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Check out the full-page Recall CdA advertisement on the back page (page 28) of the Nickel’s Worth for the week of May 25.  It’s on the news stands today!

You might want to get a copy quickly before all of them in Coeur d’Alene mysteriously disappear from the stands.  Even though the first copy is free and taking more than one copy would be theft, OpenCdA has heard a rumor that Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa will notify Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh that the state’s election laws supersede all other state laws including criminal laws.

Responding to frantic phone calls from his Corrupt d’Alene buddies, Ysursa will reportedly send an “Emergency  Action Notification” fax message to McHugh informing him that under Idaho’s election laws, the phrase “one copy free” doesn’t really mean what it says when it refers to the Nickel’s Worth containing one or more paid advertisements which Ysursa considers to be inimical to the interests of his friends in Corrupt d’Alene.  Always willing to comply without question to any directive from Ysursa, McHugh will reportedly tell local law enforcement agencies to disregard any otherwise larcenous disappearance of copies of this week’s Nickel’s Worth if the bearer of any purloined copies is wearing a “Decline to Sign” button or tee-shirt.

This is, of course, still all unconfirmed rumor … well, all except the ad in the Nickel’s Worth.

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.

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…)