Letters to the Editor
Letters Policy. The Press encourages letters as a means for readers to share opinions and feedback about local and regional news and events. However, letters will not be published if they include profane, obscene language or if they promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation. Letters must not exceed 275 words. Letters must include the writer’s full name, hometown and daytime phone number (not for publication) or they will not be published. Please submit letters to: [email protected], or mail to Readers Write, The Press, 215 N. Second St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816.
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 …
RESPECT: Key to working together
Politics is often intense, perhaps never more so than it has been in the last 2 1/2 years. That intensity has not benefitted the understanding of the issues or the evaluation of candidates very much. It has helped …
AVISTA: Big profit poses big problem
In Friday's Press there was a letter to the editor regarding Avista's rate request, then two pages later an article stating Avista earned $25.5 MILLION in the second QUARTER! As stated, 2010 is shaping up to be a G…
CITY: Tax hike timing is terrible
A recent article in The Press stated that the city is going to raise property taxes because they are unable to fund all of the city's obligations. This is because of reduced income from the community as a result of…
HELPED: Thanks for the assistance
My name is Nancy L. Johnson and I live in Coeur d'Alene. My purpose for writing this letter is to give my thanks to a lady I met at Art on the Green. I always knew it was a great place to go and get great food, ent…
HEDGES: Constitution is getting trimmed
Since when is trimming a hedge a felony?
AVISTA: Was it a mere coincidence?
On April 1, 2010, Coeur d'Alene Press reporter Alecia Warren wrote an article making public Avista executive pay increases. CEO Scott Morris received total compensation of $3,000,000, Mark Thies (vp) received $831,…
LETTER: Comments not meant literally
Regarding my recently published letter "FDIC: A drain on law enforcers," I really messed this one up! If The Press couldn't get the meaning behind my snide comments, I don't know how I expected anyone else could.
LAND: You own it, you develop it
Drill baby drill... old news. Mountain top mining... old news. Shouldn't Idaho allow the same thing?
RESPONSE: 'Traitor' too strong a word
This is in response to a "My Turn" Column written by Mr. John M. Clark printed in the Coeur d'Alene Press on July 31, 2010, that mentions my name.
GOVERNMENT: Work beats entitlements
I consider myself a common American citizen of modest means never without a job finding a way to meet my obligations. I believe the basis of American economics is a competitive enterprise, not by opportunity which …
CONEYS: Responses warm tummy, heart
I would like to thank all the wonderful people who took the time to share their Showboat drive-in Coney Island recipes with me and all the other people who remember what a treat it was. Those were the days. I grew …
HEROES: Honoring them at big event
Hayden Lake residents Col. Arthur Halverson, U.S. Air Force (retired), and his wife Anne were among those attending The 92nd United States Army Air Force/United States Air Force 68th Birthday Reunion at the Norther…
CONEYS: Here's the real deal, folks
The original coney recipe was brought from the Miners Hat drive-in in Kellogg by my uncle Lloyd Scoles. He in turn gave it to my aunt and uncle, Cleo and Austin Anthony, who owned The Boat for many years. The origi…
OBAMA: Let us count the facts
I would like to respond to an item in the July 30 edition titled "Obama: Let us count the lies" by Craig Kerwin which I read as a bunch of blah, blah, blah until I got to No. 10 and I realized he really does believ…
ROWE: Broader perspective needed
Where does The Press come up with these "whack job" writers? All you have to do is read the last three paragraphs of Albert Rowe's column, and he has perfectly described his own writing. I would suggest that he rea…