Digital Fog Rides Again
If you have video capability, you can see why Digital Fog is on top of his game today here and here. If not, enjoy the newspaper headline posted by DFog above.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 2005
Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 11/9/05
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire speaks at a rally for Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels Tuesday night in Seattle. A tax-revolt initiative peeling back a record $5.5 billion gas-tax hike in Washington state was defeated Election Night.1. Don't look now, Seattle Mariners fan, but all-time M's winningest…
Huckleberries Election Nuggets
*Wedding bells will be ringin' for Fire Chief Kenny Gabriel and his gal, City Administrator Wendy Hague, Dec. 10. At the Bloem/McEver Election Night celebration last night, Gabriel described himself as the blind pig who found the lovely acorn. (For those keeping score at home,…
Winners & Losers
An unidentified supporter of Mike Kennedy reflects on the enormity of his candidate's big win last night and wonders how a handful of Huckleberries bloggers/blurkers could have posted such nasty things about Mike during the campaign. (Yeah, HBO knows who the unidentified supporter is.)Huckleberries Online…
Huckleberries AM Headlines
*Kootenai County voters reject sales tax for jail expansion/Erica Curless, Spokesman-Review -- A lousy campaign highlighted by continual bashing from the Coeur d'Alene Press and Concerned Businesses of North Idaho -- and the measure still attracted 62%. Wonder what would have happened if the Fiddlers…
Q & A -- Endorsements
Question: I'm curious: If reporters go through all the trouble of trying to maintain a lack of bias throughout a campaign, then why does the press bother to endorse any candidate? -- Dang.DFO: You're talking about two distinct functions of the newspaper. The reporters, indeed,…
Q & A
Question: DFO, will you do an endorsement vs victory rundown for us? I know the Spokesman endorsed Kennedy and Bodman and the Press endorsed Souza and McAvoy. The SR favored the jail issue and the Press opposed. Curious to see which paper came out ahead…
TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 2005
Mike K: First HBO Blogger Elected to CDA Council*
Mike Kennedy, holding his son Max, 2, pumps his fist after returns show him well ahead of Mary Souza and Dan Yake in the race for an open seat on the Coeur d'Alene City Council Tuesday night. Kennedy's friends and supporters had gathered at Crickets…
Deanna Wins 3rd Term
Deanna Goodlander, left, an incumbent Coeur d'Alene City Council member, applauds returns showing her barely leading Susie Snedaker in her reelection race Tuesday evening. Goodlander eventually beat Snedaker 55% or 45%/SR photo by Jesse Tinsley.
Northern Lakes Fire District Elections
NORTHERN LAKES FIRE COMMISSIONER DIST 1 Edward L. Campbell 233 8.95 % Larry R. Clark 959 36.83 % Richard L. Halligan 498 19.12 % Alan A. Washburn 914 35.10 % NORTHERN LAKES FIRE COMMISSIONER DIST 3 Dennis L. Amende 1,516 60.71 % F. Dean McMillen…
Rathdrum City Council
Top 2 win Kenneth Hayes 255 27.78 % Fred Meckel 183 19.93 % Carmon O'Donnell 127 13.83 % Jesse Ojala 199 21.68 % Dan Tesulov 154 16.78
Post Falls City Council Seat No. 4
Joe Bodman 559 42.19 % Joe Doellefeld 262 19.77 % Jackie McAvoy 504 38.04
Complete CDA Election Results
COEUR D'ALENE CITY MAYOR Sandi Bloem 4,211 76.16 % Joseph B. Kunka 1,318 23.84 % COEUR D'ALENE CITY COUNCILPERSON SEAT #2 Mike Kennedy 2,726 48.89 % Mary W. Souza 1,343 24.09 % Dan Yake 1,507 27.03 % COEUR D'ALENE CITY COUNCILPERSON SEAT #4 Steven L.…
Councilman-elect Kennedy
With 74% of precincts reporting:Mike Kennedy 2077 48%Dan Yake 1208 28%Mary Souza 1082 25%Hat Tip for illustration: Family Phil
Grieving Carolyn Schrock Forgives Driver
In this undated photo made available by the Schrock family, Carolyn Schrock meets with Clifford Helm at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Schrock met with Helm, the driver of a car involved in a head-on collision in which her five children were killed Nov.…
Top Cutlines/Election Day
An unidentified supporter of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is punched on the nose by an anti-Arroyo supporter at the University of the Philippines earlier today. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. Still suffering from a sinus infection, Dave Oliveria receives a nasal irrigation from Lesley Presley…
The Big One
Lottery co-winner Frances Chaney, left, makes remarks while family members and friends look on during a news conference after their ticket was verified at the Oregon Lottery Commission earlier today in Salem, Ore. “I'm still in disbelief that we won the big one,” said the…
Bre Makes HBO's Day With Her Vote
I'm going to vote today. This will be my first time voting in a non-presidential election. I usually don't vote because I know nothing about the issues so I'd have no idea who I was voting for. But this time is different. This time I…
Will Avista Follow Suit?
Spotted today in uptown CDA, gas for $2.24 a gallon; the news says we're back to "pre-Katrina" levels. I wonder, then, if Avista will back off its proposed rate increases correspondingly, seeing as how things aren't as expensive as they were, say, a month ago.…
Extra! Height Restriction Discussion Canceled
Seems someone mentioned to the Coeur d'Alene Planning & Zoning Commission that Election Night might not be the best time to discuss building height restrictions. So, HBO hears, the items re: the height restrictions have been pulled from the agenda. The meeting, however (despite earlier…
I'm No. 8, I'm No. 8
Doesn't look good for the turnout today, folks, when I voted at 8 a.m., an hour after the polls open -- and was only the 8th voter at a fairly big precinct. Pleaz let HBO know how the turnout is at your polls.
Peanut Gallery -- Another $50 Million?
I see by today's d'Pressing that the school district may seek a $50 million levy for a new school. Hmmm. Let's see. $50 million for a new, improved jail, $50 million for a new school. To paraphrase a quote attributed to the late US Senator…
WorldNetDaily Poll -- 11/8/05
Illustration: Jay D. Dyson/Sacred Cow BurgersIssue: French Cabinet OKs curfews to stop rioting: Violence rages for 12th night, measures in effect at midnight/Associated Press What's the best solution for France's rioting? 1. Negotiate with the Muslims 2. Create a commission to study the problem 3.…
MONDAY, NOV. 7, 2005
P.S. -- 11/7/05
OK, friends and neighbors, as you know tomorrow is Election Day. What do you expect from this blog? Total neutrality? Behind-the-scenes action, if I find out about things going on that won't be reported until it's too late (See: City Clerk takes Shellman/GOP CC to…
Best of the Local Blogs -- 11/7/05
Illustration: Architect Jim Tibbs of Grants Pass, Ore.*Herb Huseland/Bay Views reacts to the amazing faith on display from Carolyn Schrock, the Mennonite mother who lost all her children in that recent horrific two-vehicle accident, here.*Fresh off a lengthy mention in USA Today, Mari Meehan/Dogwalk Musings…
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.
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