You do not want to miss this brand new, 2 minute video expose of government waste from ABC News. It’s shocking.
April 24, 2009
April 23, 2009
Finish this Sentence…
Here’s a little group participation exercise, just for fun. Come on, give it a try.
“Summer in Coeur d’Alene is like…
April 22, 2009
Lawyering Up
The Wednesday, April 22, 2009, Coeur d’Alene Press has an article written by Tom Hasslinger and headlined LCDC considers hiring attorney. Hasslinger reports “…the local attorney would ensure LCDC was following appropriate procedures during its meetings.” How many attorneys does the LCDC need? (more…)
Helicopter View!
Here’s what the CdA Tax Day Tea Party crowd looked like from above. Quite a group.
If you haven’t seen the fun, 7 minute video of the event, just scroll down this page a few topics and you’ll find it.
April 21, 2009
SIGTARP Report to Congress
News media are reporting that Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General – Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), has opened 20 criminal investigations and 6 audits related to fraud and abuse of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. Another news source is reporting, “… the probes involve possible public corruption; corporate, stock and tax fraud; insider trading; and mortgage fraud.”
Here is a link to the 250-page SIGTARP report.
Closed for Your Protection?
Event organizers and citizens who attended the April 15 Tax Day Tea Party at Independence Point in Coeur d’Alene had an opportunity to personally see how the City of Coeur d’Alene had wasted about $50,000 of our tax money. The 10′ x 26′ Coeur d’Alene Police and Fire Public Safety Building, so vacuously foisted on taxpayers by Police Captain Steve Childers and City Finance Director Troy Tymesen in March 2008, sat locked and unoccupied at the very kind of event for which they had avowed it was so desperately needed.
April 16, 2009
We The People
Written and presented by: Brent Regan (©2009, Brent Regan)
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho “Tea Party” April 15, 2009
(This is the excellent speech Brent gave yesterday–well worth the review!–Mary)
We the people.
We are generations bound by an eternal dream; we are blood of their blood, flesh
of their flesh, our forefathers who formed a more perfect union, realizing that we
the people are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights.
Tea Party Review!
The Tea Party was an inspiring event. More than a thousand people! The security folks said it was more like 1,300-1,500. Here are some photos:
April 15, 2009
Troutman: “Most Aldermen Are ‘Ho’s'”
Another now-former city official, Chicago 20th Ward Alderman Arenda Troutman (shown left), was caught up in a federal public corruption sting. In Chicago, city council members are called aldermen; their districts are called wards. On Feburary 9, 2009, Troutman was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for mail fraud and tax fraud.
Sometimes people ask why so many corruption prosecutions are federal rather than local. It’s a good question.
April 14, 2009
Are You Concerned?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, will be commemorated by national tax day tea parties across the country.
Is there anything in this Department of Homeland Security report released April 7, 2009, that causes you concern about the preservation of fundamental rights to peacefully assemble, speak, petition for redress of grievances, and keep and bear arms?