November 3rd

Dan Gookin for City Council, running against incumbent Deanna Goodlander.  Dan’s web site = http://www.dangookin.com

Jim Brannon for City Council, running aginst incumbent Mike Kennedy.  Jim’s web site = http://www.jimbrannon.com

Steve Adams for City Council, running against incumbent Woody McEvers.  Steve’s web site = http://www.steveadamscda.com

Joe Kunka for Mayor… can’t find a web site for him, but I hear he did very well at the forum last night, presented by the Kootenai County Republicans.  In fact, I heard that ALL the challengers were great; that they were well-informed, well-spoken and passionate about representing the taxpayers!

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Getting closer to our modern era, here are a few more questions about racial equality efforts in our country’s history:

1.  Which was the party of the Klu Klux Clan?

2.  Which current US Senator was a high ranking member of the Klu Klux Clan and filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1964?  What is his party affiliation?

3.  What is the party of the Governor of South Carolina, later a US Senator, who put the Confederate flag to fly over the state capitol?

4.  Which party had the greatest percentage of votes to pass the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s?

It’s important for us in Northern Idaho to know this history and understand how the unfair use of the term “racism” can be destructive.

With the “race card” being played all over the political scene these days, those of us in northern Idaho often get caught up in the controversy, whether we want to or not.  I thought a history lesson might be good for us all.  An alert reader gave me this information:

1. Which political party was founded as the anti-slavery party?

2. What party passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution granting black people freedom, citizenship and the right to vote?

3. What party passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875, prohibiting racial discrimination in public accomodations?

4.  What was the party of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

This is the first section of the “quiz”.

There’s a brew-ha-ha going on in town right now, if you read the Press letters to the editor.  Recently the Kootenai County Democrats sponsored a Healthcare Forum.  They held it in the Community Room of the new CdA Library and video taped it for future broadcast.  The forum featured the head of Kootenai Medical Center, a local family physician, the head of the Dirne Clinic and a local business owner.  The moderator of the event was State Representative George Sayler, a Democrat from CdA.  Most or all of the people on the panel were well known Democrats.  The problem appears to be unfair access to put information on the city-controlled Public Access TV.  The Healthforum folks said it was a non-partisan event…hmmm….ok.   But here’s the rest of the story:   (more…)