Opinion
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HART: Behavior favors his foe
How much longer are the voters of Legislative District 3 going to put up with disgraceful and insulting behavior of Rep. Phil Hart? This man's flagrant disrespect for the rule of law and now his apparent disrespect…
NELSON: Because Currie already lost
Rick Currie! Where are you? Didn't you receive far less than 50 percent of the votes in the Republican primary? Didn't this give you some indication that many of us now lack confidence in you?
CURRIE: Voters spoke; now listen
Rick Currie said he is re-running because the voter turnout was less than 20 percent. His research was a little short, as Precinct 66, the area he supposedly represented, voted him out with more than 35 percent vot…
CRAMERS: Standing up for homeowners
Kudos to the Cramers. As members in the Carlin Bay Property Owners Assoc. we hope their recent action removes existing cronyism, vague accounting, secret meetings and other unfair management.
SCHOOLS: Board deaf to its patrons
I'm not surprised by last Saturday's Coeur d'Alene Press headline "Containing public comment." The Coeur d'Alene School Board is trying to silence public opinion. The new rules imposed for meetings allow the truste…
FDR: It can work again
How the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration managed through the depression of 1929-1934.
VETS: Knife program soars
At Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington on Oct. 7, 2010, U.S. Air Force veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were presented with 66 Buck commemorative knives for their honorable military war service. From October 200…
FIGHT: Proud to be a T-wolf
Thursday night proved to me why I made the right choice in having my son attend Lake City High School. In the closing seconds of the JV football game in Sandpoint a fight broke out on the Sandpoint sidelines when o…
HUNTING: Spare graphic images
I have yet to write a letter to the editor at The Press but I read most of them every morning. However, I am writing this morning to show support for Ms. von Hagan's position concerning the photographs of "hunters …
BUSINESS: Sell us on Idaho, please
We would like to ask your readers about the weather and if indeed Idaho is business friendly. We were "sold" on moving our corporation to Utah but have since had many second, third and fourth thoughts about that mo…
EPA: Campaign misleads public
I'm concerned that the current EPA advertising campaign addressing lead levels and human health issues misleads the public to believe that the EPA's current 90-year, multi-billion dollar plan is going to resolve th…
LID: Writer flunks subject
Recently an opinion piece titled, "Highways match need, opportunity" by Len Wallace from Post Falls is a good example of making comments about a subject you know nothing about. Unless Mr. Wallace would like to pay …
Trustee-worthy: Ketchum, Nilson
Christie Wood has served her community graciously and tirelessly. She's spent six years on the North Idaho College Board of Trustees and eight as a trustee with the Coeur d'Alene School Board.
Cd'A schools, listen closely
Coeur d'Alene School District is again facing constituent challenges.
WILKEY: Closing the back door
I sense there are several obvious and major shortcomings that exist with the Democratic candidate running for Kootenai County Coroner. Instead, I'll focus with respect and appreciation, regarding the recent advice …