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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 …
STALLED CAR: Strangers helped driver
On Aug. 6 around 1 p.m. I was traveling north on Government Way, near Kathleen Street when I noticed a small red sport car in the inside, northbound lane.
DRIVING LESSON: No turning on red right arrow
To the driver behind me who laid on the horn when I was stopped at the red arrow before turning right onto West Riverstone Drive from North Lakewood Drive (next to McDonald’s): Idaho Code 49-802 states that…
PARKS: Staff does a great job
I want to publicly acknowledge the tremendous work that our City Parks Department does to maintain the downtown parks.
REGAN: Unite, rather than divide
Your Friday editorial is ironically self-describing, as you continue sowing division amongst our populace. Your 1984 quote was perfect, threading careful wording so we doubt our own observations.
REGAN: Uncommon sense
Mr. Regan criticizes George Orwell’s advice to “reject evidence of your eyes and ears” and proceeds to tell us to reject the evidence of OUR eyes and ears by not believing what we saw and heard these last couple ye…
FIREWORKS: Should be illegal all the time
Kudos to Terry and Connie Montanye for their letter published Aug. 4 concerning your editorial about illegal fireworks. And a high five for publishing your editorial in the first place.
OPEN PRIMARIES: Initiative would implement ranked-choice voting
What does the Open Primary Initiative; Proposition 1 really say? Idaho for Open Primaries is a Trojan horse for Ranked-Choice Voting. Sadly, those pushing this proposition will not admit this. Instead, they told pe…
SOCIALISM: East Germany was an example
I have grown utterly sick and tired of the baseless and repeated use of the word “socialism,” which it is in print here on an almost daily basis, this week the most notable use of that word comes from Mike Hill.
LIBRARIES: Bring back the calendar
I enjoyed Dave Oliveria’s column Sunday walking us back in time to the 2005 fundraising calendar issued by the Coeur d’Alene Library Foundation.
REGAN: I stopped reading
Mr. Regan posed three “test questions” in this Aug. 2, OPINION column: Do you believe that Trump called white supremacists in Charlottesville “fine people?”
CHAIRS: Thanks for the help
I wish to thank a gentleman for retrieving our folding chairs that fell out of our truck on July 17 as we were on our way to our great-granddaughter’s T-ball game (ages 4 to 5 years old) heading north on U.S. 95 to…
LIBRARIES: Resist regressive policies
The Community Library Network’s new board majority of Rachelle Ottosen, Tom Hanley and Tim Plass has controlled library policy and the district budget for over a year, and their actions are undermining our communit…
PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE: A tale of two presidents
Reply to J. W. Vance and Dennis Keim Letters in Sunday’s Press on Aug. 4: There couldn’t have been a more opposite view on Biden’s and Trump’s character, values, and performance. I ask myself simply: is our country…
ABORTION: Do more to battle overpopulation
I told a neighbor I wasn’t interested in global warming; I was only interested in overpopulation and pollution. He right away exclaimed; “are you trying to say pollution is causing global warming!”
OLYMPICS: Khelif is a human being
Imagine being born differently. Having a disorder, a difference that you had no choice over. Imagine being a child, knowing you’re different and just wanting to “fit in.”