We have been visiting your area a couple of times per year for almost a decade. We love the small town charm, spectacular scenery, slower pace and warm and friendly people. This trip, we drove into town and noticed a building boom, including a new McDonald’s. OMG…what are you thinking? A McDonald’s on that beautiful entry to your city! I’m sorry to say the charm is disappearing way too fast. I watched what happened to Lake Tahoe and now you can barely drive through that town in the summertime. Coeur d’Alene, please slow down a little, or is it too late?/Kathleen Blakeney, Moorpark, Calif., letter to Coeur d'Alene Press editor.

Question: I think I agree with the letter writer re: a McDonald's at the mouth of Riverstone. What were they thinking?