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 [...]
The losing candidate in a tight Coeur d’Alene City Council race formally asked the city clerk for a recount Wednesday.Jim Brannon lost to incumbent councilman Mike Kennedy by five votes. Because that is less than one-tenth of 1 percent of all votes cast (6,325), Brannon had the right to make the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 . . ' [...]
... the HBO Poll today shows that you Merry Hucksters believe the incumbents will sweep to re-election. You were asked which 3 candidates did you think will win tonight. Final results:
Mike Kennedy 106Woody McEvers 102Deanna Goodlander 86Dan Gookin 40Jim Brannon 19Steve Adams [...]
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" [...]
At the Coeur d'Alene Press online site at the moment, you encounter a pop-down ad from Steve Adams seeking your vote in Tuesday's municipal election. On Sunday, Mike Kennedy had purchased the space for his pop-down ad. The ads appear as soon as you open the site. You have to' [...]
I was visiting my mother-in-law for dinner in Coeur d'Alene Place Sunday when the door bell rang. I heard a familiary voice when my mother-in-law answered the door, saying: "I'm Mike Kennedy, and I'm running for City Council." Not only was Mike at the door, but Mike Kralicek' [...]
If you wondered where Vinny Zito went after he checked in here to counter Mike Kennedy's campaign ad Thursday morning, you should check out OpenCDA.com. At the top of the page Saturday night, Zito is pictured with his arm around Jim Brannon and denies everything about Kennedy's' [...]
I have one thing left in my hopper from all the election coverage of the past week. So I'll grab it now -- the letter of support from former Hagadone Co. controller Art Flagan that will be circulated on Armstrong Park this weekend on behalf of Councilman Mike Kennedy. You' [...]
Councilman Mike Kennedy raised another $5033 in the latest filing period to boost his overall fund-raising to date to $22,069 (report here), in his battle to keep his seat from the challenge of Jim Brannon. Brannon reports this afternoon that he raised $2142 during the current filing [...]
Councilman Mike Kennedy: Apparently Jim and a “campaign aide” (I heard it was Duane Rasmussen but I didn't ask the reporter) went to the Press today and said they were “unnerved” that I was trying to get hold of him directly instead of “working through our campaign managers.” Really?' [...]
At the candidates' forum, some noticed Councilman Mike Kennedy jawing with challenger Jim Brannon somewhat intensely (heatedly?). Seems Kennedy had gotten ahold of a flyer that was being circulated by supporters of "Jim Brannon for Coeur d'Alene City Council." Using bold face headlines and underlines, the one-page flyer [...]
Question: How would you describe the candidates in three words or less (including ones from your own municipality [...]
... before the candidates' forum began at the Demo Club luncheon, Councilman Mike Kennedy, a well-known Democrat, admitting to Kootenai County GOP Vice Chairman Duane Rasmussen that he voted for George H. W. Bush (not George W. Bush, as previously stated here) in his first race in 1988 but not' [...]
In the closing moments of the Demo Club candidates' debate, Councilman Woody McEvers listened intently while Councilman Mike Kennedy and challenger Jim Brannon told listeners to go to their Web sites for more information. Challenger Dan Gookin would do the same. When Woody's turn game, he said: "I don't have a" [...]
Sam: I've seen some video of Councilman Mike Kennedy repeatedly question Larry Spencer about credentials while making public comment. Do you believe that an average citizen has to be an expert in order to have their say? Who is an expert is anything? Shouldn't a resident/voter/taxpayer be able [...]
Sam: I've seen some video of Councilman Mike Kennedy repeatedly question Larry Spencer about credentials while making public comment. Do you believe that an average citizen has to be an expert in order to have their say? Who is an expert is anything? Shouldn't a resident/voter/taxpayer be able [...]
