Recent letters

Readers in the Inland Northwest can submit letters to The Spokesman-Review by e-mail to editor@spokesman.com. Letters should be no longer than 200 words and must include the writer's home street address and a daytime telephone number.

• Yellow fliers raise ire

  By Elouise Engle on February 3, 2012 Thanks to Shawn Vestal for reminding us of the very lean years for schools. I hope everyone was as furious as I was to receive the yellow flier with all …

• Put Obama on a bus

  By Jock Swanstrom on February 3, 2012 It’s time to transport by bus President Barack Obama back to Chicago. How many pro-American ideals can this guy scuttle? This is the most important election since 1776, and we …

• Enforce parking laws

  By Richard Trerise on February 3, 2012 Regarding the Jan. 23 article “City faces slippery, uphill battle” about the problems of parked cars on the streets in the way of snowplows. There should be a year-round enforcement. …

• Say yes to no

  By Douglas Belcher on February 3, 2012 I’m tired of President Barack Obama’s divisive rhetoric, and equally tired of the silence from the GOP in response to the president’s mantras: “A do-nothing Congress,” and his mocking the …

• Gingrich was asking for it

  By Donald Daw on February 3, 2012 Any person or group of people (political parties) that chooses to promote an image of higher moral integrity sets itself up for scrutiny on moral issues. John King was right …

• Cut the Pentagon budget

  By Tom Charles on February 3, 2012 At a time when budgets are tight and programs and services in our community are being cut back, the Pentagon budget keeps getting bigger. The secretary of Defense announced on …

• Pay it forward

  By Hope Roszell on February 3, 2012 To those who left their page-long anti-school diatribe on my windshield one cold evening this week: I did not enjoy getting out in the bitter wind to retrieve their paper …

• End the Avista monopoly

  By David Smith on February 2, 2012 You would never know it looking at your Avista bill that natural gas prices have dropped about 50 percent during the last year, from about $5 per thousand British thermal …

• Snow berms illogical

  By Chris Powell on February 2, 2012 Downtown snow berms defy logic. Snow is plowed from streets for safety and to reduce traffic delays due to accidents and vehicles stuck in snow. It’s challenging removing snow in …

• Snow build-up violates law

  By Danielle Taylor on February 2, 2012 It’s a federal, state and city law. Sidewalks must be cleared of snow to allow pedestrians to safely walk. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, sidewalks must be ADA …

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