Voters must not reward their own suppression
By Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
The ballot initiative is the voice of the people. It’s the only mechanism for Idahoans to enact a law when …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
The power of words
By K.L. Huntley
Reader Contributor
Nothing warms the heart more than when someone sincerely tells us they love us — when the cat jumps in your lap and begins to …
Madame Wu
By Phil Deutchman
Reader Contributor
The U.S. Postal Service issued a new, “forever” stamp featuring the portrait of nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. She is not known to the general public, …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Recently, several bills have been making headlines across the country and in Idaho. Their wording seems to have a way of skirting around each bill’s …
A Few Thoughts…
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Having survived COVID-19 and feeling sort of — but not completely — immune, I recently traveled down Mexico way. I didn’t go into Mexico, except …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, in a seemingly far off land, I was a writer. I woke every morning, grabbed my jar of peanut butter …
Mayor’s Roundtable: Spring updates
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Spring has begun and with it comes a renewed sense of optimism and excitement for change. More people have had COVID-19 shots, myself included, …
We gotta get out of this place
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A decade or so ago, on the way home from a backcountry music festival in Montana, I stopped off with two friends at a bar …
Idaho has yet again dropped the ball on education
By Bret Johnson
Reader Contributor
Idaho House Republicans recently killed a $6 million bill to fund preschool literacy. Idaho has always been leery of Washington, and, based on our track …
Lottery’s golden goose killed in Boise
By David Keyes
Reader Contributor
The odds were pretty low Idaho would even have a state lottery when in 1983 a legislative committee harpooned the proposal.
After all, the Idaho …
Letters
- In My Opinion… Dear Editor, In my opinion, there are many things that I feel are essential to Sandpoint's quality of life and are worthy of supporting with tax dollars: Police and fire safety, clean water and public access areas, green space for camping and family outings, libraries that are well-stocked and well-maintained, and ...
- Please Vote Yes… Money has always been a controversial subject. Finances—along with politics—don't always make for polite dinnertime conversation. But what about education? Should we avoid that subject as well? In the last century, when many of us readers went to school, it was a relatively simple affair. A new notebook, a new pencil ...
- Vote for Schools… Dear Editor, I am writing to support the LPOSD Plant Facilities Levy on Aug. 30. In short, this measure and the project that will follow is much needed and overdue in our community. I have seen the schools, walked the halls and sat in the classrooms that will be replaced, and ...
- Vote Yes for Schools… Dear Editor, It seems that this levy has become a personal issue- where certain people are being accused of having a personal agenda in building new schools in our district. I agree—this levy is personal—it is personal for every family who sends their students to our deteriorating buildings each day. What this levy ...
- Please Vote Yes… Dear Editor, When my wife was asked if she would be part of the facilities review committee she offered me up instead. I'll admit, I protested, but she insisted that I was what the committee needed. As a contractor, I'm able to knowledgeably review the physical state of the facilities. As ...
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