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 …
THANKS: For hot chocolate, warm heart
My sister and I would like to say thank you to a very kind man. Our 4H club, Denim and Diamonds, were selling Christmas wreaths last Saturday. A man walked up to us and bought a pine wreath. Later, he came back wit…
PRESS: Doesn't respect veterans
Well I see that the Coeur d’Alene Press is up to its old ways. You do not seem to respect our older veterans or veterans in general. We had Pearl Harbor Day and of course nothing on the front page about one of the …
Cd'A: Slick roads, good bus drivers
On Friday, Dec. 4, Post Falls School District made the Coeur d’Alene School District look like fools…or did they?
HOA: Dive into community project
Let me introduce myself. I am Neil Krause, the president of the Camden Place Home Owners Association in Post Falls.
DOGS: When leash meets politics
On the front page of the D Section, Saturday’s Press, Dec. 6, Jerry Hitchcock explains in some detail how to train your dog for the leash.
GIVE: To this special program
The Christmas giving season is here. If you haven’t found an outlet to give yet please consider the Tree of Giving at The Petersons Family Market on Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene. All of the families are from our…
THUGS: Bullets are one cure
Anyone besides me getting tired of all the experts and their opinions on our law enforcement? Way back when people were taught to respect each other, our world was not that bad. Back when I was a kid, if I got in t…
INTERNET: Keep playing field open
I am very concerned about Big Telecom giants forcing websites into a slow lane on the Internet. Experts agree that Big Telecom’s Internet Slow Lane plan will kill choice, stifle innovation and make the Internet mor…
CARTOON: Not a fair reflection
Did anyone else pay attention to the “political cartoon” in the Friday, Dec. 5 Coeur d’Alene Press? Was anyone else outraged? At first, I couldn’t believe something that disgusting would appear in our paper. But I …
POSTAL: Avert Pocatello closure
Since the announcement of the possible closing of the Mail Processing Plant in Pocatello in 2015 by the U.S. Postal Service, many concerned citizens of this area have asked me what they can do to help prevent the c…
THEFT: We miss our sweet Santa
To the Grinch who stole our Santa. To the thief or thieves who stole our lighted Santa from our front porch on Vista Drive. Please return; this Santa is a family keepsake, that has been a joy to our children and gr…
BODYCAM: Try it on, Mr. President
In the Coeur d’Alene Press (Dec. 2) a story appears describing President Obama’s plan to purchase 50,000 body cameras for law enforcement officers throughout the United States.
TRAPPING: Public opinion ignored
I attended the meeting at Templin’s regarding trapping in the Panhandle and agree with Mr. Nolthenius.
GUNS: Have a place in hospitals
Mr. Anderson and Kootenai Health Board Members:
TRAPPING: Time for lawsuit, folks
First of all, thank you Mr. Nolthenius, Mr. Martin and Ms. Sorenson for your letters against trapping. I have written at least six letters against trapping in the last year. Apparently we are wasting our time and n…