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PUPPY: What goes around
On Oct. 6, in front of a 7-year-old child, Megan Renae Smith allegedly reached into the rear window of a car and withdrew a puppy, then proceeded to raise the puppy over her head and with both hands forcefully thre…
RESPONSE: Sinking Dan's slams
I have read all of Dan Gressler’s recent letters and have come to the conclusion that he is a very hateful person. All he does is complain, but offers no realistic solution to any of the “problems” he complains abo…
POLICE: Shovel-ready servants
While I was shoveling my driveway the morning of Christmas Eve, two police patrol cars stopped in front of my driveway and three of Coeur d’Alene’s finest got out and asked if they could help me shovel my driveway.…
RESPONSE: 'Nuff said
Hey Dan? When you complain about name calling and your first sentence is riddled with them. It negates anything else you have to say. Please take your bitter self, go to your safe place and play with your clay and …
FEES: Return to senders
I’m writing this letter after I was informed that we have been overcharged by the city for our sewer fee. I own a home in Hayden that is subject to the sewer capacity fee lawsuit. We paid for the $18,000+ building …
BEST: Not by long shot
Unfortunately most of the public is not aware that the Coeur d’Alene Press’ “Best of” competition is extremely flawed — to the extent it should be discontinued.
BEWARE: Social Security 'reform'
Social Security is in trouble. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, has proposed a reform plan that will make serious cuts to Social Security. Under this plan, cost of living benefits will be eliminated, the inflation rate i…
TATTOOS: Cover easy, folks
When you apply for a job, you apply for the opportunity to be part of an establishment and become a component who assists them in increasing overall profit margin and therefore increasing your chances of reaping th…
JUSTICE: Step up, Idaho
In March 2016, Idaho’s Attorney General’s Office charged John R. K Howard of Dietrich, a white high school player who was accused of kicking a coat hanger into the rectum of a black high school football player with…
KINDNESS: Eases the sorrow
Christmas Eve day was not a great day for me, having to face the death of my beloved pet of 16 years. I stopped at the Riverstone Starbucks drive through for a hot drink. When I got to the pickup window, the server…
ISP: Tale of complaint
In September, a female driver was rear-ended by a Washington driver who had NO license. The Washington driver became verbally hostile, trying to get the other driver not to call the police and tried to get the othe…
How to make 2017 outstanding
Maybe you’re going to lose weight this year. Firm up, as it were.
ISRAEL: A loyal ally
Does any true American really support what Obama just did to Israel? The act of throwing Israel to the dogs at the United Nations pretty much sums up why thinking people are nauseated by this “president” and what h…
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The use of Naloxone can save a life. Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is an opioid antagonist used in opioid overdoses to counteract the life-threatening depression of the respiratory system. It allows an overdose v…
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Has anyone in Washington, D.C., ever heard of the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952?