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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 …
ROTARY: They do so much good
I am sending verbal roses to our Rotary Clubs. They all do so many good things for our less fortunate citizens; the list is endless.
EVANS: Leads a strong slate
City workers and the City Council should be on the same team with the same goals. As a firefighter, I like knowing that our City Council supports safe neighborhoods with local fire stations and a centralized police…
MARCH: Word choice important
Thank you for printing the two photographs of the Rosary March for World Peace that was organized by Immaculate Conception Church, Post Falls, on March 12. Your photographer, Gabe Green, did well in capturing the a…
Letters to the Editor Oct. 25, 2013
VISION: 1 meeting, two perspectives
RIGHTS: Thanks for standing up
Dear Straight Allies:
Candidate endorsement letters October 24, 2013
SCHOOLS: Drop in and look around
My children are grown and I have no grandchildren but if I did I would be scared to death to have my children going to public school these days. I would pull them out and try and find an alternative source for them…
MEDIA: Room to share blame
Nice of you to include yourself in assigning blame for only the most recent debacle in D.C. to “we the voters.” I agree there’s plenty of blame to go around. How about the non-voters? But really, how could you have…
ISSUES: Writer addresses several
We need to fire all of our politicians or take their benefits away from them.
OBAMA: Criticism doesn't equal racism
OK people, let’s try to get this straight once and for all. A black president was inevitable, just as a female president is inevitable. Sooner or later both were going to happen. I am sick and tired of those mindle…
AMERICANS: Don't hyphenate people
Theodore Roosevelt once said: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a na…
PHOTO: Doggone it, it's not right
In the last few years the Press printed a photo of a local man riding his skateboard out in the street with his dog pulling him.
PF: Keep your eye on overpass issue
FEDS: Remember, you work for us
Last Thursday was a great North Idaho fall day, so I thought I would ride my scooter down to the BLM park on Blackwell Island. I enjoy speaking with the fishermen returning or just enjoying the beauty. But to my su…
LETTER: Abortion argument lacking
This letter is in regard to the guest opinion of one Mary Budd in the My Turn column Saturday, Oct. 12.