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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 …
CULTURE SHIFT NEEDED: Back to conservative guidelines
Well, the inevitable result of our nationwide free-for-all mindset has happened here in our little Silver Valley. A family of four, dead and the shooter’s family left without a father. I don’t know all the details.
SENIOR PROJECTS: Participation an investment in students
A few weeks ago, I was asked to join other community members in judging Senior Projects at Lake City High School. I also mentored a student at Coeur d’Alene High School for her Senior Project. Both experiences were…
WESTBORO: Go home
Yes, you are entitled to freedom of speech, but so am I. In my opinion, there are a lot of North Idaho residents that want your religious “cult” to take your hate-filled, divisive rhetoric back where you came from.…
RESPONSE: To Souza June 21 guest opinion
Dear People of Coeur d’Alene, I feel I can no longer be silent as JBS continues to be used as a political football. At the very least, everyone should be allowed to set the record straight when clarity is in order,…
BAYVIEW: Doesn’t need more fireworks
In regard to “Bayview Aims High With Fireworks Fund,” some carpetbagger, developer or misguided newbie always comes along, sees Bayview and wants to make it into something bigger and better. Can’t you just be happy…
PRIDE MONTH: A shame it’s seen as ‘too much’
Perhaps George Silva, in all of his concern and support for the military, forgot that the entire month of May is dedicated to honoring our military, both past and current.
WHALEN: Views sound familiar
I know and respect people who consider themselves traditional Republicans. That description distinguishes them from RINOs (Republicans in name only), the current Republican leadership’s term for those with whom the…
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX: Critics have it wrong
Bob Kleypas — you know not what you speak of when criticizing the University of Phoenix! I graduated with honors in 2005 from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in information technology. I couldn…
NIC ENROLLMENT: ‘Correlation or coincidence?’
Todd Banducci has served as a trustee for North Idaho College since 2012 and his cronies first elected in 2020. In that timeframe, the population of Kootenai County has increased 28%.
HOUSING: Regulations may be hindering solutions
Regarding the “workforce housing” shortage described in The Press. Some 20 odd years ago I built a 1,000-square-foot building according to the energy standards of the University of Wisconsin, using earth shelter an…
SIMPSON: Decisions not representative of constituents
I am a novice at following politics but I can certainly smell it when someone has been in the swamp too long. And it’s starting to smell like we need to replace Rep. Mike Simpson. Just within the last week or two h…
TRINITY: White Sands and Sodom
Green glass was created by the detonation of the first atomic bomb at White Sands, N.M. (1945). Physicist Robert Oppenheimer called “Trinity.”
SHOOTING SUCCESS: Congratulations to students, coaches, parents
Thank you very much for your two recent articles on our local students’ successes in the shotgun sports.
PRIDE: A month is too much
We all know about LGBT Pride month because all these woke businesses and any other media just keep screaming about it. Parades, ads, it’s just non stop.
CAR d’LANE: Contract change
For over 25 years the North Idaho Classics Car Club ran the Car d’Lane Friday Cruise and Saturday Car Show under contract with the Coeur d’Alene Downtown Association.