Letters to the Editor
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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 …
THANKS: Veteran returns compliment
My name is Dr. John Ivy. Recently I attended an event at the Post Falls VFW, which was an awards ceremony presenting Buck Knives to recipients of the Purple Heart and at which one of your reporters, Bill Buley, was…
PROPS: Teacher yes, thug no
I’ve been called many things before, but not a THUG. I’m usually called mom, grandma, Chris, but most often, Mrs. Inlow, and that’s because I’m a teacher in Coeur d’Alene, where “children have always come first.”
PROPS: Beware spin from unions
The unions are coming out with guns blazing against Props 1, 2 and 3. They’ll distort the content of the propositions to try to defeat them.
PROPS: Opponents are out-of-staters
Voters of Idaho have an important decision regarding the future of our K-12 education system come this November. Decent people on both sides of the issue are making their case, pro or con, on Propositions 1, 2 and …
ELDERS: Let's pay them back
Our elders in long-term care need our attention and respect. They have lived long, productive lives and now need the care they so richly deserve. Assuming they are all well taken care of is to ignore the problems t…
ARRESTS: May penalties fit crimes
In the Saturday, Oct. 13 Coeur d’Alene Press, it was reported one of the arrested burglary suspects had been booked five previous times since 2010 for theft, drug possession and burglary. FIVE times! Same story wit…
PROPS: Unions do a lot of good
Have you noticed those weekly full-page ads about Propositions 1, 2 and 3 and the National Education Association? It is interesting to note that the ads are paid for by Melaleuca. Please Google Melaleuca and read a…
ROMNEY: His time has come
I have followed with interest your recent coverage of the election. However, one key fact has been underemphasized in your reporting. Please remind your readers that our current president has had four years to dig …
PYP: In God's name, good riddance
I agree with the school board in eliminating PYP because I don’t agree with the political agenda of the curriculum that focuses on teaching globalism. I believe we need to stay one nation under God, not one world. …
JOBS: Why stimulus hasn't worked
Gary Edwards made the Keynesian argument that “Businesses don’t create jobs, customers create jobs.”
PYP: Leftist bid at board control
Tom Hearn, liberal psychologist and habitual board member, went to great lengths in his Saturday My Turn to fault the Coeur d’Alene school board for ending the PYP program, otherwise known as U.N. globalist values …
SCARY: Yes, but that's the point
This letter is in response to Faith Normington and Monica Dietrich.
PYP: Let the light shine through
Thanks to Tom Hearn for drawing back the curtain and shedding light on the current tactics and agenda of the Coeur d’Alene school board (My Turn, Oct. 13). Unelected members of this board seem intent on cloning the…
CHIEF: Treatment has been unfair
I have spent the last nine years in Spirit Lake, and love this little community I live in. It has its faults, but what small town doesn’t? I want to publicly say that I feel Chief Pat Lawless (he will always be Chi…
KUDOS: Thanks to you life savers
Thank you to the Kootenai County Search and Rescue, Kootenai County Sheriffs Department, Auxiliaries, Volunteers — You folks are the BEST! Anyone who gripes about paying taxes is not, in my opinion, a true citizen …