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Letters to the editor-05-18-2013
The Boise Music Week's Church Night performance May 5 by the Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale was outstanding as they sang Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil."
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READER'S OPINION
Reader's View, mental illness: With mental health, we need more talk, less stigma
Words have power. On Dec. 14, 2012, two days after my 13-year-old son was admitted to an acute care mental hospital, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot his mother, then killed 20 first-graders, six brave educators, and himself.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the editor: GBAD elections
The Greater Boise Auditorium District is a fairly obscure agency but it has a huge impact on our local economy. GBAD operates the Boise Centre on the Grove and brings in millions of dollars a year for our economy, supporting hundreds of jobs and businesses. It's essential that competent, experienced...
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EDITORIALS
Our View, Nampa, Meridian: Bigger councils, more ideas
The phrase "government expansion" normally might cause some voters in Idaho's second- and third-largest cities to recoil at the thought. Nonetheless, we think it is a good idea to have this vote on city council expansion to take the "representative ratio" temperature of Meridian and Nampa.
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READER'S OPINION
David Adler: Probe of media's phone records is affront to freedom
President Obama's second-term agenda may never take flight unless he moves swiftly to correct his administration's missteps. Like scandals that have hobbled his predecessors, the errors in judgment that have surrounded Benghazi, the apparent aim of some zealots within the IRS to target the tea party...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the editor-05-16-2013
I write in support of Stephanie Astorquia, Peter Oliver and Rob Perez for their re-election to the board of the Greater Boise Auditorium District.
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EDITORIALS
Our View, Greater Boise Auditorium District: Stalling in gridlock
Boise-area voters have an uncanny ability to discern complex election issues. This is a good thing because there are profound choices and nuances aplenty in the May 21 elections for the Greater Boise Auditorium District. We are not opposed to GBAD continuing to expand to become a more attractive...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the editor-05-15-2013
So what's one of the first bad things that has happened since the sequester went into effect? People had to wait for airplanes to take off due to the furloughs for traffic controllers. This happens to affect our politicians and their wealthiest constituents.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the editor-05-14-2013
Idaho Power could lead the nation in sustainable energy. Our climate in southern Idaho is extremely favorable for solar and wind electrical generation. Yet Idaho Power is trying to pull the plug on renewable energy.
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READER'S OPINION
Reader's View, Idaho Power: Company needs to explain coal decision
Rocky Barker got it right in his April 30 column: Idaho Power faces profound changes in how it does business.
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