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SCHOOLS: Safety first
I took part in Active Shooter Training at one of our elementary schools Friday. It was provided by the Rathdrum Police Department and the Lakeland School District. I want to thank our forward-looking community for …
BULLIES: Take that!
Enough IS Enough. The CHILDREN have spoken. They demand a ban. Their scripts have been heard.
BUILDING: A special invite
Thank you County Commissioners Marc Eberlein and Bob Bingham for your recent actions regarding Kootenai County’s building permits. The way I see it, not being required to get permission to enjoy and improve my prop…
CHRISTIANITY: Today's sermon
According to the “news,” the latest attack on Christianity comes from George Washington University, which is organizing a seminar charging that Christians have an advantaged position in society. I agree, but not th…
TRASH: What a mess
In regards to the David Boyer letter on March 21, thank you for pointing out how much garbage there is on our streets and our surrounding area. I-90 is terrible.
The duopoly that threatens to destroy the news
By LAWRENCE RILEY
LETTER: You asked for it
Since the cda press picks and chooses which letters to the editors columns they will authorize we must emphasize, do they know the wording of the first amendment, it does not state that since we are Anti Christie W…
HEALTH: Close coverage gap
This legislative session marks six years of inaction on Idaho’s coverage gap. Idaho legislators went home refusing to vote on a bill that would have addressed this issue.
CODE: Listen to Hammurabi
I have been observing the development of building codes here in Kootenai County and frankly I am disappointed the majority of commissioners voted to allow owners of land in the county to avoid building under any bu…
911: Anybody home?
Our family is upset about the response of Coeur d’Alene 911 call center. My granddaughter works as a hairdresser in a salon close to a homeless shelter. On Wednesday, March 21st she was working late with a client w…
PRESS: Beware bias traps
I personally believe in the need and the intent of the mainstream media to be factual. I consider the Coeur d’Alene Press to be a locally oriented mainstream media outlet. We may not agree on issues but generally t…
BAJA: Our 51st state?
When The United States took Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California from Mexico, we immediately made every Mexican living on that land an American citizen. Organizations like La Raza, “The Race” — a Mexican versi…
GOP: Abe would shudder
Offering President Lincoln as an example, The Press editorial of March 28 urges us, when discussing politics, to be more civil and make more effort to understand those whose opinions may not be the same as our own.…
How to give democracy a lift
Since his heart transplant more than a decade ago, Coeur d’Alene School Board member Dave Eubanks has taken to growing things on his property, including a veritable forest of Christmas trees.
NRA: Roll call reality
Before you demonize the organization, NRA membership includes: doctors, lawyers, pastors, teachers, plumbers, electricians, construction workers, farmers, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, hunters, trappers, sp…