Letters

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

March 18 Letters to the Editor

Junk science Don Matteson's attempt to justify anthropogenic global warming fear mongering in his March 8 letter epitomizes the danger of applying the wrong science to understand a technical situation. There is absolutely no statistical correlation between the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global temperatures for the ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

March 17 Letters to the Editor

Comparing newspapers For some time I've wanted to write to you about my comparisons of the exceptional newspaper you publish as contrasted to those on the East Coast where I was raised. Repeatedly when I've visited my relations, it has amazed me the format they use. Only news columns in ...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

March 16 Letters to the Editor

Valley needs stimulus In retrospect the dams were a bust (Feb. 14). The slackwater navigation aided the shipping of grain. The dam and dikes construction and the Interstate Bridge modifications did not bring new industrial employers to Lewiston. Nez Perce County's average annual compounded growth rate for the past 35 years ...

Monday, March 15, 2010

March 15 Letters to the Editor

Bounty collected Well! So you can buy local elected officials in Lewiston just like Chicago. And our firemen have just reaped a huge payback that will cost us taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. For those of you not paying attention, the firemen and their union now own this city council. ...

Sunday, March 14, 2010

March 14 Letters to the Editor

Tax the rich Two of the major problems facing lawmakers today are self-solving. The looming deficit spending and the bankers' looting of the taxpayers' pocket through the use of government loans to declare obscene and immoral bonuses have both received public notice and concern. When I first entered the work force, ...

More March 14 Letters to the Editor

Falling behind Thank you Brandi Wilson for being one more fan of off-leash dog parks. More than two years ago several of us dog owners set up a committee to pursue this type of project. ... We found three possible sites in Clarkston, the ideal one being a peninsula off Swallows ...

More March 14 Letters to the Editor

Fighting back Sooner or later someone's going to have a "Boston tea party" for wolves. While it's sure to cause weeping and gnashing of teeth among radical environmentalists and halfwits, it's precisely why the authors of the Constitution reserved to "We the People..." the right to keep and bear arms. They ...

Saturday, March 13, 2010

March 13 Letters to the Editor

Stalking laws too weak I am writing in response to the death of a young woman who was shot by a stalker. How many women have to die before the courts will hand down the proper sentence for this act of invasion that inevitably leads to death? The laws need to ...

Friday, March 12, 2010

March 12 Letters to the Editor

Otter's choice Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter's Turnabout in the Feb. 22 Tribune speaks of his truths concerning actions taken to reduce state-supported institutions. His prism does not show the same rainbow as mine. He defends his funding cuts because we have a revenue shortfall, state law requires a balanced budget and ...