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 …
EBERLEIN: Good for Kootenai County
Now here is a candidate for office that I can wholeheartedly support and endorse. I have known Marc Eberlein, and his wife Elaine, for more than eight years and have always found him to be honest, very intelligent …
ELECTION: Beware career politicians
The local political trolley has started its run for the November elections with well-meaning candidates throwing their hats into the ring for the coveted and, sometimes, well paid seats of power. Of recent interest…
NEWT: Now's the time, America
Newt Gingrich moved to the front and Washington went into a shiver of fear. Not just Democrats but Republicans too. After all it wasn't just Democrats that formed the congressional pay so that they get a pay raise …
BILLFOLD: Good time, place to lose it
To the good samaritan at St. Vincent de Paul in Coeur d'Alene on Monday, Jan. 23: Thank you; you restored my faith in the human race by your honesty. I left my billfold in the shopping cart as I loaded my purchases…
CRITTERS: Gone to the wolves
Where have all the critters gone? I have been in the woods for years, hunting and fishing, noting the decline in all small animals. I haven't seen a rabbit, beaver, raccoon, skunk for years. I saw a couple of red f…
DOGS: It's too cold out there
What irresponsible dog owner ties their dog up alone, outside overnight in below-freezing weather? I have always believed a dog outside alone at night is wolf or coyote bait, if it doesn't freeze to death first.
DOG: No need to bite owner
I read the letter from a Hayden reader in Wednesday's paper and now feel obligated to write. The writer's name is not mentioned here, as "shaming" him/her doesn't serve any useful purpose. The letter was in referen…
IMPACT FEES: A construction killer
When I read the letter from Larry Spencer about impact fees I felt I needed to write this letter and say that he is absolutely correct that impact fees are just another way to get more money for the government. I r…
PIPELINE: Oil politics ensure it's coming
It really makes no difference whether Obama rejected (temporarily) the Keystone Pipeline or not. Anyone not smart enough to not believe that the oil will eventually flow from Canada to the Gulf Coast is living in l…
SCHOOLS: When smiles can be scary
Thursday morning started like most, get my coffee and open the Coeur d'Alene Press to see what's happening in our area. I flipped over the paper to the front page and immediately saw something that strikes terror t…
HEROES: Hail Marines, Paterno
I have two issues I would like to address; I will keep each as short as possible.
MORMONS: Good folks, false doctrine
I would like to clear up a few things about Mormons. Carol Sorenson and Larry Barnes are both right in what they wrote, however they are wrong about the whole of the context.
CRUELTY: Dog story heartbreaking
We went down to the barn Sunday morning, Jan. 15, to care for the cattle. Shocked: in the barn lay a beautiful, older, neutered German Shepherd wearing a black harness, DEAD. He left a terrible trail and puddles of…
PRESS: Photos promote stupidity
The Jan. 21 issue of the Coeur d'Alene Press reached a new low in "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?"
SCOUTS: Survey wasn't objective
All of the people who I have spoken with have been very clear in their statement that moving Camp Easton to a new site would not be ethical nor in the spirit in which the land had been deeded to the Boy Scouts of A…