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.
ACTIVIST: To some, a dirty word
The 17-year-old Miss O’Brien, an activist who cares and is passionate, wants a voice in our community. She has a voice and she is in the newspaper and she has organized protests about climate control and gun contro…
SHILLINGSTAD: Keep 'em coming
I have been gravely remiss in not contacting you sooner about my enjoyment and appreciation of Mr. Shillingstad’s column, Faithful Observations. I’ve not seen the like in any newspaper before. Though religion colum…
VANDAL: Beer debate brewing
Wow an entrepreneur and former University of Idaho student using his skills taught to him through the Idaho Entrepreneurs program is wanting to donate 10 percent of his business sales back into the U of I through s…
MACKAY: In a word, inspirational
I have a very fat file of Harvey Mackay’s columns that I have saved over the past couple of years. I keep them because his thoughts and prescriptions for success ring true, even for a retired person.
ARTICLE: Good job on GOP
Bravo and well done on Sunday’s front-page article on the struggles of real Republicans in North Idaho. I no longer attend the Pachyderm meetings as it seems like California far-right radicals have hijacked the mee…
LAKES: Becoming private property
I know Hayden Lake has been cut off from public access for many years now except Honeysuckle Beach. I raised Nicole up at Twin Lakes. I went last week just to reminisce and found no public access there, either. Eve…
CARRIERS: Here's a tip, readers
It’s hard for me to believe why anyone would want to go out in the early morning and deliver my paper 365 days a year regardless of the weather and they don’t get paid. I can count on one hand the times I didn’t ge…
IGNITE: Creating community value
In response to Dan Gookin’s recent My Turn column in The Press: like every community member, Mr. Gookin is entitled to his opinion regarding community issues. However, Mr. Gookin is not entitled to malign former an…
Enough picking on Californians; it's Washington's turn
True or False:
FIREWORKS: Paradise lost
Over the weekend there were TWO full-page ads in The Press for Warpath, the vendor of fireworks that are ILLEGAL in Kootenai County. Are the folks at The Press so desperate for income, that they’ll take money from …
TRUMP: Checks and balances needed
Jerry Martin writes that he’s proud to be a “Trump Deplorable” (Letters, Coeur d’Alene Press, June 23). Polls show an improving economy and a strong sense of nationalism are the foremost reasons President Trump’s s…
ASSESSED: Proposition needed
I couldn’t agree more with Sharyn Flanagan’s letter regarding our property taxes going up.
SCHOOLS: Failure to educate
Debbie Critchfield can’t spell “into?” Probably not her fault, it’s the Coeur d’Alene Press’ proofreaders who graduated from the terrific “public education system.”
DEPLORABLE: And proud of it
WOW! In all the opinion letters I’ve written, I don’t remember getting personal with another writer, with the exception of the Press editor. I’ve tried to make my point without attacking someone because once you do…
CAR D'LANE: The magic bus
We are new residents here in Coeur d’Alene. My family was all from Spokane. A family cabin on Twin Lakes. Spent a lot of time here my whole life. We were so excited to finally get to go and participate in Car d’Lan…