be careful about believing this vote to be a "mandate," as some are already spouting. It's not l…

CITYLINK: Great ride and it's free

This letter is concerning the lady who would not get off the CityLink bus at Riverstone. We have schedules for departures from casino and arrivals at Riverstone. Everyone must remember these buses are free rides an…

GOTHAM: Nothing creepy about it

A recent "My Turn" letter by Patricia Wolford talking about the Gotham Bay Estates seemed to be short on facts and a bit long on silliness.

ENERGY: Here are answers

I'd like to respond to Bill Irving's recent Letter to the Editor in which he calls on Avista and Kootenai Electric Cooperative (KEC) to sponsor pilot programs in the grading of all commercial buildings.

GOSPEL: Examine leaders closely

K. Kriss's "A thief in the night" asks us to challenge "those who lead us." The Bible implores us, through the people of Berea, "to search the scriptures day after day, to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the tr…

WATER: Keep it clean, Idaho

I am writing about the need for Idaho to prioritize protecting clean water. In the last two years Idaho has not provided any state funds for clean water monitoring. It is time the governor and our legislature suppo…

STRAHORN: What are the criteria?

An open letter to the city of Hayden Lake:

OBAMA: Give him more time

I just finished reading a My Turn column in The Press where Dr. George Rodkey states, "We are being ruled more by the Communist Manifesto than by the Constitution of the United States of America."

Time to smile, America

Not everybody's happy that Republicans registered one of the most dramatic two-year turnarounds in our nation's history.

REFS: Blew it in Cd'A-LC contest

I was at the Lake City/Coeur d'Alene football game last Friday and that had to be the worst officiating I have ever seen in my life. The referees called three personal fouls on Lake City that crippled them. They bl…

What should happen with national health care?

GOSPEL: Separate fact from fiction

This is certainly free speech at work here - when someone like Kathryn Kriss is viewed as an "expert" in the Bible study series "The Hole in OUR Gospel" and The Press allows her opinion to be heard. Kathryn - have …

No doubt about it

Election results weren't in by the time this editorial's deadline arrived, so we decided to offer you three sure things instead.

PRESS: Peddles propaganda

I'm concerned over recent "letters" to the editor. Let me correct myself: I'm concerned that certain letters are getting published. I see more and more of these letters being written about someone "got a call from …