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 …
CHICKENS: Key to going green
I am writing with the hope to change the future of Post Falls residents lives for what I feel is beneficial in so many ways.
ART: Time for a gut check
After reading the article, "Art for an Unglamorous Spot," I understand that the city is seeking artists to decorate the wastewater treatment facility. I think that it is a fantastic idea! It got my mind wandering.
LYING: Argument lost in key facts
In response to J. Albert Rowe's "Psst, Someone is lying, America:" That someone is you, Mr. Rowe.
TEALIBAN: Insult hard to swallow
In response to "Tealiban" by Jim Arnoldi, you think you are clever, maybe funny? No - you are a despicable human being. You (and the nation) find it appropriate to call hard working Americans Tea-liban just because…
SS: Not part of debt woes
Social Security represents the best of the American dream - the idea that my lifetime of hard work will let me live comfortably in old age. It's not a handout. It's money that I earned and deserve to have when I de…
SENATORS: Civil stature applauded
The Wednesday, July 27 Press Editorial, "Vote of confidence," took courage to publish!
LID: Live within means
The article "LID review" by Alecia Warren in The Press on July 21 had some incorrect statements pertaining to those opposed to the Sunnyside LID. A statement that the LIDs would be paid into by more than 600 benefi…
TEALIBAN: Watch your rear, folks
In "The Nation" magazine a few weeks ago they gave the tea party the name "tea-liban." How appropriate!
RESPONSE: Attack was misguided
Was Jeff Bourget really serious in his ridiculous attack in The Press on the United States Citizens Association?
PRESS: Well, shut my mouth
Shame on you, Coeur d'Alene Press! Your front page story on July 26 showed a photo of a couple lounging on a beach at the "mouth" of the Spokane River. Any eighth-grade science student can tell you that the mouth o…
FDA: Admit your errors
In late June, the FDA warned consumers of possible contamination of alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts grown and distributed by Evergreen Produce of Moyie Springs while a thorough investigation was conducted. Consum…
OBAMA: Inept robbing hood
In his typical community organizing campaign rhetoric, Obama intensified class warfare in our communities without creating even one paying job. Barry appealed for the masses to bombard the Halls of Congress with em…
PSSST: Someone is lying, America
America is broke? Oh, really? Golly gee, how can that be; we're the richest nation on Earth - and we're broke? Quantum physics aside, is it possible to be in two places at the same time? Not in my world, so the obv…
4-H: There in times of need
Tina Bothwell is right on the money! I too believe that all our elected officials don't have a clue about what really goes on in the community.
WHINERS: Try investing instead
Again I see a flurry of letters about those evil rich somehow finding magical solutions to minimize their taxes that no one else has been able to discover. It's time to face the truth.