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Letters to the Editor
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DEFAMATION: Thornbrugh’s coverage was excellent
The Coeur d’Alene Press has a gem among it’s many talented and professional journalists. I’m referring to Kaye Thornbrugh and the excellent job she did during the defamation lawsuit trial against Summer Bushnell th…
DEFAMATION: Thank you to the jurors
I want to thank Alicia Abbott for her invaluable coverage of the Posey v. Bushnell defamation trial. She attended the entirety of the trial, commuting to and from Coeur d’Alene each day, to support Eric and cover t…
FARMERS MARKET: Change of venue hurt businesses
We have a small store downtown on Sherman Avenue and I’d like to give a big shout out to whomever had the audacity and underhanded partaking in denying the permits to the vendors of the original Farmers Market that…
HATE: Has many different looks
Response to Ms. Rosanne Smith: “No trucks filled with KKK wannabes, no flags, no torches, no nooses, no recordings, no video, just a man filing a mostly false report.”
MASKING: Wrong opinion about public health
A writer from Worley espoused reflecting about COVID masking during the pandemic of 2020. He states that the power of masking was not effective. I would opine that neither he nor anyone else can accurately know jus…
MARIJUANA: Gateway drug destroys lives
The Biden Administration may ease restrictions/reclassify marijuana because they say it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s more dangerous drugs such as LSD and heroin. They wouldn’t make it lega…
SILVERWOOD: Thanks for the party
The Timberlake High School Senior students parents group would like to express our greatest appreciation to Silverwood Theme Park and especially Rochel McKenna.
TRANSGENDER: Superintendent wrong to apologize
Confused. Dismayed. Saddened, embarrassed, angered. These were the emotions I felt after reading the article about the public apology from Lakeland School District superintendent Lisa Arnold. Apologizing? For educa…
TRANSGENDER: Hold leadership accountable
I am writing to express outrage and disappointment regarding the recent incident involving Lakeland School District superintendent Lisa Arnold and her actions toward a transgender member of Missoula Children’s Thea…
PROTESTS: No excuse for genocide
Mr. Silva, wow, your diatribe is correct in only one thing, the world is indeed watching. Only the world is not laughing at us. They are shocked at seeing what a corrupt, soulless, imperialist government this admin…
PRIMARIES: Opening doors to Democrats
Re: My Turn, Tom Sanner, May 23, “Why primary initiative is right for Idaho,” Local, p.1.
LETTER: The gift of omniscience
In Kenneth McAdams’ short/concise letter published May 22, he writes that in Monica Mohn’s May 17 ad, she stated that her No. 1 item in the list of desires to uphold is “a community based on a Christian world view.…
STUDENT: Standing up for pandas
Imagine you are an endangered species and people want to hunt and kill you. That’s what happens to pandas. Hunting pandas is bad for the world because pandas are endangered, helpful to the world, and only live in c…
LEFT TURN: Not satisfied with response
This is in response to a letter I received after my presentation regarding left-hand turns into the shopping center near Kohl’s off Prairie Avenue.
LIBRARIES: Watch authoritarians in action
For decades library trustee roles were nonpartisan. Yet over this last year, the Community Library Network majority trustees have shown themselves to be extremist. That the end justifies the means is evident in how…