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 …
COMPLAINT: Trouble with turkeys
(Open letter to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and city of Hayden):
MacDONALD: Rest of the story
I just wanted people to know what a great man Gary MacDonald is (Press, Oct. 23). Most of you know him for his fireworks display, and his marina. But I know him as a wonderful, caring friend.
CATS: Note to dirtbags
This is an open letter to the dirtbags out there who dump cats out in the woods. I wonder if you ever thought about the pain that you are inflicting, not just on the cats that have been ripped from loving homes, bu…
UYLESS: Good stuff, Press
I just wanted to say how impressed I am with the articles by Uyless Black. He is a great addition to your paper.
HARVEY: An aberration
Does anyone suppose there will be accusations by male actors against producers who accosted and abused them in similar ways that Harvey Weinstein accosted and used young female actors? Just wondering.
BROOKS: Consumer Guy fan
The Coeur d’Alene Press Consumer Guy has been a great addition to your newspaper and benefits everyone. I never miss reading Bill Brooks’ column.
DEER: IDFG letdowns
My heart aches for poor Baby and those who loved her, the deer shot and eventually killed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in St. Maries. In Idaho, we live among the deer and though we don’t welcome them ea…
TRUMP: Who (what) is he?
Nazis required loyalty to Hitler above country. Trump demands loyalty to himself ahead of federal laws. Nazis tortured and killed gays. Trump rejects transgenders for military service. Nazis saw women as broodmares…
ANTHEM: Obfuscation alert
If someone has a valid reason for protesting, what is more important: How they protest or what the reason is?
TYPO: Sorry about that
In an article I wrote for the Coeur d’Alene Press (Oct. 20, “One way to slow attack on free speech rights,” page A5), I misspelled a phrase, which I suspect confused readers. I wrote “American Americans” when I sho…
SMELTER: At what cost?
Would you like a smelter in your backyard? That’s the question people in the Blanchard/ Newport, Wash., area are wrestling with right now. For starters, who wants to look at this monstrosity with five-story-high sm…
DEAR JOHN: Thanks
To my friend John Montandon of Sherman Hardware:
NFL: An actual solution
Well, here we go again. The great divider decides it’s not enough to stir up the animus of the races against one another, the genders against one another, the religious against the non-religious, and of course, the…
ABORTION: A mortal sin
Regarding article Abortion and Real Life by Arnie Anton:
WARDS: Silence is deafening
Several weeks ago I wrote a letter to the editor about the Coeur d’Alene City Council. My letter concerned the fact that our council members are voted in “at large” and they are not concerned with my concerns becau…