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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 …
CDA LEVIES: Permanent levy removes voting privilege
Coeur d’Alene School District 271 is asking you to vote for a permanent levy that will be on every future tax bill you receive. Normally a supplemental levy ends and a new one is voted on every few years. The Coeur…
QUESTION: Why home school?
Regarding the front-page item titled “Library Allies” on Feb. 14 with comments from Emily Christopherson and Angela Drewien.
WATER CONTAMINANTS: Follow the hazard
The news media is quick to show us the toxic waste in the creek running through East Palestine, Ohio, from the rail derailment, but no one is following through with the potential hazard.
DAYTON: Stopped reading after Biden comments
Reading Ron Dayton’s letter promoting Shelton Whitehouse’s candidacy for president published Feb. 19.
COEUR d’ALENE LEVIES: Vote yes
We need the members of this community to support the two Coeur d’Alene levy requests on the March 14 ballot. Supporting public education is critical for the future of our community and our children. An educated chi…
POST FALLS LEVY: Vote yes
I am the mother of three homeschooled children. My children have never attended a single day at a brick-and-mortar school. Yet, I am in support of the Post Falls school levy.
COEUR d’ALENE LEVY: Vote no
Assistant Superintendent Mike Nelson said this levy represents the values of our community. Does our schools really represent community values? District 271 is a member of the Idaho School Boards Association. On Ju…
REGAN: ‘Not productive commentary’
Brent Regan’s Lincoln Day recap of the speech by congressional bomb thrower Marjorie Taylor Greene included the following: “her sensational headline comments regarding Jan. 6 have often been denounced, but if one i…
CRITICAL RACE THEORY: Opponents lack understanding
When I read or hear people lament about CRT being taught in the schools, it tells me three things about them.
COEUR TERRE: Response to Eric Gundlach
Although he focuses on the potential crisis for Indian Meadows, he speaks truth about the high levels of traffic and speeds presently effecting Fairway Hills. Which in my opinion is a precursor of the end result fo…
COEUR TERRE: Unrestricted zoning density
The Kootenai Land Company (KLC) (https://www.kcolandcompany.com/) will be provided unrestricted access to increase the zoning sizes in the Coeur Terre project; all they have to do is pay. That means that R-17 (17 h…
SHORT-TERM RENTALS: What about the East Sherman motels?
Please tell me I’m not the only one who finds the attempts by the city council to eliminate vacation rentals ironic. While they target those who responsibly operate short-term vacation rentals, they continue to com…
PROGS, LIBS AND DEMS: They care
They care about the planet, our shared home, the Earth. They understand that our species has wildly overpopulated itself and our freedoms are unsustainably consuming our natural resources. They care enough to make …
ABSENTEE VOTING BILL: Senseless voter suppression
The proposed Alfieri bill, to limit absentee voting, was a topic of discussion, consternation and concern at our weekly prayer circle gathering. We range in age from 70 to 95 and we take our right to vote very seri…
LINCOLN: Who accredited his college?
As the Coeur d’Alene college kerfuffle continues, one question for The Press, whose pages recently lionized Abraham Lincoln (an extreme bigot and a brutal dictator) as the greatest Republican president of all time:…