Is the public overlooking the behavior of these, and other, elected officials  just because they’re “nice”?  Or maybe their irresponsible behavior is accepted because of their longtime CdA family names, or the fact they’ve been around for many decades.  What do you think?   Here are Gary’s words:

“I’m tired of reading on this blog that Woody is a nice person. Every buffoon I’ve ever encountered is a nice person. His reasoning is non existent, his use of the English language would embarrass his elementary school teachers. His presence on the city council is more importantly, dangerous.” Comment by Gary Ingram— June 21, 2009 @ 9:46 pm

Ironman is done and the barricades should be down now, another successful competition complete.   The weather seemed the worst in years.  Did you go?    Any other comments, ideas, suggestions for the week ahead?

Here’s what Wallypog had to say about Councilman McEver’s official pronouncement that he just “trusts” NIC to do the right thing with the most open-ended zoning, C-17, for the mill site land.  Do you think Wallpog goes too far?

Would this ‘trust’ be the same ‘trust’ we once held for the Mayor promising that no city funds would go to the Kroc Center? Or is this the same ‘trust’ afforded Council-toady Kennedy and his no additional funds promise for the new library or selling the old library? Who does Woody think he is kidding?

Woody exactly what are you going to do (as you promise) if something does not go the way it should? You just handed these people a blank check and they can do whatever they want with it and you cannot stop it. The only thing you can do is say “Oh darn” I won;t make THAT mistake again. Well Woody THAT mistake has been made time and again. Just look at the emergency fund balance if you want proof. Puppet.

Hey Woody, I’ve got some prime land in the everglades to can have for only $3 million. TRUST me, it is a steal at this price.

Comment by Wallypog — June 19, 2009 @ 12:53 pm

CdA City Councilman Woody McEvers made some *amazing* statements during the deliberations on the zoning change for the Ed.Corridor properties last Tuesday night.  NIC and the Foundation were strongly pushing for the blank check of C-17 zoning, which would allow them to do almost anything, at almost any height, even near the river.  About 6 citizens spoke against the unrestricted zone, and one of them was the President of the Fort Grounds Homeowners Association, who spoke for a large number of the neighbors:  They want the more protective zone that NIC’s campus carries now, which is R-17.   Here’s what Woody said, as his reasons for supporting the full C-17:  (close paraphrase) Ya know all those people down at NIC and the Foundation are nice folks.  They’ve always been good about stuff.  I know there’s no plan, but we should just trust ’em.  After all, they’re the government, and if you can’t trust the government, who can you trust?  Woody went on to say: And if they want to sell off some of the dirt to make a little money, why not?  I say, go for it, we trust ya.

My wonderful husband, Rick, made a short 6 minute video of last Friday’s Tea Party 2 event in Post Falls.  It gives a good overview of the speakers, music and activities.  Please take a few minutes to check it out:

Here’s the You Tube link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ8iHQG_e7o&feature=channel_page

The Tea Party Two gathering in Post Falls last night drew close to 700 concerned citizens, even though the time conflicted with Car d’Alane.  The tone was more serious than at the first rally back on Tax Day. This one underscored how genuinely worried folks are about the direction of our country.  It was informative.  It was thoughtful.  And it was a serious call to action.  There were 10 committees established for people to sign up, learn more, follow the news and lead the way for North Idaho and the country.  The web site for the local, ongoing Tea Party/We the People effort is: http://IdahoTEA.org

Cheers to those who spent so much time and money to organize this event!  (free food, beverages, music, park, etc.)

Any comments, ideas or questions?  Here are three photos from last night.  (click “more” to see the last two)

Tea Party Two, Post Falls, June 12, 2009,

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Wanna know how to revive the economy?  GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY!  In the latest “what country are we living in?” episode, Congress is working on a bill that will hamstring Fed-Ex.  Why?  Because Fed-Ex, as an airway-based business, operates under different rules than UPS, it’s much bigger competitor.  UPS has to deal with the Teamster’s union and the proposed legislation will force Fed-Ex to do the same.  What a bunch of baloney.  Oh, but the congressman from Minnesota, Democrat James L. Oberstar, who is slipping this sneaky 200 word provision into another bill, has been heavily funded by the Teamsters and UPS.  With this kind of trickery, it will be a miracle if business is able to survive.

You can read the whole Washington Times editorial here:  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/09/kneecapping-fedex/?feat=article_top10_read

Get your wallets ready. The tax assessments came out a couple days ago and most people saw a decrease in the value of their property.  But that doesn’t mean your taxes will go down…Au Contraire, get ready to pay up and pay big!  This morning’s Press reports that NIC just raised their budget by the maximum 3% allowed by law and prepare for the city and county to do the same.   The additional  knife in the wallet will be if the city and/or county say they have to take the dreaded FOREGONE taxes too.  (NIC is already taking their Foregone taxes from our checkbooks to buy the overpriced Mill site.  No, you didn’t miss a vote on that, they didn’t give us one.)

Any comments, questions, sob stories?

“Lower taxes, better service, more funding and little or no change to existing employees would be anticipated with the merger, Keck said.”  This statement is by Eric Keck, the City Administrator of Post Falls, in a Press article this morning. http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2009/05/26/news/news04.txt

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Brad Jordan is Chairman of the CdA Planning and Zoning Commission.  He also sits on the LCDC Board.

Brad is a local realtor and was an owner of GMAC Realty, which has now closed its doors.  Brad and his partners in Jordan, Hill and Hall, Inc. have declared bankruptcy, leaving a total of $650,000 in assets and $5 million in debts.

This morning’s Press ran the article about it, but we can’t link to it because it’s not online.  The Mayor, Tony Berns from LCDC, Deanna Goodlander and other officials all were quoted in the paper as saying it’s no problem at all.        Do you agree?