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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 …
ROADWORK: Consider shifting whole freeway
How can IDOT consider the ‘issues’ of U.S. 95 in the future without knowing if the Huetter Bypass/Alternate to 95 North -South Route is constructed and in what configuration? Certainly the 95/I-90 intersection is n…
TRUMP: Handled Zelenskyy well
On Friday, in the Oval Office, the world had the opportunity to see a genuinely unscripted conflict between two world leaders. I am so very proud of President Trump for caring enough to deal fairly and speak truly …
TOWN HALL: An essential First Amendment forum
Brent Regan’s recent commentary paints a misleading picture of the chaos surrounding the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC). He describes the recent “town hall” as if it were overrun by gangsters …
DOGE: Farthest thing from efficient
Under the guise of “cutting the budget” and “increasing efficiency,” the current administration announced the mass termination of “probationary” employees this past holiday weekend across our National Parks and Nat…
REALITY GAP: Nobody seems concerned
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
TOWN HALL: Act like real men
The video of the recent KCRCC town hall was absolutely appalling. Three men, who were not police officers, manhandling a woman simply for exercising her first amendment rights. All because someone at the town hall …
NIR CONFERENCE: No one was threatened
On April 20, 2023, the North Idaho Republicans called a news conference in Coeur d’Alene to announce the establishment of their new organization. The group was formed in response to a growing frustration of area Re…
TOWN HALL: Deescalate how?
Regarding your editorial of Feb. 26 concerning Sheriff Norris’ removal of a protester at a recent KCRCC meeting. You first layout the steps sheriff’s department took in trying to get Ms. Borrenpohl to act responsib…
TOWN HALL: Law, order and respect are important
I want to offer a different opinion regarding the recent, now-viral, KCRCC meeting that was disrupted by a woman who is now the recipient of more than $200,000 from a GoFundMe account.
TOWN HALL: Every meeting will end up in chaos
In response to the outrage over someone interrupting a public meeting, being asked to stop, being asked to leave and then being removed, let’s take a look at the situation.
DOGE: Nothing efficient in their actions
Most Americans will now agree that the only nonessential federal “employees” are the president and his “lap-DOGE.”
TOWN HALL: Politics not allowed on school property
Couple things: 1) I thought the school district has a no political anything within 100 feet of school property policy.
ROVE: Put him back on the shelf
Karl Rove…never brilliant, a Bush loving political manipulator who dreamed of being the “architect of the Realignment of the Republican Party.” He has never gotten over the fact that the person who succeeded in rea…
SURPRISE GIFT: I’ll never forget the kindness
I recently was hospitalized with COVID over my 82nd birthday.
I-95: What happened to the plan to reroute it?
Looks like we are looking at another Band-Aid fix for our North-South highway. Now they want to spend 10 to 20 million to fix one intersection and you know it will end up costing twice that much.