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. [...]
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' [...]
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 [...]
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'" [...]
I had a moment of clarity a coupla nights ago re: the challengers in the City Council races. If any of the challengers succeed, he will be the source of much mischief on the council over the next four years. He won’t have the votes to do anything. [...]
They continue to attack the city and its representatives as dishonorable individuals. However the most honorable have made this city the community it has become. I am so disappointed to see that the challengers would make this about them and not about the citizens of this community. When you accuse [...]
"In a last ditch effort to put their campaigns over the top," comments Aliasjax, "challengers in the upcoming city elections are out with new campaign slogans":
Dan Gookin: "Gookin...for dummies!"
Jim Brannon: "Aim, Ready, Fired!"
Steve Adams: "I won't earn my pay."
Joe Kunka: "I agree with Sandi"
Question: Can you think' [...]
Mayor Sandi Bloem holds an enormous fund-raising edge over two challengers, raising another $3072 during the current filing period for a total of $7435 (report here). She has spent $5171 to date and has $2264 on hand for the last week of the campaign. Challengers Joe Kunka [...]
Give me a few moments to digest the campaign finance reports of Mayor Sandi Bloem, and council challengers Jim Brannon and Dan Gookin. I'll post the info and links ASAP ...
' [...]In the comments section, Phaedrus brings up an interesting point re: the failrure by the Reagan Republicans to file campaign disclosure statements as the newby organization lobbies on behalf of challengers Dan Gookin, Jim Brannon, and Steve Adams. It'll be interesting if we see a reprise of the last election' [...]
On the Web site, Reagan Republicans make this claim before endorsing the three challengers for Coeur d'Alene City Council: "With Democrats Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid spending billions on massive corporate baliouts, we cannot stand by as liberal Democratsand their allies on our Coeur d'Alene CityCouncil spend millions" [...]
We're going to have at least one hot topic to discuss Monday -- the attack of the Reagan Republicans on behalf of challengers Dan Gookin, Jim Brannon, and Steve Adams against the "liberal Democrats and their allies on our Coeur d'Alene City Council." I'll post a pdf to the RR's [...]
"By the way, the crowd was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans though I was impressed by the Republican attendance. I had spent more than few hours this morning with rain coated excuses from some of our Democratic regulars, who enjoyed themselves a little too much last night" [...]
Here's my disappointment, all of the challengers write on their websites and elsewhere a number of allegations etc., about malfeasence at city hall, but when seated next to the person they accuse, they were silent or, often, agreed with the position of the incumbent. It was stunning. I purposefully [...]
The learning curve is steep for challengers. Clay Larkin, the two-term incumbent who comes across as a friendly grandpa in a fleece vest, arranged and paid for a candidate forum at a popular coffee spot early Saturday morning. He wants his opponents to get a chance for live [...]
