Councilman Mike Kennedy raised $23,900 and spent $22,276 to be left with $1624 in his campaign kitty after winning a paper-thin victory over Seat No. 2 challenger Jim Brannon, who now is challenging the election. (You can see his final election report here.) Brannon, meanwhile, raised $6738 and spent [...]
Hurricane Sarah has come and gone, although she leaves behind a fairly funny video from her appearance with William Shatner on the "Tonight Show" Friday night here (link fixed). Meanwhile, we're waiting for the latest development on Jim Brannon's lawsuit against Mayor Sandi Bloem, Mike Kennedy and the other incumbents [...]
Mike Kennedy: Late summer of this year he came by my office and told me he supported me in my re-election and apologized for the events of four years ago as he had come to regret his involvement in the opposing campaign. I thanked him and told him an apology was [...]
In a three-page letter to City Attorney Mike Gridley and Councilman Mike Kennedy, which accompanied an amended lawsuit, attorney Starr Kelso (pictured) asked for a preliminary meeting to resolve issues -- and defuse acrimony from a public court fight. Kelso asserts that client Brannon want to resolve matters [...]
Huckleberries has learned that Kootenai County Demo chief Thom George and his wife, Melinda, 3948 Magnuson St., are hosting a fund-raiser for Councilman Mike Kennedy, to help defray legal expenses from Jim Brannon's challenge. Walt Minnick will be the guest speaker at the event, which will take place from 10 [...]
Responding to a conspiracy theorist that compares Councilman Mike Kennedy to a Chicago machine politician (where do they find these guys?), Mary Souza of OpenCDA.com is seeking doughnations for Jim Brannon's court challenge to the Coeur d'Alene elections. Writes Mary: "Anyone can donate by going to jimbrannon.com, where they can'" [...]
Jim Brannon is challenging Coeur d'Alene's Nov. 3 election, alleging that inadmissible ballots were counted in his five-vote loss to Seat 2 City Council incumbent Mike Kennedy. If the challenge is successful, a judge will decide what happens next. Represented by attorney Starr Kelso, of Kelso Law Office,' [...]
Today's the day that local political buffs have anticipated since it became apparent that challenger Jim Brannon wasn't in a hurry to ask for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy. Brannon has until closing time this afternoon to make a formal request for the recount. Then,' [...]
As you know, Jim Brannon has until 5 p.m. today to ask the state for an official recount of his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy in the Nov. 3 Coeur d'Alene municipal election. Also, those who may seek to challenge the election entirely have the same deadline for filing' [...]
We'll have to wait until Monday to see if challenger Jim Brannon is going to file a request for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy in their Coeur d'Alene City Council race. Or to see if there's some kind of attempt to overthrow the election results [...]
For those keeping score at home, Mike Kralicek, the former Coeur d'Alene police officer who was critically wounded in the line of duty a few years back, supports Councilman Mike Kennedy 100 percent. I just got off the phone with Kralicek. He told me that he called Mike Kennedy,' [...]
... that the latest cuh-razy notion circulating through the troops suffering Mike Kennedy Derangement Syndrome goes like this: Mike Kralicek was forced to campaign for Kennedy against his will because the police union made him do it. I'm serious. Kralicek, the valiant CPD Blue who was critically wounded in the' [...]
Coeur d'Alene City Clerk Susan Weathers tells Huckleberries Online that challenger Jim Brannon still hasn't filed a request for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Councilman Mike Kennedy Nov. 3. Brannon has until Nov. 30 to file for a recount. Meanwhile, Gary Ingram submitted a request for a [...]
