Loyalty Oath?

Remember all those years of frustration watching the CdA City Council sitting up at their high desk, nodding their heads in agreement with almost every vote, while the common folk sat silently below?  I always wondered why nearly every decision was unanimous.  Well now the reason has become clear.

Our City has what is akin to a Loyalty Oath!  It’s part of every new council member’s paperwork and they are asked to sign it.  I’m not kidding.  Lucky for us that our two new city council members, Dan Gookin and Steve Adams, refused to sign it because they realized their loyalty is to the people, not other government officials.  (more…)

Massive Money Mess in Midtown!

The best word for the Midtown mess might be “Boondoggle”, which is defined by my dictionary as “work that is wasteful but gives the appearance of having value”.  And the second definition goes even further: “a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft”.  (How did they know?)

I attended the Midtown meeting last Thursday night, where the American Legion hall was full of neighborhood folks, most of the City Council, some city staff, several LCDC members, area business owners, concerned citizens and two representatives from the Boise-based “The Housing Company” (THC). The meeting was not organized by our local officials, it was called by the neighborhood because they are not happy. (more…)

Whom Do You Trust?

I started to title this newsletter, “Flip Flopper”, because it’s about Councilman Mike Kennedy and his radical opinion changes on McEuen Field. But then, on Sunday, Mr. Kennedy had an unbelievable Letter to the Editor in the Press, which spun the subject way past flip flopping, into the realm of purposeful mistruths with very selective wording.

Let’s start with his letter.  First Mike announces that the city is now going to compromise! “This week the Coeur d’Alene City Council voted for significant compromise on the McEuen Park project”, Mike wrote.   (more…)