Mary Souza’s Newsletter 
Anti Recall people have been slinging personal insults, calling childish names and organizing intimidation against local businesses. They are trying to act big but, in truth, they are incredibly small.
And at last Tuesday’s city council meeting, they even tried to blame the Recall effort for all the personal anger and vitriol. That’s simply not true. This Recall is not personal. (more…)
Mary Souza’s Newsletter 
There’s a long standing, but ugly tradition of intimidation in our town. It’s trying to smother the Recall effort right now and it’s trying to block the public’s right to vote. But this time the intimidators are not going to win.
We have strength and safety in numbers, and thousands of people have already signed the Recall petitions. They are willing to stand up for what’s right. What’s the city going to do…try to come after 5,000 citizens? Remember, they’ll be out of office and will have no power to intimidate anyone. Isn’t that a very good reason for signing the Recall?
Let’s talk about some courageous community heros. (more…)
Wednesday night OpenCdA attended a meeting of about 50 community members to discuss the recall effort under way in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. At the close of the meeting, a man with a soft, peaceful voice asked if he could read a poem he had composed.
I wish everyone in Coeur d’Alene could have heard his poem as he presented it. There was sadness, strength, and resolve in his voice that the words alone on paper can not properly convey. Still, I asked him for permission to reprint his poem, and he graciously granted it.
Here is “SO YOU’LL RECALL,” written respectfully by Tom Kane, Coeur d’Alene since 1945. (more…)
Apparently Stop the Recall (“Decline to Sign”) had too many signs no one wanted, so they decided to deposit 12 of them in front of this recall supporter’s home near downtown Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (more…)
Several people have contacted us and said when they now try to comment on Mary’s post titled County Press Release – Recall Election Violations, they instead see the message “Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.”
We did not close the “comment” section, so this is apparently a software problem that we will try to fix or at least identify and then explain.
ADDENDUM AT 08:32: It was operator error — mine! Our software has a setting that tells it to shut off comments after a set number of days. I had it set to 14 days. It’s open again for now, however we may decide to go back to the 14 day setting. It should be possible for on-topic comments to be completed during that time.
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After reading Secretary of State Ysursa’s letter dated May 1 in OpenCdA’s post titled Is He Believable?, commenter “Chouli” responded by saying of Ysursa’s letter, “It isn’t logical.”
“Chouli” is correct — Ysursa’s opinion is illogical. It is also inconsistent with the way laws are written by citizen legislators. It is also completely inconsistent with Ysursa’s testimony in a hearing before the House State Affairs Committee in 2004. (more…)
What happened to the CdA Press? They’ve been suddenly quiet, keeping dramatic accusations off their front page during the last few days. I wonder why?
Any other thoughts, questions or comments on this sunny Monday?
Former District of Columbia City Councilman Harry L. Thomas, Jr. was sentenced to 38 months in the federal clink for one count of theft and filing a false federal tax return.
Somebody in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, needs to stand up and use Coeur d’Alene rationalizations to defend Harry Thomas’s conduct, and by golly, I’m going to do it! Are you ready?
He did it for the children! Look at all the good he was doing for them before he finally got caught stealing the money that was supposed to go to help them! (more…)
Recall CdA: Open M-F 10-6, Sat & Sun 10-4
Mary Souza’s Newsletter
We knew that this Recall process might trigger some push back; we were all aware of the big money and heavy political connections behind many of the power players. But I must say that the nastiness of those opposing this process is much worse than I ever imagined.
Currently there’s a secret recording from an unattributed source being published by the Press as legitimate news. There’s a former city councilman who came into the Recall office trying to get damaging information on our efforts. There have been constant attempts by the media to discredit the Recall effort. And there was a recent mass mailing of a Decline letter, chock full of misinformation. (more…)
The More-or-Less Press news/views/skews online posting on May 2 titled County drops suit, wants petitions by June 11 indicated that Secretary of State Ben Ysursa’s letter of May 1 to City Clerk Susan Weathers and County Clerk Cliff Hayes had played an important role in the County’s decision to dismiss its petition for declaratory relief.
In his May 1, 2012, letter, Ysursa stated that his determination [now] is that Recall CdA has some unspecified amount of time but clearly fewer than 75 days to gather valid signatures on its recall petitions. (more…)
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