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 …
BOAT: Project needs help
I have just acquired a hit-n-miss marine water cooled motor with transmission and shaft and prop used back in the day about 1902 in a small work boat to deliver the mail on Lake Coeur d’Alene. I acquired it from th…
IV BAGS: Salt in our wounds
I read with interest the story about the IV bag shortage, and had to chuckle. Three years ago, there was an alleged IV shortage, and USA Today wrote about it in a headline labeled “Hospitals struggle with intraveno…
ARTICLES: Worth two smiles
First of all, I want any reader to know what I’m writing about is with a smile because I find these two subjects in The Press rather funny.
OVERPASSES: Undermining electeds
On July 1, 2015, the Idaho gas tax and vehicle registration fees were increased. The following is a quote from the Idaho State Journal in Pocatello: “—TRANSPORTATION: Lawmakers passed a $95 million transportation p…
KCSO: Professionalism appreciated
Kudos to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office for exercising extraordinary restraint and professionalism in the Bradley J. Johnston matter. It has not gone unnoticed.
LIQUOR: Licenses have value
Luke Malek is at it again! He is trying to change the laws in Idaho to essentially allow every Tom, Dick and Harry to serve liquor. In a recent article in The Press, he accused current license owners of having a “m…
GROWTH: Look closer, folks
What’s Trump and the “growth” experts selling anyway?
DV: Please, do something
Last week I was unable to obtain a protection order against my husband.
BROOKS: Kind, caring, credible
I wanted to write and let you know I think Bill Brooks is wonderful. I read one of his articles and was a bit confused on one issue regarding credit cards vs. debit cards. I had mentioned to him what I had learned …
SHOW: Missed opportunity
The Traditions of Christmas show at the Kroc Center, produced by Laura Little Theatricals, was once again a super production, except for one thing. While it’s great that each branch of the military is recognized an…
PLO: Peace isn't possible
Mr. Ridout’s letter of Dec. 27 on Israel is quite correct. The history of the Holy Land since the Balfour Declaration is a history of Western and Israeli measures to come to a peaceful solution that includes a func…
BIDEN: Morality in doubt
Moral Joe Biden? To Allen Mazur: Only moral Joe would whisper in the president’s ear, “This is a big f…ing deal!”
TRUMP: Like Churchill? Ha!
On Dec. 26, former Governor Mike Huckabee likened Donald Trump to Sir Winston Churchill. “In Donald Trump we have a Churchill.”
MEDICAID: Expansion mandate
Medicaid Expansion is crucial for our state and I believe the only way we can finally get 78,000 Idahoans covered is by getting it on the ballot in 2018.
BIG GAME: The good news
Tom Corbey, after reading your letter to the editor in The Press, it is apparent you are ill informed. I have hunted in Idaho for 47 years. During that time, elk populations across the state have increased substant…