APhoto of the Day -- 4/11/06
Jennifer Nettles of the group Sugarland is passed through the crowd after diving into the audience at the CMT Music Awards show on Monday in Nashville, Tenn. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/John Russell)
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006
Question of the Day -- What To Do W/Murals?
Issue: Lynching murals in courthouse spur debate: Legislature will meet in facility during Statehouse remodel/John Miller, Associated PressDFO: This one should be a no-brainer, despite what historians want. Although the murals are an accurate reminder of this country's sordid history, they shouldn't be in the…
Quick Fix 6 -- 4/11/06
1. APhoto Fix: Proof of the rap group D12 ,attends the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome, Nov. 18, 2004. The rapper was shot to death early today at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road in Detroit, a publicist said. The death of Proof --…
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006
P.S. -- "Big Jim": A Beloved Ex-Californian, RIP
Issue: Good-bye, 'Big Jim': Friends honor late owner of Athol, Idaho, tavern/Erica Curless, Spokesman-ReviewKey Paragraph: Big Jim (shown above in family photo) was born in Minnesota on the 200th birthday of President George Washington, Feb. 22, 1932, the oldest of six children. After high school,…
Idaho House OKs Property Tax Relief Again
The House has just voted 53-16 in favor of a new property tax relief bill – this one amended into SB 1404, an unrelated bill about school bonds that already had passed the Senate. The newly amended bill now matches up with HB 678, a…
The Pigeon: Further Cause To Be Humble
Although his brainis but a dot,the pigeon flieswhile you cannot.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Eye On Boise: Legislature Passes Open Meeting Law
"SB 1492a, the amended bill to preserve the Idaho Open Meeting law but add a provision that legislative committee meetings can be closed in certain “extraordinary” circumstances specifically laid out in House or Senate rules, passed the House on a 64-1 vote, with just Rep.…
Mailbag: Rami Asks Backers To Quit HBO Thread
Rami Amaro, candidate for 1st District judge: As a candidate for judicial office, I am extremely disappointed in many of the posts made by my opponent's supporters on this blog as well as on the former blog related to this race. This is not the…
Dan of the County: Candidate Web Sites Available
I wanted to let the HBO readers know that we will be posting a link to any county candidates websites that we are aware of. They just need to pick the 2006 primary on the drop down list of elections on our county elections website…
Question No. 2 -- Property Tax Relief
Issue: Pull old proposal out of the freezer: Property tax relief crucial before Legislature adjournes/Coeur d'Alene PressMore (from Press editorial): "Depending on your perspective, the 2006 Idaho Legislature is either dashing valiantly to the finish line or spinning recklessly out of control. Unless a property…
SR Edit: President Needs To Come Clean
The White House won't directly comment on the latest bombshell in the Valerie Plame case, which baffles even those who had given the president the benefit of the doubt. A court filing last week says that the president and vice president authorized the leaking of…
Quick Fix 6 -- 4/10/06
1. APhoto Fix: Former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling, left, talks to his attorney Daniel Petrocelli as they walk to the federal courthouse for the start of the 11th week of his fraud and conspiracy trial today in Houston. Skilling is expected to take the stand…
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2006
Text: Larry Spencer's Boise Radio Ads
The copy for Larry Spencer's radio ads for the Boise area this weekend is as follows:SPENCER “Hello, this is Larry Spencer. I’m an Idaho native and I am paying for this ad because I believe property tax reform is important to Idaho.WOMAN: My property taxes…
Wild Card/Saturday -- 4/8/06
Another busy week officially ends for me this morning with this post. I'll be busy today. But I'll check in to see how things are going here. Enjoy yourselves with this Wild Card ...
Question of the Day -- 4/8/06
Issue: Firefighters block public release of documents/Bill Morlin & Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-ReviewMore: The Spokane firefighters union is attempting to block the public from seeing a file of city documents detailing the case against a fireman who quit after admitting on-duty sex with a teenage…
Mailbag: Modern Femme Sexual Mores
Sara: "Feminine" and "masculine" aren't really relevant to ethical behavior. You're totally misconstruing the sexual freedom women have availed themselves of to say that "women think that if they want to be liberated they need to act like immoral men." You may not be comfortable…
WND Poll: Will The Real Judas Please Stand Up?
Issue: The Judas we never knew: New text tells nothing more about relationship with Jesus than does Jesus Christ Superstar/Christianity Today Question: What do you believe about Judas? 1. I knew it all along – he's the hero 2. Martin Scorsese told it right in…
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2006
P.S. You Worry About Global Warming, I'll Cuddle
Issue: The liberal baby bust: Conservatives could take over simply by having more kids/USA TodayMore: Childlessness and small families are increasingly the norm today among progressive secularists. As a consequence, an increasing share of all children born into the world are descended from a share…
Top Cutlines -- 4/7/06
In this photo provided by California Grown, Gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White holds products from the Golden State while filming a public service announcement for California Grown on Thursday in Del Mar, Calif. California Grown is a consumer education campaign designed to encourage Californians to…
Pretty As A Picture -- 4/7/06
Molly Wagner, a junior in the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music dance program, stretches her muscles before a dress rehearsal for "Dance! in Celebration of the 100 Year Anniversary" program at White Concert Hall on the campus in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday. The…
Progress Continues Along Northwest Boulevard
Issue: Cd’A developers to build office, retail complex there Printer-Friendly Version: Estimated $8 million project to be built partly on old Mad Mary’s site/Emily Brandler, Journal of BusinessMore: "Coeur d’Alene real estate broker John Beutler, who owns Century 21 Beutler & Associates, says that he…
F-Words: Seeing Rape Culture
"About a year ago, I was in an ice cream shop with my spouse deciding over cookies and cream or orange sherbet when a group of about six or seven late high school or early college-aged guys came in, with a blonde girl of the…
HBO's Best of the INorthwest -- 4/7/06
Law enforcement personnel crawl on their hands and knees Thursday in Lakewood, Wash., in a grid of yellow crime scene tape looking and marking possible evidence in the murder of Adre-Anna Jackson. Police confirmed Wednesday that human remains found near a school are those of…
Mailbag: We Want Property Tax Relief Now
Claude D. Waalz: I hate to interupt the Democrat Underground screaming points, but the issue of North Idaho property taxes is WAAAY more important to me. There are retired mine, mill and Kaiser workers being taxed out of their houses and the Boise Buttheads ignore…
APhoto of the Day -- 4/7/06
In this photo provided by California Grown, Gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White holds products from the Golden State while filming a public service announcement for California Grown on Thursday in Del Mar, Calif. California Grown is a consumer education campaign designed to encourage Californians to…
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