Letters to the Editor
Letters Policy. The Press encourages letters as a means for readers to share opinions and feedback about local and regional news and events. However, letters will not be published if they include profane, obscene language or if they promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation. Letters must not exceed 275 words. Letters must include the writer’s full name, hometown and daytime phone number (not for publication) or they will not be published. Please submit letters to: [email protected], or mail to Readers Write, The Press, 215 N. Second St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816.
OPINION: Just like everyone else, Idaho’s Attorney General must comply with the law
Three years ago, I joined five other former Idaho Attorneys General in describing that important position as “the …
TURTLES: It's a north-south thing
In response to Mr. Porter’s concern about the safety issues involved in the Clemson University student’s research on box turtles and drivers, as a many-decades ago Clemson grad, I can assure him that the skill set …
CHRISTIAN: What it really means
There was a time, in the not distant past, that the first thing I read in The Press was the Letters to the Editor. The caustic content of many of this past year’s political and religious editorials have taken their…
BULBS: Dim motives behind changes
So they’ve taken away our 100 and now 75 watt incandescent light bulbs and are soon to eliminate the 60s and 40s. But does anyone know or care that, according to the scientists at a prestigious midwestern universit…
GUNS: Israel offers insights
In response to Jim Spurr’s January 2nd letter about gun control, enough already! Why is it that when a family driving down the road is hit head-on by a drunk driver and killed, there is no call to ban alcohol or ca…
SHOSHONE: County decision a poor one
I would like to thank the Shoshone County Commissioners for the Christmas present they forced upon the people of Shoshone County and particularly, the St. Joe Valley. The present requires the taking away of our cou…
TEENS: Worth the price of admission
Recently we went to the Regal Cinema to see Les Miserables as guests of our daughter. After the movie, I went to the men’s room. While I was in there some teenage boys entered. Usually in the company of teenage boy…
WOODY: SoCal, N.Idaho don't mix
Woody, you used the word “bitchin” describing McEuen Park. Isn’t that so SoCal in the ‘60s? It just doesn’t sound right here in North Idaho. The damage is already done but maybe in November we can vote all of you o…
TAXES: Headline was misleading
The headline on Alecia Warren’s article in the January 3rd edition, “A taxing question: Employers look at how to pass cost on to employees,” casts a negative slant on employers regarding the payroll tax. Let’s be c…
OBAMA: Police state of a different stripe
My how times have changed. In the dead of night and behind closed doors, President Obama has just signed an extension of the warrantless wiretap law. Also known as The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), …
GUNS: Armed citizens are better
To Jim Spurr and everyone else who wants to blame tragedies on guns, and the NRA.
LETTER: Makes us look stupid
Regarding the letter from Harley Duff, I can’t really be sure whether this was all tongue in cheek or if he really meant everything he stated in his letter. In any event, in this community of wackos there are certa…
LETTER: Makes for a good laugh
Harley Duff, thank you for making me laugh. It’s as ludicrous as everyone being armed to stop the “bad” guys.
BUSES: Locals go the extra mile
Recently, the Coeur d’Alene School District and the school board have been discussing the possibility of doing away with the School District’s Transportation Department and going to contract busing. It is interesti…
CLIFF: Disappointed by one man's vote
Raul Labrador votes FOR the largest tax increase in U.S. history! That’s front-page news! How dare he! Recall him!
PRESIDENT: A job well done
Congrats to the president for holding his ground. He did what he was elected to do.