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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 …
WILDERNESS: Beware that designation
A reality check is needed for the proposed Scotchman Wilderness. We are constantly told it must be protected, yet we are not told from what. The only real threat is the dramatic increase of hikers to the area, sinc…
RENEWAL: Power to the people
Taxation without representation: Isn’t that against the law? Didn’t we fight a revolution against it? Haven’t thousands of good men and women died to protect us against it? So why is the Coeur d’Alene urban renewal…
BOEHNER: Departure a call for unity
The power of the purse was given to the Legislature to also help curb the power of a rogue administration and was used in the past to get fair-minded laws passed and bargain against possible vetoes. What we have to…
SCHOOL: Praise Officer Petersen
Two weeks ago during a visit to Lake City High School, I ran into my longtime friend, classmate, and now LCHS School Resource Officer Nate Petersen. After exchanging the kind of hug that only former offensive linem…
MICA: Don't be misled, voters
As a 20-year medical volunteer with MKI Fire, a person who has been intimately involved in District finances since the addition of the medical unit in 1995 and current sitting MKIFD Treasurer for the past 7 years, …
ENGLISH: Not best for city
Our county suffered embezzlement when Dan English was County Clerk. The embezzler worked for him. At a trial he perjured himself.
EDINGER: A neighborhood champ
Ron Edinger deserves your vote for the Coeur d’Alene City Council so he can continue serving the residents of this community as he has for the past 40 years. When our east Mullan neighborhood was seeking changes to…
ENGLISH: Why he is qualified
My firm endorsement of candidate Dan English for City Council, Seat 5, currently held by Steve Adams, is not without my research into his background. I’ve found him to be a strong candidate. First of all, his reaso…
LUNDY: Honesty just one attribute
The citizens of Dalton Gardens will be well served when they elect Denise Lundy to their City Council. Over the last eight years I have had the distinct pleasure of serving with Denise in various leadership capacit…
GUNS: Put 'em down and talk
Wednesday, Oct. 28, Bill Rutherford wrote an extremely thoughtful article about being a gun owner and hunter while also being the principal of a local elementary school. In that role he has the responsibility of pr…
SCHINDELBECK: It's time for change
Reading Wednesday’s CDA Press, we are committed more than ever to vote against Ron Edinger. So he has been in since Nixon was president and feels he needs no training, he knows it all. Does he know that a vast majo…
MILLIE: Eating her own words
Seeing Millie’s entry into “Readers Write” section last Sunday I thought well, for once she’s not whining or complaining about something living up here. But she didn’t disappoint. She’s at it again.
ABORTION: Common sense solutions
Abortion, like many other hot-button issues is, but not in today’s polarized political environment, a subject in which compromise is possible. I personally advocate a compromise:
BLOOD: Bias against donors
“I’m sorry but we cannot accept your lifesaving donation.”
VOTE: For strong oversight
In light of the three recent cases of embezzlement in the city of Athol, Cd’A and the chief deputy clerk of the county under Dan English, isn’t it time that the voters recognize we have a pervasive problem with lac…