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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 [...]
New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a two run home run against Philadelphia Phillies' Pedro Martinez during the first inning of Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series tonight. New York leads the series 3-2 and Game 6 4-1 (in the 3rd [...]
Hilde Kellogg, who turned 91 a few weeks ago, is receiving a very special belated birthday gift this afternoon when a park is named in her honor. Hilde Kellogg Park is on the corner of Idaho Street and 21st Avenue and just a few blocks from where Hilde's' [...]
Susie Pouliot, CEO of the Idaho Medical Association, tells an Idaho legislative committee on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 that if everyone in Idaho had health insurance tomorrow, there wouldn't be enough doctors in the state to treat everyone. Story here. (Betsy Russell/SR)
NIC Sentinel wins 'Best of Show' in national' [...]
Deanna: I appreciate those who voted for me. and I want to thank them. This was a difficult election for all of us, both incumbents and challengers. I believe that we need to carefully look at the issues in this race and see what we can do better. [...]
County voters approved construction of a new hospital and clinic in St. Maries. The request by the hospital board for authority to borrow up to $28.5 million for the new facilities passed with 67.9% approved. A 66% YES vote was required.
DFO: You can catch the headlines for other Benewah County [...]
Aliasjax: I'll defend the right to not vote as a matter of free speech. Not voting, as a means of protest over the failures or moral shortcomings of democracy, or how the system is “gamed” is a matter of free speech against the system. Principled non voting is as' [...]
It filled his house, then
spread next door;
it's now the size of
Baltimore.
The Bard of Sherman Avenue
[...]Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., left, holds a copy of the health care bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, to announce an amendment to the health care bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Question: How many congressmen do you think have read the health care proposal?
[...]Dan of the County: I just did a quick calculation of turnout in the city of Coeur d'Alene based on how many voted in the “high water” race for mayor. It came out at 29.7% which rounds up to the 30% projected number.
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Thanks to whoever egged our home Friday night, Oct. 30. My husband and I returned Saturday from Seattle where I am in the beginning stages of a stem cell transplant -- only to find that our home and car had been hit with an entire crate of eggs [...]
At about 5 a.m. today, the Boundary County Sheriff's Office was contacted by Burlington Northern Railroad personnel reporting the possible sighting of a body along their railroad tracks south of Bonners Ferry. Sheriff's deputies located the body and investigators decided that two men, Dustin Dodge, 25, and Jebediah Burney, 19, [...]
City Clerk Susan Weathers reports that the turnout within Kootenai County for the jail measure and the various city elections was 22.76% for all 78 precincts. She said she wouldn't know what the turnout for the city of Coeur d'Alene until Monday when the votes are canvassed.
[...]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 &' [...]
Voters in three Idaho counties slammed the door on measures that would have paid for proposed jails or jail expansions. In Kootenai County in northern Idaho, a $57 million bond and half-cent sales tax to expand the county's jail fell short of the two-thirds supermajority needed to pass. In Jerome [...]
They're never going to leave, you know. Those adult sons and daughters of yours who live in the basement. The food is too good, the accommodations too agreeable, and the alternatives too stark. Forty-five percent of parents over 45 now provide some financial support to their grown kids.' [...]
Boise City Council candidate Dave Litster sounded professional and analytical. He pointed out, accurately, that his opponent TJ Thomson had gotten into the race months earlier. No whining, in my book. Just a factual observation. Litster's de facto running mates, Lucas Baumbach and Dan Dunham, couldn't resist succumbing' [...]
Charlene Strong, right, plants a kiss on the cheek of Pete-e Petersen after the two were introducted at an Election Night party for supporters of Referendum 71, Tuesday in Seattle. Washington state voters on Tuesday were narrowly approving the state's new "everything but marriage" law that marks a significant expansion [...]
Update: City Clerk Susan Weathers tells Huckleberries Online that Brannon said he doesn't mind that the city do its regular canvassing on next Monday rather than tomorrow. That will begin a 20-day clock for the Attorney General's office to respond to his request.
