ELECTION: Time to reveal the truth

It has been more than 10 months since the Coeur d'Alene city election ended, and it has been eight months since the declared winners were sworn into office. If the declared winners have nothing to hide, then why is…

CDA: Park decision stinks like, well …

KTEC: Questions about governance

To Tom Luna, Superintendent of Schools: I missed your meeting at the MICA Grange. The questions I have may have been asked so I apologize for not knowing, but no one I've talked to seems to know as well.

PRESS: Thanks for the First Amendment

I was pleased to see the First Amendment on the Editorial page of The Press. It is hoped that its presence will encourage all your readers to read this very precious Constitution and its Amendments.

Death by little nicks

A nick here, a nick there. No big deal? Well, before you know it, the patient has bled to death.

Last gasps of middle class

The engraving isn't completed, but you can easily fill in the tombstone's final few blanks.

KTEC: Now is not the time

Now that we have heard the political side of the issue, let's try to get the whole story on this KTEC project. OK, the land was donated. It's not going anywhere. It will still be there five or 10 years from now. Su…

KTEC: Time right for new campus

Over the past several years through my involvement with the Workforce Development Task Force of Kootenai County, local Chambers of Commerce, the regional Workforce Innovations Now project, and my current position a…

HAUSER: Market a marvelous upgrade

Are you kidding me, residents are concerned over the visual appeal of an open air market in Hauser Lake along highway 53?! Oh yeah, this is such a lovely visual corridor with the mix of heavy industrial plants, a g…

TUBBS: Garbage ruins this experience

Recently my husband and I took family members visiting for the first time from Kansas and Nebraska on a hike of Tubbs Hill. We were anxious to show them the beauty of the surrounding area. To our surprise and embar…

OBAMA: My Turn columnist right on

Kudos to John M. Clark for his July 31 "My Turn" column!

CONEYS: Authentic recipe? It's history

I'm sure you will enjoy the coneys made from the recipes kindly provided. However, they will not be "quite right."

RESPECT: Key to working together

Politics is often intense, perhaps never more so than it has been in the last 2 1/2 years. That intensity has not benefitted the understanding of the issues or the evaluation of candidates very much. It has helped …

AVISTA: Big profit poses big problem

In Friday's Press there was a letter to the editor regarding Avista's rate request, then two pages later an article stating Avista earned $25.5 MILLION in the second QUARTER! As stated, 2010 is shaping up to be a G…

CITY: Tax hike timing is terrible

A recent article in The Press stated that the city is going to raise property taxes because they are unable to fund all of the city's obligations. This is because of reduced income from the community as a result of…