Letters to the Editor
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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 …
GEM: The hidden costs
While Mary Souza’s proposed bill to provide scholarships for needy children has merit, the article indicated that only tax-free donations would be used to fund it. That statement begs the question, “How is the redu…
GOOD!: Nothing happened
Saturday evening four couples went to dinner at Wolf Lodge Inn. Six of the party had concealed weapons permits. Two were carrying, one had a weapon in the truck and there may have been pistols in some of the purses…
SCHOOL: Plea for safety
When I went to school…
DEFENSE: Lethal only answer
Yes, gun or any violence in our schools must get managed ASAP. We could confiscate all guns or we could close all the schools or turn every school into a fortress that nobody enters or leaves without clearance — al…
GUNS: Critics are misfiring
Got up Sunday morning to another beautiful Idaho morning. After feeding my outside animals and getting the paper, I got a cup of coffee and proceeded to read the Coeur d’Alene Press. Upon turning to the opinion sec…
VOUCHERS: Wrong for Idaho
Please contact your representatives and urge them to keep public schools funded at the optimum levels possible. Allowing private schools to take funds away from public schools will only hurt our state, especially t…
KIDS: Don't listen to them
Do we really need to listen to the kids on gun issues in schools? Are these the same children who bully and tease other kids and ostracize others because they think or dress differently? Do you really believe the k…
GUNS: What works, and doesn't
After reading Sunday’s letters about guns, I compiled some of those thoughts I think are valid, along with some of my own.
LABRADOR: Right for Idaho
Do you think it is right that special interest groups can participate in the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho? Raul Labrador wants to put an end to this. Lobbyists should never have been put on the state-…
GUNS: Follow the logic
If the suggestion is true that the United States would be safer if more Americans had guns, then does it follow that the world would be safer if more nations had nuclear weapons?
EDUCATION: Oppose vouchers
The Coeur d’Alene Education Partnership Board Members hold grave concern for the Private School Voucher bill recently introduced in the Idaho House Education Committee — HO 590;RS26177. This is the Guided Education…
SHARIA: Sholeh's views slanted
MY TURN Feb. 23 rebuttal to sharia’s roar: And, all this time I believed I was the only one that found the Sholeh Patrick column “slanted!” Stopped reading it years ago, so when I read this “My Turn,” I went back t…
EDUCATION: Or indoctrination?
Re: Dave Johnson’s “My Turn” from Feb. 22: What Mr. Johnson may call “education” instead smacks of clever and full-on pro-statism indoctrination as he attempts to humanize that which is responsible for the most hum…
EDUCATION: Cheers to Dave
An unbelievable number of thoughts went through my mind when I read Dave Johnson’s “My Turn” article in the Feb. 22 Press. First of all I commend him for the article and for his teaching methods. As a Social Studie…
GUNS: Safety must come first
When I was young, the adults in my community agreed that protecting the lives of our children and families was more important than pretty much anything. Adults sacrificed their wants to protect the well-being of ou…