Letters to the Editor
Letters Policy. The Press encourages letters as a means for readers to share opinions and feedback about local and regional news and events. However, letters will not be published if they include profane, obscene language or if they promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation. Letters must not exceed 275 words. Letters must include the writer’s full name, hometown and daytime phone number (not for publication) or they will not be published. Please submit letters to: [email protected], or mail to Readers Write, The Press, 215 N. Second St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816.
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 …
LITERACY: Hop on the train
We wanted to say thank you to the Coeur d’Alene Press for running a story about us on Aug. 10. The MONARCH TRAIN is a new nonprofit whose mission is to advance literacy and music education in North Idaho. Our hope …
LIAR?: Prove it
This is in response to the Aug. 10 letter from Ron Dayton, Athol titled “Sanders: Tell The Truth.”
HATRED: No room here
Once again hate-filled rhetoric has soiled the beauty of North Idaho. Sandpoint residents were recently subjects of a robocall decrying Jewish folk and others. The originator is a failed California senatorial candi…
LAWSUITS: Embarrassing info
Would like to know how The Press feels it is acceptable to print the names and amount of money owed by people involved in suits being brought against them by their debtors? No, I haven’t had my name in this section…
REBUTTAL: Adios, amigo
Dear Mr. Dayton: I am enclosing a check in the amount of $100 in your name, with the caveat that you uphold your end of your promise to leave and never return to this country if the Dems do not retake the House and…
WARMING: Population's role
This planet has a yearly net population gain of 1.1 percent.
NEIGHBORHOOD: There it goes
This letter is in regard to the major changes within the historic Garden District of Coeur d’Alene over recent years. On the ourtowncda website, this unique area of Coeur d’Alene is described as “750 largely Crafts…
HEADLINE: Asinine and disgusting
Regarding that comment on page A3 in the Aug. 11 paper depicting two kids sitting on a car hood watching the Holy Fire burn. What an asinine and disgusting headline one of your staff posted above the picture: “Bett…
HYPERBOLE: Tone it down
Rebuttal to Ron Dayton’s hyperbole:
CLIMATE: Acknowledge problem
It’s good that Randy Mann is open to discussing Earth’s changing climate, but in his response to my letter he manages to again conspicuously avoid acknowledging the role of “anthropogenic (human influenced) global …
CHAMPS: A standing 'O'
Congratulations to our Little League NW Regional Champs. It was special playing a team from Montana, a state I’ve lived in for several years. The competition was neighborly, but intense.
ITD: A license for frustration
Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said it well in Wednesday’s Press. We have gone to Shoshone County for driver’s licenses and titles several times over the last few decades: 10 minutes to get the work done after a 45-minute d…
ADLER: Constitutional question
Dr. David Adler’s article of Aug. 10 uses the freedom of the press as a premise to criticize President Trump’s excoriation of the media. Most of the media has colluded and aligned with the democratic/socialist view…
NEWSIES: Stop the presses!
Dear readers: Just saw Christian Youth Theater’s presentation of “Newsies” musical. What a fantastic way to share a family and friends outing. So professional and entertaining. And inexpensive. Can’t say enough com…
CORRIDOR: Sims off base
Apparently, former legislator Kathy Sims hasn’t received the memo that McEuen Park is an overwhelming success.