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 …
FIREWORKS: Gone but not forgotten
Should our collection of blackened, spent fireworks be taken (as evidence) to the police station or fire station? Perhaps both.
DEPOT: Don't buy into a lie
A lady came up to one of our Post 14 members at the American Legion Baseball Tournament at McEuen Field on July 2 with a complaint about Home Depot that immediately caught our attention. She advised that Home Depot…
INVASIVE: Whole deal smells fishy
Inspection for invasive species... really?
STOLEN: Widow hurt by flag theft
I came to this country as an immigrant in 1960. I loved this country from the moment I stepped off the boat.
CATS: Stolen cage sorely missed
I would like to just ask a favor. Could the person who took the cat cage that was sitting outside our gate at the Humane Society please bring it back?
CUTS: Recording fees would help
Regarding Saturday's howlingly funny story about county budget cuts: The money is in their face but they refuse to do anything about it.
UI: The people's university
Guest Opinion
CARTOON: Unfair Catholic criticism
There is a moral difference between liberty and license.
IRONMAN: Here's to you, people
Thank you Coeur d'Alene! The community, volunteers and many spectators who supported Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2011 made it a FIRST-CLASS event. Ironman puts on many events in great cities, however Coeur d'Alene truly …
HAZARD: Public needs warnings
The primary purpose of this letter is to get the attention of public officials and citizens living downstream in the Coeur d'Alene Basin Bunker Hill Superfund site. Those include communities of Coeur d'Alene on int…
SNAKES: See the good in them
Thank you for the great article by Matt Ellerbeck regarding snakes. I have always been deathly afraid of snakes, although I used to do a lot of hiking and was passionate about all of the environment.
BANKS: They're hard to beat, folks
The new law on overdraft protection, that passed back in August, is not being respected by banks. I received a letter in the mail last year informing me if I didn't sign and return it that I would not have the prot…
CANADA: The pipeline to nowhere
Canadian Peter Robitaille (July 1) should realize that the America he once new is all around him in Alberta. As a Canadian born, naturalized U.S. citizen while serving in the U.S. Army, I feel qualified to comment.
PARADES: Tough downtown impact
I was very surprised and a bit unhappy to attempt driving to one of my favorite coffee spots, Bakery by The Lake, on the morning of Friday, July 1, to find the downtown corridor of Coeur d'Alene closed off and a bi…
NIC: Editorial makes sense
Your editorial on Friday June 24 caught my interest on a few points. The first, which you very well made, concerned the previous expenses incurred by the college of $64,642 in paying a firm to search for a replacem…