Letters to the Editor
Letters Policy. The Press encourages letters as a means for readers to share opinions and feedback about local and regional news and events. However, letters will not be published if they include profane, obscene language or if they promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation. Letters must not exceed 275 words. Letters must include the writer’s full name, hometown and daytime phone number (not for publication) or they will not be published. Please submit letters to: [email protected], or mail to Readers Write, The Press, 215 N. Second St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816.
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 …
IGNITE: A fiscal rush
The urban renewal agency’s July 31 bank statements show it has five accounts at Washington Trust totaling $11,595,578 — two checking accounts totaling $3,159,797 earning 0.0 percent, and three cash accounts totalin…
ALZHEIMER'S: Pass this bill
Alarmingly, six in 10 people with Alzheimer’s or dementia will wander. Because of the effects of the disease, a person with Alzheimer’s may not remember his or her name or address, and can become disoriented, even …
DEBT: Lessons to live by
I very much appreciated your editorial Wednesday talking about our corporate debt. How much we actually owe on student loans and credit card debt.
CLUB: Just can't get there
Like many, I was very excited about the Boys and Girls Club opening in Coeur d’Alene. Much planning went into the development of this beautiful facility. Unfortunately, they neglected to plan how kids could be tran…
BUSINESS: Dump this act
Competition is not a dirty word. Competition works.
SAM O.: An 8-armed hug
Sam O. is my pet octopus. He is full of ink and so he is a great writer. He likes to paint, too. I take him to the pool for swims so he can keep in shape. You know he has a nice shape! I love my Sam O. so.
THEATER: *&$! unhappy customer
Yesterday I took my family, at substantial expense, to see the matinee of a play, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” It was promoted with a cartoon drawing of some nerdy looking middle schoolers as “Six …
POLL: Flawed and frustrating
It is a disgrace that your online election poll only gives three choices: “Trump, Clinton, or Mickey Mouse.” By failing to give realistic coverage to leading third party candidates such as Gary Johnson and Jill Ste…
STOPPED: And enlightened
I wanted to take a moment to say “Thank You” to the Idaho State Patrol Officer who pulled me over recently. The officer asked me if I knew why I had been pulled over. I did not. He politely informed me that it was …
HILLARY: Bad list longer
If as psychologists often say “the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior,” then a fresh look at highlights of Hillary’s past is in order.
ELECTION: Shake up D.C.
Let me be the first to congratulate Mr. Black and the Coeur d’Alene Press. I was one of the first people to condemn both for their article analysis of Mr. Trump, not realizing that Mrs. Clinton’s turn was coming ne…
COLUMN: You said it, Jeff
Jeff Bourget you hit the nail on the head in your My Turn article Saturday. The Republicans have been wasting our taxpayer monies for years digging up and promoting dirt on the Democrats. I say “Get to work on the …
DRIVERS: Red light alert
Is going through a red light no longer illegal in Coeur d’Alene? I watch several times daily as cars just run the light, usually on Northwest Boulevard. I would never go forward on a green light in this town withou…
PAY: Public on wrong track
On your editorial of being accepting of Californians wanting to live in Idaho, I wholeheartedly agree. But what is problematic is the runaway train of public pay as compared to private sector pay.
BEWARE: Social insecurity
In the age of minimum payments, zero down and line of credit on everything our generation has been enslaved by the lie that the FICO lord is their index to affordability, financial success and that putting off unti…