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DISDAIN: The people's enemy
Responding to a few letters that have appeared lately. Disdain is running high, sadly, without giving the newly elected and struggling representatives a reasonable amount of time to fulfill the promises and reverse…
NIC is a speller's best friend
Community newspapers receive a lot of support from advertisers and subscribers. They do their best to return the favor by supporting the community.
LAWSUITS: A losing argument
Sholeh Patrick couldn’t be more wrong on being against Loser Pays Lawsuits Legislation in her column.
THANKS: From grateful Lakeland
The entire staff of the Lakeland Joint School District would like to thank our community for supporting both of our levy ballots last week. Your vote of confidence allows us to continue down the road of academic ex…
FAREWELL: And fond wishes
We are moving out of Idaho, but these past 10 years have been filled with great people I will cherish: Editor Mike Patrick of the Post Falls Press. Editor Mike has always made me feel like family, an obviously supr…
TAXES: Double indignity
Did I miss a proposition on the last ballot? In California we had a famous Prop 13 allowing the people to vote to make property tax value the sales price of a home. The first house I bought and sold here was not af…
KUDOS: Great job, voters
I want to thank all of the citizens who took the time and trouble to go to the polls to vote for all of our school districts’ operational levies and capital bonds.
2017 session's quiet little power struggle
Idaho legislators couldn’t wait to get out of Boise. Can’t blame them, but you can wish they’d done a judicial refresher before blasting off.
HEALTH CARE: Starts with you
How feasible is it for any country to offer its citizens the right to health care when those citizens do not take very good care of their own health and well-being? Maybe our own struggling systems should prorate t…
LOSS: Nothing to cheer about
We are the proud parents of an awesome 22-year-old daughter with Down syndrome (special needs). Crystal has grown and matured with the support of this wonderful community, outstanding programs like Specialized Need…
When you give of yourself, you gain
Volunteers, you inspire us.
AHCA: No deal, GOP
I am covered by Medicare and Medicare Advantage, so I am not affected by this AHCA unless you also start playing with Medicare. However, I paid attention to this GOP proposal on how it might affect the general publ…
THANKFUL: To be free
Last week, while I was waiting for my little angel to be out of the operating room, in prayer and deep subconscious experience, I realized that the number of people who die because of the religions in the world are…
INFRASTRUCTURE: Full speed ahead
One of the many controversial plans of the Trump Administration is to spend trillions on infrastructure, which critics say will increase our national debt.
MINE: The human cost
I have been reading articles that have statements from Phil Baker and Luke Russell, and I keep seeing them mentioning how the Lucky Friday Mine is Hecla’s “highest cost mine.” After reading this over and over again…