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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 …
TRUSTEE: Nilson, Ketchum qualified
Each of the NIC trustee candidates has special qualifications but in my judgment, Robert Ketchum and Ron Nilson stand out as most appropriate for the current challenges at NIC.
WILKEY: Most qualified coroner
If you want the best most qualified and educated person for this delicate job, please vote for Deb Wilkey, RN for County Coroner. Deb has worked the past six years as a Kootenai Co. Deputy Coroner under the directi…
HISSONG: Vote for experience
Thankfully most of us will never require the services of the Coroner. However for those who do have loved ones who die tragically or under questionable circumstances, the coroner's office plays a key role with law …
OLSON: Educators show their support
The single most important factor in the quality of education our Idaho students receive is the teacher in the classroom. Stan Olson is keenly aware of the critical role educators play. His unique combination of edu…
MARANO: She gets collaboration
I keep hearing that government should be run like a business. I disagree. Government does not have a profit and loss margin. Government is mandated to provide certain services without fail. It seems to me that Gove…
LUNA: Model is real-world
The recent KTVB debate between present Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna and his opponent Stan Olson revealed clear differences in the candidates. Olson appeared a classic elitist academic, while Tom Luna re…
LABRADOR: Time for a change
Because of the present Pelosi/Reid/Obama agenda Democrats are abandoning their party in large numbers. As I talk to Idahoans I see many who no longer support a party, but are determined to vote for the best candida…
HART: Behavior favors his foe
How much longer are the voters of Legislative District 3 going to put up with disgraceful and insulting behavior of Rep. Phil Hart? This man's flagrant disrespect for the rule of law and now his apparent disrespect…
NELSON: Because Currie already lost
Rick Currie! Where are you? Didn't you receive far less than 50 percent of the votes in the Republican primary? Didn't this give you some indication that many of us now lack confidence in you?
CURRIE: Voters spoke; now listen
Rick Currie said he is re-running because the voter turnout was less than 20 percent. His research was a little short, as Precinct 66, the area he supposedly represented, voted him out with more than 35 percent vot…
CRAMERS: Standing up for homeowners
Kudos to the Cramers. As members in the Carlin Bay Property Owners Assoc. we hope their recent action removes existing cronyism, vague accounting, secret meetings and other unfair management.
SCHOOLS: Board deaf to its patrons
I'm not surprised by last Saturday's Coeur d'Alene Press headline "Containing public comment." The Coeur d'Alene School Board is trying to silence public opinion. The new rules imposed for meetings allow the truste…
FDR: It can work again
How the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration managed through the depression of 1929-1934.
VETS: Knife program soars
At Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington on Oct. 7, 2010, U.S. Air Force veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were presented with 66 Buck commemorative knives for their honorable military war service. From October 200…
FIGHT: Proud to be a T-wolf
Thursday night proved to me why I made the right choice in having my son attend Lake City High School. In the closing seconds of the JV football game in Sandpoint a fight broke out on the Sandpoint sidelines when o…