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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 …
LEVY: Not a vote of confidence
"We see this as a vote of confidence" is the quote from Superintendent Hazel Bauman in Wednesday's paper. Wait a minute, I thought these levies were all about the kids!
McEUEN: Price a starting point
Oh, where to start? Lack of a price tag, future home of year round boat launch with ample and close by parking for boat trailers, future home of the American Legion ball fields? No answers to these questions, just …
NATION: Focus on local needs
Hooray for Navy Seals! Shock at the four human beings that were so callously taken from us all. On the other hand it concern me that there is so little concern for nay dire consequences that the USA might mete out …
BALLOT: Might constitute fraud
When I sat down at the booth to mark my ballot on the Coeur d'Alene School District levy Tuesday I was startled to read that if I voted NO on Option 1, I was not to vote at all on Option 2.
TURNOUT: Worth a phone call
The Press reported that the recent school levy measure had a turnout of 28.4 percent of the district's registered voters go to the polls in Coeur d'Alene. That is a little more than 1 in 4 registered voters. How pa…
LEVY: Passing Part 2 a stunner
I was stunned to see that Option 2 of the Coeur d'Alene School District levy passed. I was OK with continuing the status quo with option 1, but come on! We need to replace stimulus monies and replenish reserves. B.…
SCHOOLS: Spending isn't the answer
I have been reading all the opinions of the citizens in Coeur d'Alene on Mr. Luna's proposal. Everyone is very passionate about it one way or another and I respect all opinions.
McEUEN: Tubbs Hill encroachment
The McEuen team has arbitrarily included Tubbs Hill in the McEuen Park project. However, Tubbs Hill is a separate entity. It is not part of McEuen. It is not a part of LCDC urban renewal. It should not be developed.
TEACHERS: They aren't the enemy
How did our country get to the point where we are attacking teachers and public employees while the men and women that head the banks and large financial institutions that drove our country to the financial rim con…
GAS PRICES: Time for feds to step in
What is going on with gas prices? Isn't it very strange that the minute a story comes out about problems with Libya that our gas prices immediately rise. Libya only supplies a small amount of our gas and there is n…
REFORM: Plan fails this test
I would like to respond to some changes Superintendent Luna has proposed.
MILITARY: Not the same thing
We think Jim Blake of Post Falls has the right idea in how to pay teachers. He suggests we pay teachers "the way we pay our military."
KROC: A dream come true
I realize we live in a generation when policies, rules, codes, guidelines, whatever you want to call them, don't seem to hold much weight, but as a member of the Kroc Center, I am thankful for their policies and th…
REFORM: How does this add up?
Idaho Superintendant Luna said he would increase class size to 19 students. Wow! But I visited my grandchildren's elementary school and counted 26 students already in each class! After school I asked the teachers t…
KROC: Now, who was rude?
I have been a member of the Kroc Center since it opened and I feel a few people, whatever their motive, have unfairly slandered the center.