JohnA: Doggone it, Bent. Always having a beerfest at Stickman's when we're out of town. Deena and I can't imagine a better afternoon than sharing a beer with you and the Stickman, under the ever-present beauty of Tubbs Hill. One of these days, we'll have to make the CDA River thing' [...]
Item: Fired CdA officer files claim against city: Man says frivolous complaints led to termination/Alison Boggs, SR. Tort claim here.
More Info: A 17-year veteran of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department filed a $3 million tort claim against the city Tuesday, saying he was fired without cause following a string of [...]
"In today's very early hours, the Hagadone Corporation tested its annual Christmas decoration displays," e-mails Don Sausser, HBO's Eye On Sherman Avenue. "The 50-foot lighted tree topping the headquarters building required follow up to get everything properly lit."
Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRTravel weather still looking good/Mike Prager, SRCdA schools [...]
CdAMomof4: A new frustration with our school district. There are crowded classrooms and class sizes OVER the state recommended teacher to student ratio - but the district is spending money on yet another administrative position (see the special ed consultant position here). How crazy is this?
Question: Do you think [...]
CdAMomof4: A new frustration with our school district. There are crowded classrooms and class sizes OVER the state recommended teacher to student ratio - but the district is spending money on yet another administrative position (see the special ed consultant position here). How crazy is this?
Question: Do you think [...]
Item: AOL names Cd'A as one of best small towns: Get ready for a rebound ... In awhile/Alecia Warren, Press.
More Info: Last week in an article posted on AOL.com, Coeur d'Alene was featured as one of the best small towns in the U.S. for people to relocate to, [...]
In the "Gift That Keeps Giving" Department, Mary Souza @ OpenCDA.com now is insisting that she didn't take a swipe at Dan of the County re: the issue of military ballots. Quoth Proud Mary: "So now, I’m told, the Spokane gossip blog is going on and on about our questions'" [...]
On an OpenCDA.com comments thread Nov. 13, Dan of the County took issue with this statement by Mary Souza: “Then there are the military Absentee ballots that weren’t sent out in enough time. They’re supposed to have 6 weeks but only had about 3. All kinds of issues…”
Our military ballots [...]
Sarah Palin is like blog gold to me. Whenever I blogsit, she makes the news. Most recently, it's her upcoming book-signing in CDA. But the last time I blogsat, she resigned as governor of Alaska.
It's like she knows I'm out here. Alone. In the vast wasteland of blogdom, and she' [...]
Marianne Love gives us a taste of snow here:
[slightdetour.blogspot.com]
And spokelooneh offered a link to her fascinating article about Farragut: [www.mariannelove.com]
Keithincda says on Saturday PBS aired a documentary about Farragut “Americas Landlocked Navy.” You can purchase the video online at the KSPS televesion website or [...]
In this letter to the CDA Press the writer chides residents for their low-voter turnout. She concludes: "Someday, when your kids reminisce about how great it must have been to live under the Constitution of the United States of America, just explain to them that you were just so busy you didn't'" [...]
Do you really see Coeur d'Alene as such a miserable place controlled by big money and crooked politicians, or do fear it could happen and want to expose the next big political controversy. I read Mary Souza's open CDA web site and see nothing but paranoia and sensationalism. I listen' [...]
In his attempt to connect the dots, Bill McCrory/OpenCDA.com may be hinting that irregularities may have occurred during the City Council elections. It's hard to say exactly what she means by posting the Idaho codes for contesting elections for reasons other than the tightness of the vote. Bill ends by saying: "While'" [...]
CDAMom: Today is my daughters 21st birthday. She is all excited about this being her first day to legally drink. I on the other hand am thinking how quick it all goes by and wondering if I taught her enough, showed her enough examples of the right way [...]
At OpenCDA.com, Kage Mann tries to encourage kindred spirits who didn't get the change for which they voted. And he predicts offers 5 reasons why change will take place on the City Council in another 2 years:
The city will have to raise our property taxes to pay for all the' [...]No more elections talk. No more election TV ads.
No more phone calls for different candidates.
Did the many items pass in Spokane?
Did the jail pass in Cda?
Did the water dept. in Sandpoint pass?
Which was an unfair ballot, as Sandpoint water
is in Ponderay as well [...]
For some reason, I'm fond of this photo w/Spencer, taken at the 2008 Blogfest @ Capone's/CdA -- and it has nothing to do with that gaudy, plaid shirt that I'm wearing. (BTW, my brother, Frito Ray, is in the background at the right side of the photo. Frito Ray &' [...]
At OpenCDA.com, Mary Souza correctly points out the power of one vote after a municipal election that saw incumbents Mike Kennedy and Deanna Goodlander win by 5 and 29 votes. Then, she goes on to point out that Kennedy spent three times as much money as his challenger -- $22,000 [...]
COEUR D'ALENE CITY COUNCIL SEAT #2
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 28 OF 28 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jim Brannon. . . . . . . . . . 3,160 49.96
Mike Kennedy . . . . . . . . . 3,165 50.04
Total . . ' [...]
Re: Did Sen. Jorgenson violate campaign law: Brannon supporter exceeded spending limit, failed to file papework for insert/Huckleberries Online
I wonder why Editor Mike Patrick and the Coeur d'Alene Press didn't think that possible campaign finance violation by state Sen. Mike Jorgenson was important enough to mention in today's edition. [...]
In re-reading the post by Mary Souza at the top of OpenCDA.com today, I was struck by something that was missing. Here's the repeat: "This morning’s Press has big ads for the Mayor and one City Councilwoman. Their ads are huge, taking about a half page each, and are basically" [...]
Apparently, Dan Gookin, Jim Brannon, and Steve Adams are officially running as a ticket. At OpenCDA.com, the three have an advertisement (which also runs today in the Coeur d'Alene Press) that calls on residents to "Take Back Your City." The verbiage accompanying the ad states: "This morning’s Press has'" [...]
