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Giving thanks for natural time
I am thankful to have wild places to wander in and find the time. The natural time. In Wilderness, time flows fr...
PHD guidelines will help keep schools, businesses open
Please recommend we follow PHD's guidelines and do all in our power to keep it that way. In doing so we will be able to keep schools and businesses open.
Don't throw the bathwater out with the baby
When I first read of your agenda item to defund Panhandle Health I thought surely it must just be an opportunity to rant against the mask mandate rather than a serious attempt to defund; I was wrong.
Proposal would cut county's nose off to spite its face
Defunding PHD is a perfect example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Rather than defund PHD, we should give them more funds
As COVID-19 "survivors" my husband and I oppose Commissioner Bradshaw's proposal to defund the Panhandle Health District and we support the PHDs mask mandate.
Lack of mask enforcement sending shopper elsewhere
Personally, I have very little direct influence over these individuals. I can, however choose to boycott the stores/establishments breaking Idaho Code 56-1003(7)(C) by failing to follow the PHD directive.
Mandate is an act of compassion, selflessness
I take issue with Steven Bradshaw, Bonner County commissioner, after his recent diatribe against a public mask mandate by the Panhandle Health Department, in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Health district's list of services long, varied
We, Bonner County residents and business owners, need PHD's services and expertise.
Inslee needs to focus on Washington, not Idaho
How about you look to your own community, Governor Inslee, before you start preaching to others?
Compassion would go a long way toward building community
The vast majority of the medical community agrees the evidence shows that masks can make a positive difference in the spread of COVID-19.
Is commissioner aware of PHD's many, varied programs?
Just read in the paper that Steve Bradshaw wants to cut Bonner County's share of the funding for Panhandle Health District to $1.
We owe behind-the-scenes workers, businesses our thanks
But I would like to give an additional thank you to those behind the scenes. Those who do so much, and never seem to get the recognition they deserve.
Where’s the snow in the Kingdom of Slumber?
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Slumber, the king issued a decree: "It has snowed four feet. Life is risky."
Don't endanger patients to show off power
As a health care professional for nearly 40 years, I can attest to the fact that a paper surgical mask does nothing to impede your breathing.
Disband selfish behavior for community's general welfare
We’re all in this together and sometimes we need to disband selfish behavior to provide for the general welfare of our community.
Counter resolution to mask mandate proposed
Anyone who is so inconvenienced by wearing a face mask for the safety of the public should be agreeable to signing a document that they refuse medical treatment in the event that they contract COVID-19.