There was an interesting letter from John Barlow of Coeur d’Alene in the Sunday, October 27, 2013, Coeur d’Alene Press. He was endorsing Steve Widmyer for Mayor, and his endorsement letter included this sentence:
“Every organization that has interviewed all the candidates so far has wholeheartedly endorsed Steve Widmyer for mayor”
Really? Barlow’s letter was clearly limited to the mayoral candidates, and all the mayoral candidates were interviewed at both The Coeur Group Forum on October 2 and the North Idaho College Republicans forum on October 14. OpenCdA was not aware either of those organizations had endorsed Steve Widmyer. We would appreciate it if someone could provide OpenCdA with copies of those organizations’ letters or statements of endorsement.
OpenCdA wonders if letter writer John Barlow is the President of Hagadone Real Estate Holding Co. identified on the Hagadone Corporation website. According to the Secretary of State’s voter information webpage, there are two persons named John Barlow registered to vote in CdA City elections. One lives on E. Fernan Hill Road and the other lives on 22nd Street. The letter to the editor does not indicate which, if either, was the letter writer.