Looks like this summer storm will be over us most of the day.  Good time to go to the Property Rights in Kootenai County workshop, presented by the County, today at 5:45 pm in the Community Room in the CdA Library.  Here’s the article on this subject that was in the Press last week.  Any thoughts on this or other topics?

Update:  The presentation is by the County, as I’ve just corrected above, but Brent Regan will be there to ask questions and share his views.

I am stunned to read what John Austin wrote on the Spokesman’s  gossip blog about our friend Marv Lekstrom who died last Sunday evening.  Here’s John’s comment, in full:

JohnA on June 12 at 7:16 p.m.

“I felt really sad when I saw Marv Lekstrum died. Until I saw that he signed Mike’s recall petition. Now I just feel sad. The only thing I can figure out is that Lakes Highway District, on which he was an elected official, loses money each year LCDC is in existence and he thought to his dying day that recalling these folks would end that diversion of cash. In any event I am saddened by the fact that he died but equally saddened by the fact that one of his last functions was to sign a recall petition.

It brings up an interesting point. What happens if the signer has passed on? I’m guessing it is a valid signature. Kind of like when the levy for the Post Falls High School passed by one vote and it was later determined that an elderly lady had voted absentee in favor of the levy and then died before it could be counted. I always thought a room at the school should have been named for this lady but I’m probably just a little morbid about such things. 🙂

RIP Marv, even if you were a little misguided at the end.”

The tastelessness of John’s comment is incredible.  Marv just died.  He hasn’t even been buried yet and John is insulting Marv’s political decisions and wondering if Marv’s signature on the Recall petition is valid now that he’s dead.  OMG!  I am stunned at the lack of basic human respect.

Here’s a news flash to you, John Austin, and to all the other gossip hounds associated with the Spokesman blog:  Marv Lekstrum didn’t just decide to sign the Recall petitions in some “misguided” move at the end of his life.  Marv was part of our organizing committee, starting way back in February!  (more…)