By my count, this morning’s coverage of Coeur d’Alene on ABC's "Good Morning America" was much less than "15 minutes of fame" scattered over two full hours in fragments as fleeting as two brief bursts of fireworks overshadowed by tragic headline news and inane moderator chatter. And the real message to national television viewers? A simple portrait proclaiming an "ours is bigger than theirs" phallic Christmas tree competition via a voice over stating that ours "...is twice the size of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York..." Mr. Hagadone, we know you are a capitalist but are you a Christian? What might Jesus really think of such a crass display dedicated to his memory? Are we moving forward or are we moving backwards? This reader thinks we are moving backwards, and in my humble opinion, this morning's program contained much more hype than "sizzle." Let's leave "Dancing with the Stars" to the vanity of Palm Springs, and the spirit of Christmas to the real citizens of Coeur d'Alene. Which community do you really claim as your own? I ask, because some of us have a difficult time recognizing you on the streets in this town.

Henry

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