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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 …
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Lippert
I’m writing to endorse Michelle Lippert, and to ask anyone who loves our libraries to vote for Michelle Lippert for the Community Library Network’s Board of Trustees in the May 20 elections.
TRUMP: Trying something different
Trump is evil! Let’s take an honest look at reality. Does he or Elon need more money and power? Are they fleecing us with their actions? Is it worth miraculously surviving an assassination attempt and death threats…
MOTORCYCLISTS: Speeding and acting dangerous
My wife and I have been walking our dogs on E. Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive for quite a while. Over the last few weeks we have observed the absolute fiasco of motorcycle antics that occur every evening on this road. It…
HOUSE BILL 172: Best practices
March 10, 2025, marked a major step forward for transparency in Idaho government as Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 172 into law. This bill adds new language to Idaho Code § 74-204 codifying best practices o…
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Lakeland levy
This Lakeland levy grassroots campaign has worked so hard for our kids. The kids that play the trombone, the kids that love to draw and create, the kids that need mental health support, the kids that play softball,…
TOWN HALL: Lawsuit is frivolous
I read the ridiculous Press article today about the Post Falls Democrat agitator who filed a tort claim in Kootenai County for being removed from a “Town Hall” meeting in February. Reportedly removed after repeated…
MUSEUM: Many hands were involved
Adventure at the museum, where to start?
DEMOCRATS: Focus on your own house
When reading Evan Koch’s Opinion piece, one might think the nation has suddenly stopped following the rule of law. He suggests people are being picked up as they walk to the immigration court. He wonders why a pers…
BOOK SALE: Raising money this weekend
This weekend, Friends of the Community Library Network are once again holding our annual book sale at the Hayden Library.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Bauman
I would like to state my strong support for Victoria Bauman for the Board of Trustees for the Post Falls Public Library on the May ballot. Victoria supports current board efforts to conform library policies to stat…
CLN: What’s cloaked behind irony?
Irony often masks concealed truth.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Bauman
Our children are our future, they need to be protected. Remember the adage — garbage in, garbage out? That can be applied to processed food going into your body, profanity heard over the airwaves, or images manifes…
TOWN HALL: What is the meeting sponsor supposed to do?
When you attend a town hall meeting to listen to a speaker and attendees talk back and forth and someone attempts to disrupt the meeting what should the meeting sponsor do? Nothing? Let them rant? Terminate the mee…
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for fire department bond
Since 2005, the city of Coeur d’Alene has funded its fire department’s apparatus and facilities through General Obligation Bonds, not out of the city’s General Fund. The bond in 2005 finished Station 3 and Station …
SHERIFF: Accountable for his actions
At the recent Town Hall event, Mr. Norris, who was not wearing his identifiable sheriff’s uniform, was dressed in unidentifiable tactical gear like the other security, not wearing any form of identification, and ca…