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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 …
WALL: Not now, not ever
The Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain were for some time relatively effective because they also featured mined death strips with automatic and patrol gun fire. I believe we are not ready for this, yet. Otherwise “me…
DALTON: Reasons for recall
While I live blocks away from the Streeter development of pasture property in Dalton, I’m very concerned about our city officials’ refusal to enforce well-established zoning ordinances.
TRUMP: Cause and effect
Fake presidents create fake news.
PARTY: Bring it on
In the Jan. 29 article, “Pick Your Party,” some local “non-partisan” City Council members objected to the proposed resolution stating national politics have no place in local affairs.
DALTON: Fourth Street fiasco
I attended the Jan. 24 meeting at the Dalton City Hall on the Traffic and Improvements on Fourth Street. In the article of the Coeur d’Alene Press on Jan. 26, “A road runs through it,” Mayor Roberge and Mr. Gillis …
DALTON: Traffic trouble ahead
In response to The Press article of Jan. 26 titled “A road runs through it.” I was at the Jan. 24 meeting at Dalton Gardens City Hall. I observed our mayor was present and two city council members were also present…
PARTY: Expose political philosophies
Eureka! A-ha! The scales fall from my eyes! Something definitive, hiding in plain sight, has been revealed by a Republican initiative in Idaho’s State Legislature to require candidates to disclose their political p…
CONSUMERS: Praise for columnists
I have been a fan of the Consumer Protection column since you first started it with Bill Brooks.
IDFG: Winter of the wolf
In response to Mr. Bartholdt’s article of Jan. 24 regarding the Idaho Department of Fish and Game moose and goat hunt reduction, I agree there is a need to reduce tags but take issue with the misdirection the IDFG …
SCHOOLS: Cut number districts
I see tax and spend school districts are at it again, wanting more phony levies proposed. We’ve lived here more than 18 years and have seen many school levies, most passing, ripping more money out of taxpayers pock…
SENTENCE: Not a real penalty
Tuesday, a Coeur d’Alene judge in Kootenai County sentenced Richard Sovenski to six months jail time for misdemeanor battery. He was charged and found not guilty of felony malicious harassment, which is Idaho’s hat…
NATO: Do the math
The following is a message I sent our rep;
SCOUTS: Boys should be boys
Boy Scouts of America, you have lost my support!
NATO: Globalist agenda alert
I was pleased to read in the Coeur d’Alene Press that Representative Russ Fulcher voted with all my other favorite Congressmen to oppose a “lock-in” of our involvement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A…
AMERICANS: Let's make a deal
I read the hatred in the newspaper everyday. I see the violence on TV. I hear the screams of hungry children. I have seen people die because they could not afford health care in this country. There are the cries of…