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Letter to the Editor by Russell Joki, West Ada School Board Trustee, Zone 5

When I ran for the board, my campaign was pretty simple: Fiscal Integrity, Support Teachers, Involve Parents.

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Letter to the Editor: ‘The Media on CAIR’

I would like to tell you about an incident that occurred while I was at a protest against the Council on American and Islamic Relations (CAIR).

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‘Campus carry’ in Idaho is still mostly illegal

The world was saddened by the news of another mass shooting on Thursday, and the tale of a gunman shooting people in the head at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, quickly reignited the debate over concealed carry, campus carry, and the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.

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Letter to the Editor – Concerns about the UN

Are you aware that the goal of elitists is a one world (United Nations) government? This will require us to greatly lower our standard of living! Reduce energy supplies and trade merger agreements are part of the plan!

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Reasons to Terminate the Refugee Resettlement Program at the College of Southern Idaho

The tax funded refugee resettlement program is not an enumerated or implied power of the federal government and should not be funded in any way.

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Letter to the Editor

Editor: The Founding Father’s principles of liberty are discussed in the book, “The 5000 Year Leap,” by W. Cleon Skousen.

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Letter to the Editor by Darr Moon

Dear Patriots, The coercive nature of all political experience rears its ugly head once again dressed up as SB1067, a crumb left on the table at the close of Idaho’s last legislative session. Should Idaho’s legislators fall to the notion that federal money drives all good, money that will eventually be collected from yet unborn […]

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SB 1067: Idaho Doesn’t Always Twirl by Rep. Ronald M. Nate

It’s not right for Idaho to be bullied into losing protections for Idaho children and families just to keep a few more federal dollars, writes Rep. Ronald M. Nate (R-34) Our dog, Boo, never twirls just because she wants to. But, when my daughter holds a treat in the air and says, “Twirl,” Boo jumps […]

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SB 1067: Reasons Behind the Holding of SB 1067 by Rep. Lynn M. Luker

Concern has been raised about the Idaho House Judiciary and Rules committee holding SB 1067. Holding the bill was about protecting the due process and privacy rights of our citizens, and protecting the integrity of our state’s ability to study and analyze issues independent of the coercive threats of the federal government. On the surface, […]

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SB 1067: Comments from Dale Pearce

These comments are written in response to this article. Our intent in opposing this bill on the international-dead-beat-dads is that the bill originated out of The Hague, the UN headquarters for The International Criminal Court. Of course those judges know quite a lot about global law that seeps out of the 192 nations, kingdoms, potentates, […]

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Former GOP Chairman Barry Peterson Speaks Out on IACI President’s Remarks

These were Disgusting remarks from Alex LaBeau, President of IACI, in an email to his peers and associates. As offensive and vulgar as Mr. LaBeau’s comments are regarding Senator Siddoway, equally offensive, vulgar and disgusting is the casual sideswiping of the event by the IACI chairman, Mark Dunn who is a vice-president of the JR […]

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State Board of Education vs. Parents & Teachers

At a time when parents and grandparents across the county are beginning to wake up to the harsh realities of high stakes testing in our public schools (and the personalized data capture that occurs continuously throughout the interactive computer process), our Idaho SBOE has decided to double down with their testing plans into the foreseeable […]

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