Leslie Stratton Norris and the Ladies of the Lake Harp Ensemble will be giving a free concert on Wednesday, June 2 at 7 p.m. at the Coeur d’Alene First Baptist Church, 424 Wallace Avenue, Coeur d’Alene.
They will be playing classical, Irish, popular, and folk music. The program lasts about one hour. The concert is free, but donations are accepted to help purchase the music for the group.
Because of its acoustic properties, First Baptist Church is a terrific venue for a harp concert.
Leslie isn’t the only talent in the family. Look at what her husband Mike builds!
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Commenting on another post, Ancientemplar observed: “Looks like Rally Right has a working majority in the Kootenai Republican Central Committee.”
Here’s the question: Based on what you know about Rally Right and assuming Ancientemplar’s observation is accurate, what changes do you expect to see in the future positions and performance by county elected officials including the prosecutor, the county sheriff, and the district court judges?
Time to wait and see, people. The polls will close tonight at 8pm, with counts starting to come forward about 8:45 – 9:00pm. But as one of our astute readers said,
Dan English is still counting the votes, so how much trust can we place in the system? Your thoughts? Who are you supporting?
OpenCdA.com has added two local news organizations to our blogroll.
The first is LarryShook.com. The best way to “tease” his website is to say that he probably has few friends among the Cowles family or The Spokesman-Review newspaper’s editorial staff . And he’s not likely to get the key to the City of Spokane from Mayor Verner either!
The second is Your Local Capitalist. It’s a local free newspaper that focuses on a few stories of local interest and tells them completely. What a refreshing change!
Please take time to visit these sites. You should be pleasantly surprised.
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The graphic accompanying Mary Souza’s Newsletter post titled The City Council is a “Rubber Stamp” suggests the City automatically OK’s everything it sees. Almost, but not quite.
Some material the public should know about will quickly receive a completely different stamp. The City used that stamp (shown left) to limit information about the November 3, 2009, city election contest lawsuit filed by Jim Brannon.
Read on.
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Mary Souza’s Newsletter
Don’t get mad at me…I’m not the one that said it. The city’s own legal counsel said it at Friday’s hearing about the Election Contest. I couldn’t believe it.
Attorney Mike Haman, representing the City of CdA, was dancing fast as he tried to answer a question by Judge Hosack about the City Council’s role in the City election. Mike Haman argued that the City should not be added back into the election lawsuit, saying the City played absolutely no part in the election; that they contracted everything out to the County.
Seasoned Judge Hosack showed his experience and wisdom when he responded to Attorney Haman. The judge calmly asked about the role of the City Council when they acted as the “Board of Canvass”. (This is their official role at a Council meeting six days after the election, where they not only ACCEPTED the election tallies produced by the County, which have since been shown to be inaccurate, but the City Council CERTIFIED the results of the election with a unanimous vote.) It was the lawyer’s answer to the judge’s question that prompted my headline.
Attorney Haman, obviously caught off guard by the judge’s astute question, tried to downplay both the function of the City Council and their responsibility for the CITY election. He said, basically, yes, they were the Board of Canvass and yes they certified the vote tallies but, Attorney Haman said, the City Council was just a “RUBBER STAMP”.
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Today’s hearing in the election contest of the November 3, 2009, Coeur d’Alene city election will be at 3 p.m. in Courtroom 9, Kootenai County Justice Building, 324 W. Garden Avenue, Coeur d’Alene. Be sure to allow ample time to find parking and be screened through security.
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The Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation has posted a few of its public corruption cases of interest. Look at the headlines below, then click on this link to read the details of each case. Many of these investigations were joint investigations with other agencies.
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Commenters on another post have begun an interesting discussion. Kootenai County, Idaho, has an elected three-person Board of County Commissioners. Should their number be expanded? Should they be replaced by an appointed and hired County Administrator? Should there be both an elected Board and an Administrator? What should Kootenai County residents consider in deciding what form of county administration will work best for Kootenai County in 2010 and beyond? I’ve brought forward most of the comments from the other post.
On April 29, 2010, state Senator Michael Jorgenson filed a lawsuit against Dan English in his official capacity as Kootenai County Clerk. Jorgenson alleges that English owes a duty to all registered voters of Kootenai County to apply and interpret the election laws of Kootenai County equally and without prejudice.
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Jorgenson also alleges that English has breached his duty to the Plaintiff (Jorgenson) and all registered voters of Kootenai County. Here is a copy of the entire
summons and
complaint filed by Senator Jorgenson’s attorney, Jason S. Risch, Risch Pisca PLLC, Boise, Idaho.
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