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Letters to the Editor

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Updated 3 days, 15 hours ago

Governing under the influence in Boise

District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column.

Updated 1 month ago
Why the rush to push through legislation?

When a horse goes too fast, it can experience injuries, loss of balance, overheating and exhaustion, endangering its rider.

Updated 1 month ago
County officials pricing locals out of their homes

Our property tax went up 59% this year. When the assessment came back nearly doubling our property value, the county commissioners waved it off citing the 3% thing. As fixed-income retirees, this is very concerning.

Updated 1 month ago
Climate models should be thrown out, redone

Well, there's a substance that's shockingly abundant (isoprene) and has a far greater effect on the climate and weather patterns than previously thought.

Updated 1 month ago
Labrador has failed to keep his pledge to represent the people

Two headlines in the December 11 issue of the Idaho Capital Sun caught my attention because they typified Raul Labrador’s track record during his two years in …

Updated 1 month ago
Don't forget our seniors this holiday season

To avoid the isolation the so many seniors are experiencing, the Sandpoint Area Senior Center is offering more and more activities and events that seniors and all can participate in.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Day celebrates adoption in Idaho

For 25 years, National Adoption Day has been celebrated just before Thanksgiving, making the holiday season a beautiful reminder of the Idaho families who lovi…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Gravity, not climate change, is proven fact

By the way, Isaac Newton was right. The law of gravity gets proven every morning as I try to get out of bed. And that is not provisional.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Why companies, politicians exempt from the rules?

We regular people who work each day just to make ends meet or are retired and struggle to pay their month to month living expenses, well, we still need to follow their rules … Really? Why?

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Parking lot raising maintenance questions

Maintenance questions

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
IPPL spawned to greenwash logging practices

In a fit of collaborative failure, the Idaho Panhandle Public Lands Initiative was spawned to greenwash extractive logging practices. Collaboratives, such as PFC, endorse road building, logging, and off-trail winte…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Purchase may be needed to protect Trestle Creek

It can be very expensive to do unwise things. Especially when doing so goes against the strong advice of science and the demonstrated will of the people.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Dim your high beams when not necessary

The day before Thanksgiving I drove to the Spokane Airport leaving Sandpoint at 1:30 a.m. to catch a 5 a.m. flight and I was periodically blinded by people who drove in oncoming traffic with their high-beam bright …

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Politics, the Legislature and government

Politics in Boise

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Don't divert public education dollars into private schooling

In 2025, Idaho legislators will almost certainly try again to divert our public education taxes into private schooling. It will be called “vouchers,” “education accounts,” or some such thing.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Honoring Idaho's spirit of freedom

Idaho, home to more than 119,000 veterans, is brimming with a sense of duty to our country and a deep respect for those who have backed our freedoms with their…