Jim Brannon just told SReporter Alison Boggs: [...]
Bob Hedges, right, sits with his dog Chester, during Sunday services at at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. The 30-minute worship, complete with individual doggie beds, canine prayers and a tray of dog treats for the offering, is intended to reinvigorate the church's community outreach while attracting new members [...]
Question: What do you make of the election results?
Mike Kennedy: When your electoral vote count is less than the number of children you have, it's a close race. It's too early to unwrap the message. I'll benefit by decompressing. I genuinely believe this economy had a lot to do with' [...]
City Clerk Susan Weathers discusses w/Huckleberries Online the possibility of a recount in the Mike Kennedy/Jim Brannon race:
A recount is not mandatory for a city election. Jim Brannon hasn't asked for a recount yet. I've been trying to get ahold of him. He's not calling me back. I wanted to [...]
Mayor Sandi Bloem, who won re-election to a historic third, four-year term last night, discussed the 2009 election's close results w/Huckleberrie Online, beginning with the question: "How do you interpret the results of the election?")
Sandi Bloem: A lot more people voted this year. For that I'm pleased everyone should take [...]
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 [...]
Whew! In my 25 years in Coeur d'Alene, I haven't seen an election as close as the one last night. Now, I'll make a confession. I almost voted for LCDC antagonist Dan Gookin. Mebbe I was tired. Who knows? But I noticed when I double checked my ballot that I' [...]
Two male fiddler crabs fight on a beach on Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found that male fiddler crabs will happily defend a female neighbor against intruders, partly because the females will dole out sex in return, according to the Australian study published today. [...]
I think folks are satisfied with some of the accomplishments of the incumbents, but I think there has been a growing feeling that the city is going to the public trough for “projects” a bit too quickly. In other words, the public isn't against new libraries, etc, and' [...]
(Challenger Dan) Gookin said he doesn't plan to run again, but promised to keep a close eye on meetings and city dealings, as usual. "I definitely don't believe this is a mandate for the status quo in Coeur d'Alene, I think there are a lot of dissatisfied people in Coeur'" [...]
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 [...]
Frank Schubert, campaign director for Stand for Marriage Maine, claims victory for Yes on 1, Tuesday evening in Portland, Maine. Question 1 was the proposal to rescind the Legislature's approval of same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Question: How do you interpret last night's mixed results on the issue of gay [...]
Anastasia Schofield, 11, of Coeur d'Alene zips the coat that she chose at Harding Family Center in Coeur d'Alene recently. She and her grandmother Mary Tappen, right, took advantage of the Coats4kids program available at the center, that will run from 9am to 4p.m. until Friday.
Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR[...]With fewer than a third of the city's registered voters casting ballots, the challengers upended the incumbents in the Sandpoint City Council elections Tuesday. Marsha Ogilvie, Jamie Davis and Justin Schuck all chalked up wins at the expense of John O'Hara, Michael Boge and Helen Newton. ... In the contested' [...]
Each election has its "winners" and "losers" -- people who may have won or lost -- or weren't even on the ballot -- but emerge stronger as a result of the election. Who were the winners and losers in the local municipal races that were held Tuesday?
' [...]Item: Larkin cruises, Henderson prevails: Incumbents win 3 of 4/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: Post Falls city incumbents almost made it a sweep during Tuesday's election, taking three of the four positions. Mayor Clay Larkin and City Council members Ron Jacobson (seat No. 2) and Linda Wilhelm (No.' [...]
Item: Incumbents rule: But challengers take races to the wire/Alecia Warren & Bill Buley, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: After a slew of neck and neck races, voters chose to keep all incumbents on the Coeur d'Alene City Council, with Mayor Sandi Bloem defeating challenger Joseph Kunka, council member Woody [...]
Michael Ramirez/Investor's Business Daily
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