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Here’s your last chance to get in some comments, questions or ideas for 2009— the New Year is quickly upon us! Here’s one question: What do you think was the biggest local story of 2009? Nominations?
December 29, 2009
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Brannons untimely termination from H4H a brazen example of dirty politics at its worst…. right here in good old CdA.
Comment by Wallypog — December 30, 2009 @ 6:04 am
The firing of Jim Brannon, followed by the not so subtle threatening letter in the Press. Back off your lawsuit or you’ll never get another job???? How can that be tolerated? I would like to think that most people here are decent and caring, moral and ethical. Then I remember the (non) voter turnout. To say nothing of the “who cares” CDA council. It is truly depressing.
Comment by rochereau — December 30, 2009 @ 10:41 am
My nomination for the biggest local story of 2009 is the City Council/Mayor elections that came within a whisker of victory for Jim Brannon and the challenge against the election results which may just put Jim on the council after all. It seems to me that to qualify for “The Biggest Story”, the event must have the greastest impact on the largest number of people. So while individuals who may have made the news for doing good things for the commumnity or received awards for doing so, or other noteworthy local happenings, good or bad, which affect a limited number of people, none that I can recall meets my test stated above. So Jim Brannon’s campaign, the negative stuff that happened during the campaign, the discovery of voter disenfranchisement resulting in a legal challenge against the election after a loss by five votes out of over 6000 cast, seems to affect the greatest mumber of people regardless of how it may yet be decided.
Comment by Gary Ingram — December 30, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Gary, I agree, the impact of this year’s razor-thin victory for two of the three city council seats was historic. And the subsequent legal challenge, currently in progress, could be the biggest story of 2010!
Comment by mary — December 30, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
Obama signed an ‘executive order’ giving full diplomatic immunity to Interpol agents in the US.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416512/posts
I called the Kootenai Sheriff’s office to get their take. They passed the buck into ‘phone tag.’
My question was … “What is the Sheriff’s position on this? If the WORLD COURT decides that Idaho Stryker/Army Reserve/National Guard commanders in Iraq/Afganistan should be tried for ‘alleged’ war crimes at the Hague, would the sheriff allow INTERPOL agents to arrest them in Kootenai county?
No reply so far.
What does Bill think?
Comment by Zapatista — December 30, 2009 @ 10:43 pm
Zapatista,
Here is a link to the executive order the article cited.
Here is a link to the International Criminal Police Organization – ICPO, more commonly known as INTERPOL.
Given the nature of the ICPO’s mission, I don’t know that its already limited operational authority in the US has been increased by the amendment. The ICPO is principally an information and communications coordinator and clearinghouse, not an independent law enforcement agency. Procedures already exist for requesting and coordinating the detention and extradition of a US citizen from the US to another nation to stand trial. The extradition of John Demjanjuk is a recent example.
Comment by Bill — December 31, 2009 @ 6:33 am
Thanks Bill-
I was aware of the past status of ICPO but, as things seem to be radically changing by the day, was interested in why an EXECUTIVE ORDER if things were so smooth. Is ICPO aquiring more ‘policing’ powers, rather than administrative?
[By the way, I wondered about the Demjanjuk case while it was (is) going on. Would Madison approve?].
Comment by Zapatista — December 31, 2009 @ 10:20 am
“What do you think was the biggest local story of 2009? Nominations”?
I think that the so-called EDUCATION/
COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR will always be a top story IMO. Especially, if LCDC is involved with it in some way?
Some people are upset about their property taxes going up in KC.Even though most have lost some value in their properties.It’s a rare event when that happens, but hold on to your wallets, because they will probably, raise our property taxes again next year.There’s alot the citizens of this county will have to pay for eventually like:’the ED/COMM
CORRIDOR etc.It’ll be interesting to see what NIC does with the 127 acres on the prairie.
Comment by kageman — December 31, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
Give or take the order of this, but these are a few that I think were tops.
1. Elections Contest and resulting lawsuit
2. Riverstone Condo’s that didn’t sell and drastically dropped in value
3. Pro Se lawsuit again NIC and Foundation
4. I hate to put it on the list but, the Kroc Center opening
5. Local Tea Parties
6. Mary consistently made it as news on local “other” bogs
7. Those great photos that Bill captured of City Hall falling asleep and voice recordings. “If you can’t trust government, who can you trust?”
8. City Hall had to cough up first and last names with salary disclosures
9. There were no earthquakes or major floods in the area
10. I thought it was cool that Ingram was recognized concerning the OML.
Happy New Year!
Comment by Stebbijo — December 31, 2009 @ 4:32 pm