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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 …
SCHOOL FUNDING: ESSER money had ‘curious’ effect
In 2020-2022, the Federal Government distributed $190 billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds as part of the CARES act to offset the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each state rec…
LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea
I am writing to give my enthusiastic support to re-elect Judy Meyer and Regina McCrea to the Community Library Network Board of Trustees.
LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea
Vote May 16 to re-elect trustees Judy Meyer and Regina McCrea to our Community Library Network Board. Thanks to current and previous boards, we have seven incredible community libraries and three bookmobiles. Our l…
LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea
As a Coeur d’Alene resident, I can’t vote for library trustees in the Community Library Network, but I can understand the impact of electing freedom-trouncing people on library services throughout North Idaho. They…
CDA SCHOOL LEVY: Vote yes
A number of years ago, our community members chose to elect me four times to represent them in the Idaho Legislature. My margin of victory rose with each election, and I viewed that as a sign that I had earned thei…
LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea
Please vote for Judy Meyer and Regina McCrea for Community Library Network Trustees. The Community Library Network is a valuable resource for Kootenai and Shoshone counties. The network has grown to seven county br…
LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea
Trustees serve as advocates of intellectual freedom. Tim Plass announced his candidacy for the North Idaho College Zone 5 trustee seat in August 2022. In his release statement, Plass noted a need to, “…realign NIC’…
RELIGIOUS RIGHT: ‘Jesus was not political’
I could not agree more with Mr. Conlin in regard to my accusations against the Religious Right (RR). The characteristics I described parallel what is taught by Islamic extremists. They are overt in these actions, w…
CDA SCHOOL LEVY: Unfair for non-property owners to vote
As a homeowner, I object to having other people who pay no taxes voting on raising my taxes. My school levy tax will go up $259 next year not $6 a month as one Reader Wrote. Check out yourself what your taxes will …
MESSAGE: To all the TWolf and Viking Classes of 2022
We know you all have moved on to bigger and better things and are near the end of your first year of college, employment, exploration and independence; but your TWolf and Viking families still navigating the halls …
CDA SCHOOL LEVY: ‘Gloom and doom’ measures
I see the Coeur d’Alene school levy proponents are pulling out all the stops to get the levy passed. They passed gloom and doom measures if the levy fails well in advance of May 16.
CDA SCHOOL LEVY: Vote yes
Once again I have been fortunate to be in Coeur d’Alene schools. While there I witness joyful children who love their teachers and rigorously engage in learning activities. They feel safe and part of a community. T…
LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Plass and Hanley
Children’s books featuring incest and rape are indefensible. Since they cannot defend such books in the library network they helped build, Meyer and McCrea resort to calling their opponents extremists for wanting t…
LAKELAND SCHOOL LEVIES: Vote yes
Lakeland shows up for its people. It shows up for its school events, its city events, its charity events. It even shows up when tragedy strikes. A funeral director once told us, “Lakeland shows up for its funerals.…
CDA SCHOOL LEVY: Vote yes
In times when it is hard to know if what you are reading, seeing and hearing is true, it’s important to find credible information before you cast your ballot in an election that determines the future of the next ge…