"If Idaho's GOP-dominated Legislature thinks two consecutive healthy school budgets will fix the problem, it is delusional. The state spent 15 years digging itself into this hole" -- Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Morning Tribune ("For every two teachers who quit, Idaho finds one")
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.