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 [...]
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 yet another newsletter, Mary Souza attacks the successful incumbents -- again -- including top vote-getter Woody McEvers, whom she hints doesn't have a spine. Noting that Woody won by an "incredibly close margin of 361 votes, she applauds challenger Steve Adams for doing an admirable job on'" [...]
Joker: Mary Souza was a huge loser last night. For all of her breathless rantings about conspiracies and corruption, she failed — again — to get one of her candidates elected. On top of that her archnemesis, Mike Kennedy, won by five votes. It has to kill her that [...]
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 [...]
I just had a brainstorm. Let's create a game where everyone uses paintball guns and the person who tags the most political activists wins. Here is my scoring system:
A candidate — 500 points.A spouse of the candidate 75 points.Children of a candidate 25 points.Unidentified sign waver 100 pointsMary Souza 1,000 points.Kage [...]
Mary Souza has sent out an emergency newsletter this morning, decrying the tactics of the opposition and urging her readers to sweep out the incumbents. She launches the alert by saying that the campaign has been "incredibly dirty!" And then she calls incumbent Mike Kennedy a liar. Quoth: "First" [...]
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" [...]
In her latest newsletter, Mary Souza gives her endorsements for City Council (ah, no surprises there), and then turns her attention to the attacks against Dan Gookin. Quoth Mary: "They are dragging out a few blog comments from two years ago, and trying to make them look like" [...]
MamaJD: In one day there's a column, two letters to the editor and a flyer. If I may channel Mary Souza for a minute: Kathy Sims and Sharon Culbreth each have letters to the editors today urging to look at the tax implications of LCDC and imploring us to vote the [...]
Sam: A columnist should always be truthful and accurate. A columnist should be forthcoming in how they came by information. A columnist should be honest when asked questions by the public and not ignore those questions or change the subject. The point is to be transparent with the public you're communicating with' [...]
First, I need to correct an error in sequence re: that Republican Women's Club get-together at Marge Chadderdon's home on Saturday. In a previous post, I said that Mary Souza responded to comments made by Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander, after the visiting national prez had called on Goodlander to say a [...]
At the Coeur d'Alene Press online site, Mary Souza adds a little detail about Jim Brannon's layoff/firing by Habitat for Humanity that has officially been missing. She claims that Brannon told her that his ouster was part of an intimidation campaign against him. Quoth Mary: "He told me, 'This kind" [...]
At OpenCDA.com, Mary Souza explains her side of the story re: that Republican Women's luncheon Saturday -- you know, the one in which Deanna Goodlander was asked to speak by the group's national president and Vice Chairman Duane Rasmussen of the local GOP Central Committee spoke out [...]
At OpenCDA.com, Mary Souza is trying to connect the dots to say that city officials are behind executive director Jim Brannon's layoff/firing/whatever at Habitat for Humanity. Quoth Mary in the comments section today (under "Smoking Gun"): "Interestingly, and somewhat surprisingly, the city of CdA gave Habitat a" [...]
