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 However, letters will not be published if they include profane, obscene language or if they promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender,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 Letters must include the writer’s full name, hometown and daytime phone number (not for publication) or they will not be published.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 …
STRANDED: Stand by police
I am sickened by the article “Stranded.” Why would you publish the a story that makes the police look bad? The police are not in any way responsible for the Krous family’s stupidity. The Krous family is what is wro…
STRANDED: Some key questions
About STRANDED in the Saturday Aug. 20 Press. In the article you did not mention what was wrong with your boat. Mechanical failure, blown engine or just ran out of gas? Most of these problems can be avoided by prop…
STRANDED: Event review needed
After reading “Stranded,” my wife and I felt alarmed by the experience of the Krous family on Lake Coeur d’Alene, and appalled by the 911 dispatcher’s reported crass and indifferent responses to their plight. The d…
FAIR: Audit, indeed
What did I miss?
TRUMP: He's a fool
Some letter writers attack Hillary. I agree with them. Other letter writers attack Trump. I agree with them also, with one exception: Trump is not a traitor; he is just a novice (i.e., “fool”).
LIBERALS: To be feared
I’m writing in reference to Arnie Anton and her liberal jargon and knocking Mrs. Vonda Kerr’s highly intelligent statements on the criminal Hillary Clinton.
HEALTHCARE: A painful gap
Don’t we all just love it when the well-to-do (Republicans) rave on about how good it is to be able to get the best health care? Do they ever think that the average American can barely afford the cost of even moder…
SUFFER: The little children
The oldest areas in our local cemeteries reveal the human story of white man’s early days in this part of the country in a way no history book could truly describe. A visitor there is struck by the number of small …
INCUMBENTS: Why vote for any of them?
Congress has a recent acceptance rating of 2 to 3 percent. In spite of being in the majority, they’re noted for ‘not’ standing up for conservative issues.
GROWTH: At what cost?
Look north of just about every Interstate 90 exit from Spokane eastward and new apartments are going up.
FOREIGN POLICY: It's lacking
Many Democrats label the Iraq War as “Bush’s War,” however, the initiative was reviewed and approved by the Bush Administration, Congress and a coalition of 13 member nations. Hillary Clinton was a member of Congre…
KINDNESS: Random and welcome
I was in a store on Ironwood Wednesday here in Coeur d’Alene, when an older man came into the store. After being asked by the salesperson if he needed any help, he said, “No, I’m looking for someone who maybe just …
GRATITUDE: Four-wheeler heroes
On July 9, I had a misfortunate accident picking huckleberries. I fell about 20 feet and wedged myself between the car and the mountain bank, I ended up breaking both shoulders and my femur. My niece was with me, b…
HEALTH CARE: Get out the wheelchairs
My 91-year-old father just returned from a week of fishing at a remote cabin on the Alaskan coast with some dear friends. When he’s not off traveling, he spends 8-plus hours a day working in his 4-acre yard, keepin…
HILLARY: Not perfect, but she'll win
I’m writing in reference to Vonda Kerr’s letter about Hillary Clinton. I moved to Coeur d’Alene a year ago and retired after 30 years of nursing.