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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: Fond reminiscing continues
Follow up to Bernita Lien Carlson’s recent My Turn. Those were the good ol’ days.
CARTOON: Art, or propaganda?
In the Friday, Sept. 18 edition of The Press was an editorial cartoon by Mike Smith depicting eight separate images of the same small house, each with one word above it shown as spoken by someone within the house a…
SKYDIVER: Kudos all around
This letter is to publicly thank The Press and specifically Devin Weeks for the outstanding, accurate and timely coverage of my recent skydiving adventure to raise money for our wonderful local veterans’ Godsend, N…
TRUMP: Here’s his legacy
A president for none of the people. Where are the men and women in government with guts to stand up to this clown?
BLOTTER: Udderly hilarious
Finding humor in these trying times is always delightful, especially when it is unexpected.
GROWTH: Been here, done that
The headline article in the Coeur d’Alene Press on Sept. 20 was “Rapid growth? You are here.”
ISSUES: And observations
(1) If I lived in California or Oregon, I would sell and move to North Idaho with a pocket full of cash and buy property and drive the price and property tax up so the existing workers, seniors and middle class are…
ADLER: Questioning credentials
Dr. David Adler, “a renowned constitutional scholar?”
GREENSFERRY: Better options exist
We have been residents of Post Falls, on Rodkey Drive, for many decades.
TRUMP: Done more than any Dem
In reference to Paula Neils’ comments on Sept. 11: We have chaos in our Democratic run cities and streets because of mayors and governors who will not do their jobs.
TRUMP: Careful with the credit
In a recent letter, the writer claimed President Trump is responsible for “the lowest unemployment in recorded history for minorities, especially Blacks!”
HOUSE: History being razed
Regarding the Hamilton House, this news literally makes me sick to my stomach.
HOUSE: Evict the commissioners
The headline “Hamilton House faces the music” sounds more like a funeral dirge.
CONSPIRACY: And who’s behind it
The deeper I dig the more sinister and sickening it becomes.
NONPARTISAN: A moot point
I’m both sorry and concerned that Paul Sturm and Joe Dunlap, both candidates for the nonpartisan NIC Trustee Board, are upset by the Kootenai County Republican Committee’s questionnaire.