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PLEDGE: It doesn’t ask you to pick a side
Define Irony: Leading with the Pledge of Allegiance at Congressman Fulcher’s fundraiser.
COFFEE GROUNDS: Where do they go?
What, if anything, is done with the hundreds of pounds of coffee grounds generated in the area every day?
CDA SCHOOLS: Directors need financial education
In the Aug. 3 Local Addition of the Coeur d’Alene Press there was an interesting article about the Coeur d’Alene school district proposing to introduce a course in financial education for high school students.
KOOTENAI HEALTH: Big aspirations are unreasonable
It is good that Jamie Smith, our new CEO of Kootenai Health, has big aspirations. Mr. Smith wants expanding services in neighboring areas to attract patients from outside the area. More importantly, he should be as…
LIBRARY: Board’s agenda is obvious
After reading Rachelle Ottoson’s opinion piece the most glaring fact is that she believes her position is a political one as opposed to one of service.
DEMOCRATS: No one voted for Harris
Put this in the “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” file.
LIBRARIES: They should welcome everyone
The Majority Board has launched an assault against a trusted and very public institution in the CLN that serves ALL our community. Libraries should NOT discriminate against any particular slice of society be it rel…
ELECTION: Some thoughts on the candidates
I have been reading some things I want to speak to here.
TRADE WORKERS: Thank you for what you do
As with many homeowners, my husband and I have been hiring numerous trades persons to help us with normal repair and maintenance work on our home we built 20 years ago. Nothing really major, other than a deck repla…
STALLED CAR: Strangers helped driver
On Aug. 6 around 1 p.m. I was traveling north on Government Way, near Kathleen Street when I noticed a small red sport car in the inside, northbound lane.
DRIVING LESSON: No turning on red right arrow
To the driver behind me who laid on the horn when I was stopped at the red arrow before turning right onto West Riverstone Drive from North Lakewood Drive (next to McDonald’s): Idaho Code 49-802 states that…
PARKS: Staff does a great job
I want to publicly acknowledge the tremendous work that our City Parks Department does to maintain the downtown parks.
REGAN: Unite, rather than divide
Your Friday editorial is ironically self-describing, as you continue sowing division amongst our populace. Your 1984 quote was perfect, threading careful wording so we doubt our own observations.
REGAN: Uncommon sense
Mr. Regan criticizes George Orwell’s advice to “reject evidence of your eyes and ears” and proceeds to tell us to reject the evidence of OUR eyes and ears by not believing what we saw and heard these last couple ye…
FIREWORKS: Should be illegal all the time
Kudos to Terry and Connie Montanye for their letter published Aug. 4 concerning your editorial about illegal fireworks. And a high five for publishing your editorial in the first place.