At the Coeur d'Alene Press, the editorialist is throwing barbs at Spokane for transforming the Rathdrum Aquifer into something our neighbors are now calling the Spokane Aquifer; And I quote: "Research the region's sole source of drinking water for more than 400,000 people. In historical contexts you will find Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer; then, later, it's the Rathdrum Prairie - Spokane Valley Aquifer; then, later still, it somehow became the Spokane Valley - Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. So that we may all dispense with unnecessary and misleading verbiage about the huge body of water that originates at the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho, it's now being called the Spokane Aquifer (see www.spokaneaquifer.org)." The editorial goes on to use the old Bob Paulos gripe about Spokane trying to annex Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene into a metro area. You can read it here.

Question: Does the attitude of Spokane toward Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, and/or North Idaho bug you?