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 …
SCHOOL CHOICE: A deceptive strategy
Brent Regan’s Jan. 17 opinion column claimed that American innovation is stalled by an outdated public education system. He declares that public education needs to change in order to better teach innovation. As a m…
VAULT DOORS: Thanks for saving them
Thank you to all the team that saved the vault doors from the Johnston Building and stored them for historic perpetuity.
WARMING SHELTER: Draws more homeless
Despite their best intentions, this will only draw more homeless to our hometown. Please stop helping them to recruit more homeless.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION: It’s a team effort
The Johnston Building at Second and Sherman has just been demolished, but two important pieces of its long history survive.
HB 7: Fine for marijuana will create financial burden
Regarding a portion of HB 7, specifically the changes to penalties for possession of 3 oz. or less of marijuana. This bill classifies possession of 3 oz. or less of marijuana as a misdemeanor, with a mandatory fine…
DEI BAN: A step backward in equality
Idaho’s DEI ban is a devastating blow to fairness and inclusivity. As someone with tribal heritage, I find this decision heartbreaking and infuriating. Senator Ben Toews of Coeur d’Alene claims the initiative will …
POST FALLS: Council should welcome those who served
A government for the people by the people should be representative of those people, should it not? It seems that this is not the case according to some of our Post Falls City officials. Instead, the current vacant …
JUST WATCH: Confirmation hearings show divide
I watched part of the Senate hearings on Pam Bondi. Although I really know very little of her other than being Florida’s last attorney general, she was very impressive during her Senate confirmation hearings.
TRUMP: Morbid sense of humor?
If Donald Trump was just kidding about buying Greenland, taking back the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada another state, then he has a morbid sense of humor.
FIREWORKS: Respect and Compassion for others — Bottom Line!
In regard to both Mr. Bell’s and Mr. Sanner’s letters re: Fireworks, I am one of those individuals affected by PTSD. I abhor the noise and craziness the ‘sub humans’ partake in throughout the year in Kootenai Count…
FIREWORKS: Legal ones are not the problem
In response to reading of councilor Wood’s solution to the out-of-control fireworks problem, I can only say...you have got to be kidding me. Setting up zones for people to use “safe and sane” (legal) fireworks has …
FIREWORKS: Worse than before
Concerning Chris Willoughby Sr.’s letter published Jan. 15. I grew up in the Spokane Valley and we had SOME fireworks going off in the ’60s and ’70s but nothing like you see today.
TURKEYS: Population has skyrocketed
Christy Wood was totally correct in bringing up before the city council the issue of wild turkeys in the Fairway Forest area. I have lived in that area for 45 years, the first 40 turkey free.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE: Repeal would upend people’s lives
I am a resident of Idaho. My family was born and raised in Sandpoint, Idaho. It came to my attention that the Mass Resistance Right Wing Group is pushing to make Idaho’s first act of legislature “repeal the same se…
FIREWORKS: Ban them or leave it alone
I have lived in Coeur d’Alene my entire 65 years, living downtown until third grade and Dalton, Seventh Street junior high, mid high 15th Street, Coeur d’Alene High School…