Letters to the Editor
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Downtown heartbeats: Why housing, planning matter
Some recent public discussion surrounding parking and proposed downtown housing reflects how deeply Sandpoint resi…
Get levy information from reputable sources
I hope that by levy time in May people have done their homework and checked facts from good reputable sources rather than taking the word from persons who seem intent on spreading false rumors.
Who is God to me? The hope of Jesus
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit — all in one.
Gaining wisdom from Washington's words
Our constitution is a framework of laws of governance which only by agreement and commitment by all citizens, guarantees our liberties. Without “we the people” standing firm for it’s values of fairness and justice …
Remembering 250 years ago today
Did we intend for the government of the U.S. to become authoritarian, a government that favors or enforces strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom?
The levy from a student's perspective
Attending this school for the past four years I've experienced the times when the levy passed, and during the past couple years when it hasn't. As a student it has been extremely hard not only for us, but for the t…
This isn't the America we were taught to believe in
Lately, my stomach boils at what’s happening in a country I used to believe in — not a perfect country, but one that at least tried to live up to its promises. A country that taught us to be kind, to stand up for w…
Only the GOP can make this better
Many are looking to the Democrats to alter the direction the Republican administration is going; dismantling crucial parts of our government, ignoring constitutional responsibilities of Congress, weakening national…
Why isn't ITD using its budget for cleanup?
Uh, I must be missing something (no cracks, please). On April 23-24, the ITD encouraged all us taxpayers to turn out to go clean up the sides of U.S. 95 from Granite Hill to I-90 for what they called Operation Clea…
Just what Sandpoint needs, more townhomes
Just what Sandpoint needs, another townhouse development to go along with all of the other unsold houses being built in Sandpoint that no one can afford. But keep building boys maybe things will change but I doubt …
Vote no on fire district levies on May 20
The Pacific Palisade fires in California this past January were terrible and frightening. The fires destroyed 6,837 structures, 12 people died, and economic losses are estimated at $50–$275 billion.
Sure wish they could have the daffodils bloom
The daffodils always seemed to bloom on my wife's birthday, April 7, but not this year.
World War II, not tariffs, ended Great Depression
The Great Depression ended in the U.S. in 1941, and it wasn’t because tariffs had made America great again. It was because we went to war, it was called World War II.
More words of wisdom from the past
Our country’s Founding Fathers warned that the power of political parties could potentially usurp constitutional law allowing an overthrow of the will of the people. George Washington said the following in his 1796…
Why doesn't Festival book jazz concert?
Once again, the Festival at Sandpoint saw fit to diss America’s only homegrown high art form.