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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 …
PRIDE: Bottom line is love
I was happy I could have a booth at the recent Pride in the Park event last Saturday.
GRATITUDE: Violence and hate don’t belong here
To the hotel worker who reported the U-Haul full of Patriot Front members — THANK YOU!
CDA: Wrong target for chaos
Kudos to the Coeur d’Alene police for peacefully thwarting a potential disruption to our community last weekend.
RIVER: Ruined by apartments
What the heck was the city of Coeur d’Alene and the Riverstone developers thinking when they built those apartments right at the entrance of Riverstone off from the Atlas roundabout, it looks like crap.
INVOCATIONS: Full equality requested
Swimming pools! Dirt filled, grass covered swimming pools in Deep South.
COUNCIL: Van Noy treatment unfair
If there was any doubt in my mind that the Coeur d’Alene City Council dealt duplicitously with their constituents, it was entirely erased last night as I watched Councilwoman Wood, the irate defender of Arts Commis…
BIEBER: Familiar with the community
On primary election day May 17, the Republican Party was surprised when incumbent Coeur d’Alene Representative Paul Amador lost to Elaine Price by 220 votes.
HOUSING: Serious problem calls for serious problem-solvers
Normal refers to a stability in prices and sales.
CONGRESS: What about the Constitution?
We hear a lot these days about our “Democracy” but not in the Constitution.
MASS SHOOTINGS: Nothing to fear
For about six years, I was a substitute teacher.
JIM JONES: No thanks
In his recent op-ed, Jim Jones uses what is tantamount to an argument from authority via his bio…
DEMOCRACY: No more
As we watch the obliteration of Ukraine and the annihilation of its peoples and culture by Putin of Russia…
GUNS: Poor advocacy
There was a time when our commissioner Leslie Duncan suggested that Coeur d’Alene become a Second Amendment sanctuary city.
GUNS: Some only meant for killing others
One views the shock and disgust voiced after the near daily mass murder in this country and wonders why anybody is surprised.
COVID FUNERALS: Why are feds paying for them?
Did anyone else notice the article in the Coeur d’Alene Press on Wednesday, May 25, titled, “Get help with Covid-related funerals?”