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Oath belongs to country, God and family
During their summer meeting, the Idaho State GOP adopted Rule XX, which states: "The Idaho Republican Party is a...
Until concerns addressed, subdivision should be denied
The applicant's traffic study needs to be revised. It fails to reveal the deteriorating traffic conditions at Kootenai Bay Road, Seven Sisters Drive, and Highway 200 intersection, one-fourth mile west of Providen...
Why are residents' concerns not being heard?
I currently live in the Seven Sisters development in Kootenai. Along with many others, I am disturbed by the proposed Providence Road development. I attended two zoning meetings and heard the concerns about tr...
Commission puts developer's wishes over citizens' rights
As usual, our commissioners and planning and zoning commission sided with the developer over our citizens in approving the 116-unit Providence Road subdivision.
Commissioners should protect people, not developer's profits
Bonner County’s broken planning and zoning system is tearing our community apart. The proposed Providence Road subdivision is an example of this conflict, with developers wanting to do as little as possible yet a...
Why is commission rubber-stamping subdivision?
The Providence Subdivision should not be approved, and yet, it looks like it already has, even though another meeting is still on the Planning and Zoning board agenda. Having lived in Kootenai Meadows for over...
Let's all turn out to vote in November
I would like to thank all the patrons in zones 2 and 4 for voting during the recall election. It is so very important to do so regardless of your beliefs and views.
Extreme right-wing radicals tend to stick together
Branden Durst and other members of the radical Idaho Freedom Foundation must be defeated. Mr. Durst is a long-time member of IFF, serving as their senior analyst for education policy. Senator Scott Herndon is a c...
We need to put people over TB test profits
Even though it has been curable for decades, 1.6 million people will die this year of tuberculosis. These deaths are preventable and unacceptable. Groups such as Médecins Sans Frontières, the Stop TB Partnership,...
Not the 405? Flip comment unbecoming
At the planning and zoning hearing, at which the commission approved the 116-unit Providence Subdivision, commissioner Luke Webster’s comment regarding the complaints of the already dangerous traffic congestion w...
Woodward’s decision to run is welcome
Thank you, Jim Woodward
Ranked choice voting is effort to destroy primaries
I was horrified to read the letter from Steve Johnson (Daily Bee, Aug. 27, 2023). Steve Johnson is a failed woke, left candidate for Idaho Senate. He was a write-in candidate sponsored by the left who tried to...
God will not be mocked
As homeowners on Providence Road/Beaver Brook Farm, we've always held dear to our hearts that we turn toward home on a road that means God Guides or Divine Guidance.
Open primaries make sense for Idahoans
Imagine going to an Idaho primary election where, regardless of your political viewpoint, any registered voter could vote for any candidate on the ballot. Republican, Democrat, independent, or Libertarian — all o...
Commission shows contempt for public, common sense
The Bonner County Zoning Commission shows contempt for state statute, public interest, and common sense.
Letting leftists into GOP will destroy Idaho
Leftist extremists have opened U.S. borders while attacking our laws, customs and institutions in their win-at-any-cost campaigns: the Senate filibuster, the 50-state union, the Electoral College, the nine-justic...