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Perspective: Following up, it's what we need to do
The Lake Pend Oreille and Albeni Falls Dam problems we experienced earlier this year continue to be a serious conc…
Why change one person, one vote?
Proposition 1 asks for ranked choice voting.
Open primaries, ranked choice don't favor anyone
Open primaries and ranked choice voting are fair. They don't favor either party, they favor you. Every vote counts. Every winner gets support from more than half the voters.
Vote for competent LD2 legislators Nov. 5
Idaho'as Legislative District 2, LD2, includes Clearwater, Shoshone, and Benewah County, eastern Kootenai County and three precincts in Bonner County.
Vote for genuine locals like Lefebvre, Johnson
In 2020, the Lion's Club took a year off from holding their July 4th activities when COVID-19 was raging. Ron Korn (current candidate for Bonner County Commission) chose to buck health directives and organized his …
Protect our democracy; reject Proposition 1
Let's cut right to the chase about Proposition 1. The political Left always talks about the importance of "protecting our democracy." How does Prop 1 do that when, under its ranked-choice voting model, the candidat…
You deserve to be represented; vote for Larson
Kathryn Larson's campaign postcard says it best: “You deserve to be represented.”
Counting ranked choice ballots confusing, complicated
I've never witnessed so many well-done but totally misleading ads for Prop 1. Where is all this money coming from to buy the ads?
Prop 1 gives freedom to choose who will govern
In response to Thomas Carroll's letter that top officials oppose Prop 1, I could care less what Gov. Little, AG Labrador, Senators Risch and Crapo and Fulcher think. They were elected by a small minority of Idahoa…
Ranked choice voting aims to disenfranchise voters
This letter is to encourage Bonner County citizens to Vote No on Proposition 1.
Larson will represent all of LD1
My family has been Republican ever since I can remember. The values of the Party of Lincoln run strong. Yes, there were some bumps when the politics of Joe McCarthy dominated. But for the most part we stayed on th…
Support the West Bonner County school levy
Though at one time I had some family in Priest River (by marriage), for all purposes I am a transplant. However, being one does not excuse me from supporting the community that I now call home.
Sour grapes or a defection from Republican Party?
Has Bonner County Republican Central Committee Chairman Scott Herndon defected from his own party?
Initiative will undermine our constitutional freedoms
Freedom of association is an ironclad guarantee of Article 1 of the Bill of Rights.
Sauter is one of North Idaho's best legislators
I am voting for Mark Sauter for Legislative District, House of Representatives, Seat 1A. Mark is one of the best legislators North Idaho has ever elected.
Matthee will help untangle Idaho's healthcare crisis
For months now, Karen Matthee has addressed the loss of our doctors in Idaho. She will do something about it and that’s why I’m voting for her on Nov. 5.