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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 …
CHRISTIANS: Comments contain lies
Together in a Bible study with old friends, we meditated on a verse of Psalm 109: “..He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.”
WATER: Who is using it all?
To anyone that is onboard with raising water rates. Please explain in detail what impact fees are? Purpose of those? Where dispersed? Now all funds/fees with new building permits? Don’t forget hook up fees etc., th…
ONE SITE: Grateful for concern, support
We at One Site for Seniors are so grateful for the outpouring of concern and community support since the article about our temporary closing was published in the Coeur d’Alene Press on May 10.
BILL: Time to act now
None of us — Republicans, Democrats or Independents — want to live in a dictatorship. That’s what we’re facing, though, if the so-called Big Beautiful Bill passes.
RESPONSE: Why do we have to celebrate?
George: I understand the perspective you’re coming from.
DOWNTOWN: Coeur no more
This past Friday, not having been downtown for quite a while, we decided to park by NIC, walk through town, then have dinner.
ELECTIONS: Inaccuracies and unlawfulness
INRE Dave Pierson’s Elections Letter June 8, I would refer him (and others who believe as he does that there is “simply no evidence to support” large, serious examples of real and potential fraud inducing actions/i…
DANGER: Debris at Atlas Mill River Park
This weekend, a large log embedded with rusted bolts and metal plates washed ashore at Atlas Mill River Park — right at the main waterfront steps where people enter and exit the river. The log appears to have come …
WHY: Understanding leftists/Democrats
Why oh why are there so many why’s when it comes to trying to understand the mindsets of leftists/Democrats? Please follow along…
WOODY: A big win for Osburn
Congratulations to Osburn Chief of Police Jason Woody. I no longer live in the Silver Valley, but I was born and raised there and raised my children there. I must say there is no better officer or person than Jason…
ICE: Workers get picked out
While watching a little news today it showed a beautiful strawberry field in Ventura, Calif., full of ripe, delicious fruit. Next it showed workers being picked out of the field instead of the berries, leaving the …
POEM: Big beautiful mess
My thoughts as interpreted by AI: He struts like a king with a Diet Coke crown, but he’s tantrum and Twitter and always let down. By “facts,” “by truth,” by grown-up tone — he talks like a bully with a megaphone.
PRIDE: Why do we have to celebrate it?
Don’t get it, This Pride stuff for the alphabet group, what are they proud of? Should we have Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, etc., pride month also?
SOUZA: Needs to formulate a better argument
Mary Souza and her other Republican associates have made the case that the KCRCC is led by a Libertarian/John Bircher who possesses Svengali-like powers and whose followers are a bunch of brainless minions. OK, I g…
REGAN: Show him at the ballot box
How low is a snake’s belly? I think we all just saw the metric by reading the great column by Mary Souza (Coeur d’Alene Press June 6) as she described the actions of Chairman Brent Regan and the majority of the KCR…