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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 …
NABOBS: Plenty in the U.S.
NABOBS: Plenty in the U.S.
BROOKS: Keeps his promises
BROOKS: Keeps his promises
KIDS: Hold on tight
When in parking lots with children, PLEASE hold their hand.
NABOBS: Plenty in the U.S.
Without question, public discourse on the national level has deteriorated in recent years. It is fashionable to ridicule and disrespect people who don’t share your political views. Perhaps it is because mean-spirit…
BROOKS: Keeps his promises
I am voting for Bill Brooks to his second term as Kootenai County Commissioner. During his first year as Commissioner he has already fulfilled many of his campaign promises. He has shown an ability to connect with …
STEWART: Fiscally conservative
David Stewart has been a family friend for 20-plus years. He has always stepped up when he was needed and is choosing to do so again. He is level headed and his fiscally conservative principles have not faltered. P…
TAXES: This would be fair
I am so tired of hearing what is “fair” for property tax. (Nothing.) As long as assessed value is used, we are paying for someone who moves to this state with pockets full of money. If a home or lot in your neighbo…
RE-ENTRY: Property value killer
To all the proponents of the prison re-entry center, which I’m opposed to, just make sure you locate this facility in your neighborhood, not mine! With the rising property taxes, I don’t need the value of my home t…
VALENTINES: Music to her ears
I got a chuckle out of your editorial on a “lesson learned for Valentine’s Day.” I remember reading your editorial in 2013 because it sounded so much like my husband. He always said that “Valentine’s Day was for un…
PEACE: Should be top priority
For all of you who have the good of our nation in your heart, I have news for you. We are on the doorstep of a dictatorship. If you have been following the bad actors in our federal government like Trump, Barr and …
POEM: Snow Birds
Don’t let the snowbirds get your goose.
WAKES: Time for solution
Thank you for printing the opinions regarding wakeboarding on the Spokane River. I witnessed the height of the waves and the action of the waves on a seawall last summer. Wakeboarding belongs on a large body of wat…
SOCIALISM: Cancer on society
After reading the guest opinion by John Strobel I was blown away by the gobbily goop he spewed about the great wonders of “American Socialism.” What a crock. Socialism is a cancer on any society. To compare it to b…
SOCIALISM: Look it up
This letter is in response to J. Strobel’s Op/Ed on 2/14. No, in my opinion, “American Socialism” is much worse than what you think it is. His article sounds like he’s parroting Obama — you didn’t build this — Amer…
SOCIALISM: He said what?
John Strobel wrote a guest opinion I cannot follow. He fabricates an American socialism that none of the Founders or any politician recognized even until today. He alleges the American socialism is unrelated to tha…