Opinion
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OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
CRITICAL RACE THEORY: Opponents lack understanding
When I read or hear people lament about CRT being taught in the schools, it tells me three things about them.
EDITORIAL: For the love of Pete
Tribute dedicated to wife Katie Brodie and family.
COEUR TERRE: Response to Eric Gundlach
Although he focuses on the potential crisis for Indian Meadows, he speaks truth about the high levels of traffic and speeds presently effecting Fairway Hills. Which in my opinion is a precursor of the end result fo…
COEUR TERRE: Unrestricted zoning density
The Kootenai Land Company (KLC) (https://www.kcolandcompany.com/) will be provided unrestricted access to increase the zoning sizes in the Coeur Terre project; all they have to do is pay. That means that R-17 (17 h…
SHORT-TERM RENTALS: What about the East Sherman motels?
Please tell me I’m not the only one who finds the attempts by the city council to eliminate vacation rentals ironic. While they target those who responsibly operate short-term vacation rentals, they continue to com…
PROGS, LIBS AND DEMS: They care
They care about the planet, our shared home, the Earth. They understand that our species has wildly overpopulated itself and our freedoms are unsustainably consuming our natural resources. They care enough to make …
ABSENTEE VOTING BILL: Senseless voter suppression
The proposed Alfieri bill, to limit absentee voting, was a topic of discussion, consternation and concern at our weekly prayer circle gathering. We range in age from 70 to 95 and we take our right to vote very seri…
Editorial: NIC needs action, not crowd noise
Big show tonight is completely off course.
LINCOLN: Who accredited his college?
As the Coeur d’Alene college kerfuffle continues, one question for The Press, whose pages recently lionized Abraham Lincoln (an extreme bigot and a brutal dictator) as the greatest Republican president of all time:…
SCHOOL LEVIES: Vote yes
There is a lot of noise surrounding public education these days, and a lot of people far removed from our schools are throwing around words such as “critical race theory” and “indoctrination” and “social emotional …
NIC: Administration not doing its job
I have not searched to determine the answer to this question but will pose it without doing so because I feel NIC is too important to our community.
SHORT-TERM RENTALS: Thank you, Coeur d’Alene public officials
I want to thank the CDA planning commission and the CDA City council for addressing the STR issue that has invaded our fair city.
PROPERTY TAXES: Have already gone up for schools
Our mortgage payment is going up yet again because of an escrow shortage due to the continuing increases in property taxes.
NIC: Normal conservatives not the enemy
I am a retired lifelong conservative North Idaho business person.
NIC TRUSTEES: Silence, lack of action troubling
Possibly one of the most troublesome aspects, besides the potential loss of accreditation for NIC, is the relative silence from the three trustees whose actions (and lack of actions) have brought this situation abo…