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February 28, 2009

When Did They Plan to Tell Us?

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 3:25 pm

hyenasThe February 27, 2009, Idaho Business Review  reported the Idaho Attorney General’s Office is asking the Senate State Affairs Committee to revise Idaho’s Open Meetings Law.  The IBR article was written by Brad Carlson and headlined Idaho Senate panel mulls Open Meetings Law revision.

Carlson’s IBR article says, “The proposed changes to the Open Meetings Law reflect input from attorneys, news organizations and public agency officials.”  That’s an interesting lineup of players.  A little more identification would have been helpful. (more…)

Open Session, Weekend

Filed under: Open Session — mary @ 3:20 pm

imgp3881 I’m pining for Spring. (pun intended)

We haven’t had an open session for awhile.  There’s a lot going on, so any comments, ideas?

February 26, 2009

A Reader’s View of Coeur d’Alene

Filed under: Cartoons,General — Dan @ 4:18 pm

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Here is a most excellent cartoon drawn by an OpenCdA reader, Adrian. Such talent! Thank you Adrian!
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Attorney General Declines to Charge LCDC Chairman

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 1:54 pm

(Boise) – The Attorney General’s Office has concluded an investigation of allegations of conflicts of interest regarding Lake City Development Corporation (LCDC) chairman Charles Nipp. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office notified Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh that the Attorney General will not be filing criminal charges. (more…)

Where Was Wood?

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 12:45 pm

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Today’s Coeur d’Alene Press reports that the North Idaho College administration has finally begun to formulate a campus evacuation plan. 

The newspaper  failed to ask a very obvious question:  Why didn’t Christie Wood, the present Chairman of the NIC Board of Trustees, push for an adequate campus all-hazards emergency response plan long ago? (more…)

The Blue Eagle

Filed under: General — mary @ 6:03 am

180px-newdealnra I must have missed this part of History class, or it was never included in the textbooks, because this is bizarre.  In our own nation, during FDR’s “New Deal” of 1933, we had price controls, work hour restraints and enforcement patrols.  Companies were not allowed to sell their goods for less than the set price, so as to eliminate “dangerous competition”.   The Supreme Court finally struck down the NRA (National Recovery Act) as unconstitutional in 1935.  (more…)

February 24, 2009

The Ever-Morphing LCDC Mission Statement

Filed under: Observations — Dan @ 2:56 pm

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I just got back from the LCDC’s web site. Apparently it’s supposed to be “revamped” or something, as was suggested by the LCDC’s taxpayer-paid $35,000 PR flack, hired to make the LCDC look less evil. Who knows whether that worked? Regardless, during my visit I noticed that the LCDC’s mission statement has, once again, changed.
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I am a Parrothead!

Filed under: General — mary @ 1:49 pm

imgp3994 And proud of it.  My wonderful husband of 30 years, 4 kids and a 25 year old business and I are both Parrotheads, which means we enjoy Jimmy Buffett’s music.  Why do I tell you this?—it has nothing to do with local issues.  Well, apparently business is slow over at the Spokesman Review’s gossip blog, so they ran a photo of us, similar to this one, from the Buffett concert down in Vegas last October.  Who knows where they got it, and I don’t care.  It’s important to have fun and it balances out our lives.  Cheers!  Or as Parrotheads would say, “Phins Up!”

February 23, 2009

Raymond Hanson

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 6:58 am

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 Raymond A. Hanson

February 21, 2009

Kootenai County Emergency Planning Meetings

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 12:42 pm

oem-logo-kootenai-county-jIf you were reading the Saturday, February 21, 2009, Coeur d’Alene Press and made it to page C4, you may have seen the headline “Public meetings slated for hazard mitigation.”  If the headline stimulated you to read on, then you already know some — but not all — of the following information.  Regardless, this is information you should have. (more…)

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