Breathing Fire Possibly Dangerous To Miller’S Health

So, Sandpoint Councilman Ray Miller is disappointed that 10 volunteer firefighters quit last week to protest grievances? Beware, he told them, of drawing a line because “it may be irreversible.” Miller should heed his own advice. The volunteers have legitimate gripes. The cost-saving move to expand Police Chief Bill Kice’s duties to include the fire department has left firefighters without guidance. No one would put a fire chief in charge of the police department. The reverse should be true, too.

Psst. Mayor, 3 others swung ax

Okay, you’re getting warmer. Council members Dixie Reid, Chris Copstead and Deanna Goodlander backed Mayor Steve Judy’s move to fire City Administrator Ken Thompson. Nancy Sue Wallace, Ron Edinger and Sue Servick opposed it. Have fun at your kaffeeklatches.

Hey, Mr. Potatohead wants a title, too

If the instructors at North Idaho College want to be called professors and the former deans now are vice presidents of this and that, I’d like to be recognized as an Purveyor of Opinion Pieces. At 49, that’d make me an Ol’ POOP, which is accurate - and also describes the highfalutin nonsense going on at the college.

Don’t pee in bottle unless Brumley does

Everyone wants athletes to pee in a bottle to prove they’re drug free - and capable of catching a third-down pass. Everyone but me. I think mandatory drug tests, like the ones proposed for Lake City High athletes, invade privacy and discriminate. Why doesn’t the debate team have to take them, too? Or the faculty and administration? Either everyone who represents LCHS should be forced to provide a sample. Or this plan should be flushed down the toilet.

Bad time for `deal of lifetime’

Post Falls took two giant steps forward last year by passing bonds for a new high school and a city library. Now, it has a chance to expand city recreation dramatically by spending $1.9 million combined for Quad Park and the Swim Gym Aquatic Center. Facilities like these don’t come along every day. Just when you’re tapped out. It’s a law of nature.

Diakonia statement scores bull’s-eye

Whoever wrote the Diakonia statement condemning the Christian Identity movement earns a Sweet Potato. It’s a masterpiece that skirts the mine field of church doctrine while sticking to a bottom line that conservative and liberal church goers can support: “That it is contradictory to biblical belief to use the name of Jesus Christ to advocate either racial superiority or the deliberate mistreatment of any person.”