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ENDORSEMENT: Vote Knudtsen, Durbin, Havercroft
In the last two years we have seen NIC trustee G McKenzie and minions hire incompetent and inexperienced legal counsel; fire a president for no cause; hire a president on a ‘temporary basis’ for an expensive contra…
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Durbin, Knutsen, Havercroft
Thank you to all the candidates at the KROC Center willing to sit in the Hot seat and answer difficult questions regarding Board Governance and their viewpoints. It is not easy to be on point under extemporaneous a…
LIBRARIES: Book choice should be a personal choice
Anyone who suggests Conservative Moderate Liberal and Flaming Liberal Democrats all have the same goals has been spending too much time on Fantasy Island.
CLN: Parents should decide what is right for their families
During the Sept. 19 library board meeting, it was revealed that 9,235 parents support their children having full-access minor cards, which is significant.
PROP 1: Two issues in one ballot measure
One of the most confusing parts of Congressional and Legislative bills is when the Title of the original bill is modified to include items that have nothing to do with the original idea. As an example, we see issue…
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Knudtsen
Vote Knudtsen! Our county has an important election this November. The North Idaho College Board of Trustees seats, which will ultimately determine the fate of our beloved community college, are up for grabs.
PROP 1: Party crashers
When the party of “inclusivity” wants to force themselves into your primary, that’s cause for pause. What could be the real motive of Democrats wanting to vote in Republican primaries?
AQUIFER: Reason to be concerned
I’m responding to Mr. Peters’ letter in Sunday’s Cd’A Press claiming that there is plenty of water in this aquifer to meet future water demands.
PROP 1: Vote no
I am a refugee from the late great state of California. I want voters of Idaho to understand that if you do NOT want Idaho to look like California down the road vote NO on Proposition 1, the Open Primaries Initiati…
UKRAINE: Sleepwalking into Armageddon
Anyone studying the headlong rush into war in 1914 or the tremulous appeasement that sparked a second war in 1939 cannot help but wince. The unprecedented conquest, war, famine and death loosed on humanity highligh…
TIMELY: Truman to Trump
Gray foxes and rattlesnakes live in the Coast Ranges. The foxes have “raspy” barks, reminding of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s voice.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Havercroft
Three current members of the NIC board of Trustees are directly responsible for the chaos in administration; they have caused the accreditation crisis and bitterness between the board, college administration, teach…
ENDORSEMENT: Re-elect Sheriff Norris
I highly recommend the re-election of Sheriff Bob Norris. He is the real deal. When he first ran I felt he was too new to the area to understand Kootenai County, but he is a fast learner and has made significant ch…
NIC: DEI is a useful policy
Brent Regan’s Sept. 19 opinion column claimed DEI will destroy NIC. He insists competency and being the best are the foundation to all success. He claims DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) undermines competency, an…
THANK YOU: For maintaining roads
A long overdue appreciation and thank you to the Eastside Highway District for maintaining our roads.