On dogs
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff This month marks my dog’s fifth birthday. I’ve come to learn in the past five years that, when it comes to knowing and loving an animal, people either get...
Category: Opinion
City must engage in real public involvement on ‘Couplet’ concept
By Molly O’Reilly Reader Contributor The Multimodal Transportation Master Plan that the city of Sandpoint proclaims favors all methods of getting around equally and was developed with “extensive public involvement” is flawed. You will...
Hwy. 2 ‘Couplet’ concept is ‘just nuts’
By Carrie Logan Reader Contributor The Idaho Transportation Department and the city of Sandpoint (non-elected officials) have been talking about “the Curve” or “Couplet.” How did this project raise its ugly head again? My...
The pesky public
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In an ideal democracy, a government serves at the behest of its people, not in spite of them. We are oceans away from anything resembling an ideal democracy in...
Legislative Update: Greetings from Boise — and a homecoming
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor It’s been said this legislative session has had a slow start. There have only been a few bills passed by the Legislature and delivered to the governor....
The Lumberjill: Contemplating the cost of outspokenness
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist For a second, we worried that we were a tree service without a crew. For a second, we worried that my politics might be the problem. Alas, it’s...
The Idaho Legislature: Where democracy goes to die
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff You can give no greater gift to an arch-conservative than mentioning the word “democracy” — it gives them the opportunity to puff up with pedantic glee and launch into...
An afternoon meditation
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The alarm clock barely has a chance to make any noise on powder days. I’m usually up well before the buzzer, checking the Schweitzer Snow Report for an update...
Idaho’s three-party system
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise Reader Contributor People told me something I’ve never heard before as I was knocking on doors last year: “Stop the crazy!” Voters are concerned about increased extremism and inflammatory...
Sandpoint City Council was right to put the brakes on transportation plan
By Brad Smith Reader Contributor The Sandpoint City Council made two important decisions about the Highway 2 corridor at its Feb. 1 meeting. The council unanimously approved the purchase of Dub’s. The council also...
