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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 2004

Hagadone Gardens (Elder)

Hi, Dave:I think your thoughts are right on! Anytime a city can create a destination feature at no cost to the tax payer, with additional benefits, such as jobs, tax revenues, etc., it needs to receive a lot of positive consideration.Jim Elder

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Rumorama

Seems the Repub CC spanked Joisse Knowles Tuesday night for serving as treasurer for Constitutionalist Rose Johnson, a long, long, shot, in that three-way race in House District 5. A motion to censure Joisse and ask for her resignation as a precinct committeewoman was passed…

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Extra! Extra!

The Salvation Army in Idaho announced today that it will seek funding from the estate of Joan Kroc (pictured) for the construction and operation of a $20 million Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Coeur d’Alene.In making its decision, the Army accepted the…

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Peanut Gallery (In The Know)

Longshot Tyler Smith hit the campaign trail on Tuesday night and may have gained a few votes for his NIC trustee candidacy. He attended the GOP Central Committee meeting and made a brief statement in which he acknowledged the position was non-partisan. He declined to…

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Hagadone Gardens (Johnston)

Dave-O:I must snap you back to reality! The Big-D's plans might sound good on paper but in all reality they might not be all they're cracked up to be. Seek examples from other projects, such as the downtown St. Maries revitalization project (thought to be…

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Hagadone Gardens (Badraun)

Dave,The Duane certainly does present impressively, doesn't he? It's like the persuasiveness of Lyndon Johnson. George Wallace after a meeting with Johnson was to exclaim " I had to get out of there fast or he would have had me marching for civil rights in…

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Hump Day Quick Fix 6 (10/27/04)

Bush wins! Bush wins! Bush wins! Finally, we have the poll that matters most (thanks to In The Know) -- The Weekly Reader Presidential Poll. As the parents go, so go the children. And children in grades 1 through 12 went for Dubya in TWR…

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.