Write-In Wins Right To Face Nonini
STATE REPRESENTATIVE, POSITION A, District 5 DEM Austin Alexander Folnagy (write in) 77 100% REP Bob Nonini 2,426 100%
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008
DOTC: Still Counting Precinct Committee Ballots
Whew...1st chance to take a minute to take 5...yes, the regular absentee ballots show up first and have been counted, however the absentee precinct committee people were on separate paper ballots that had to be hand counted and we will still be adding in those…
U.S. Senate (865 of 941 Precincts)
Matt Cilley/AP PhotoRepublican Jim Risch addresses a crowd at the Republican headquarters on Tuesday in Boise. Idaho voters on Tuesday chose Risch and Democrat Larry LaRocco in their respective U.S. Senate primaries, pitting two longtime rivals against each other in the Nov. 4 general election.UNITED…
Idaho -- President (823 of 941 Precincts)
DEM Hillary Clinton 14,043 38% DEM Keith Russell Judd 667 2% DEM Barack Obama 20,586 55% DEM None of the names shown 1,863 5% REP John McCain 75,468 70% REP Ron Paul 25,517 24% REP None of the names shown 6,700 6%
Parting Question -- Ron Paul's Vote %
In an April 25 file photo by Mike Vogt/Idaho Press-Tribune, Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, prepares to sign one of his books, titled "The Revolution," as he chats with his supporters at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.Question: OK, HBOers, it's time to…
APhoto of the Day -- 5/27/08
Charlie Litchfield/Idaho Press-Tribune, APAustin Clow, of Melba, Idaho wrestles a steer during the Idaho District II High School Rodeo Sunday at the Caldwell Night Rodeo grounds in Caldwell, Idaho. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. In an effort to improve the town's image, the City of…
CPD Blue Cracks Down On Under-age Parties
On Friday, Coeur d’Alene police began their crackdown on under-age parties. The result of the emphasis is as follows: Party at residence near 10th and Montana-Three Minor in Possession of alcohol charges resulting from a traffic stop of a vehicle that left the residence.
IdaBlue: Crossing Over To Vote Repub
I'm going to vote today, and I'm going to vote a Republican ballot. I'm not doing it to make mischief, but rather to have a say in who represents me. In my district, the only Democratic candidate is Sharon Fisher, which means that the other…
No Robo-Calls For Candidate Cramer
One of the political professionals that I spoke to encouraged me to use recorded phone calls to likely voters--and at about $0.10 to $0.11 per call, it was cheap enough that I could have had the robots call every likely voter in the district for…
Online Poll: DUIs
Question: How many DUI convictions should the law allow before a prison sentence becomes mandatory?/Billings Gazette.*None, the first DUI should require prison.*One DUI*Two DUIs*Three DUIsKXLY video of alleged CDA DUI crash that killed 10-year-old boy Monday night here
HBO @ Noon: Sydney Pollack
Michel Spingler/AP Photo In this Sept. 9, 2006, file photo, U.S actress Meryl Streep and director Sydney Pollack arrive for the screening of the film "The Devil Wears Prada" at the 32nd American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France. Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a…
My 2 Cents: Believe It Or Not, It's Election Day
In the Something Should Be Done category, Idaho's primary election Tuesday underscores one of three actions that is needed: Either the primary election should be moved a week, one way or the other, when it falls after Memorial Day. Or the primary election should be…
Hall: Teddy Disgraced, Redeemed Himself
A promising young man once did something so unforgivable that it seemed his transgression might earn him an early admission to hell. But someone up there apparently decided that would be too easy for him. It's as if he were condemned instead to spend the…
Update: Boy Killed, Mother, Brother Hurt In CDA Crash
At 9:47 p.m. Monday, Coeur d’Alene police responded to a fatality accident at 4th St. and I-90. Upon arrival officers witnessed the driver of the suspect vehicle run from the area. Officer Gilmore pursued the male on foot and arrested him shortly after. Witnesses stated…
DOTC: One Vote Can Change History
What a difference one vote can make. A one vote difference on the Supreme Court would have made all the difference for our country and tens of thousands of friends, families, and loved ones of our military. Not to mention the incredible impact on our…
WND Poll: Online Search Engines
Item: Memorial Day 'war': Yahoo vs. Google: Competing search engines offer different takes on U.S. holiday/WorldNetDailyQuestion: What is your preferred online search engine?1. All the Web 2. Alta Vista 3. AOL 4. Ask 5. Clusty 6. Dogpile 7. Excite 8. Google 9. KartOO 10. Lycos…
MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008
Breaking: Serious Crash @ 4th & I-90
Breaking News: anyone there on the Spokesman desk have details of what must be a bad fatality accident in Coeur d'Alene? I've just heard bits and pieces on the scanner but the coroner and English Funeral and a chaplain are in route and there's frantic…
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008
Eye on Boise: Idaho icon J.R. Simplot dead at age 99
J.R. Simplot, the billionaire potato baron who made a second fortune launching a Boise microchip company, died today at the age of 99. Simplot is the former father-in-law of Idaho Gov. Butch Otter. A self-made man who quit school at the age of 14 to…
WND Poll: Why Did Subway Dis Home Schoolers?
Item: Subway sandwich contest: Homeschoolers not wanted: Spelling-challenged promotion offers gift 'bastket' to winners/WorldNetDailyMore Info: What do you think of Subway specifically excluding home schools from its essay contest? 1. I'm glad. Homeschooling has undermined the public school system – it needs to be discouraged…
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2008
High Water Closes Spokane River Footbridge
Larry Reisnouer/SRPeople in Spokane interested in seeing the downtown falls as they cascade through Riverfront Park are not able to use the footbridge that crosses the south branch of the upper channel of the Spokane River. Water has been splashing over the bridge making it…
Theaters Raising Ticket, Popcorn Prices
Item: Moviegoers' eyes could pop at the price of corn: At least one Boise movie theater may raise its ticket and food prices next week as a result of rising corn and gas costs. One national movie chain upped prices Friday/McClatchy Newspapers.More Info: Partly because…
OrangeTV Review: Country Music
Several years ago, I took a pop music history class and developed a new appreciation for the original, old-timey country sound. I discovered the various joys of the original singing cowboys and the unhinged croon of Hank Williams, the Nashville Sound of Patsy Cline and…
WND Poll: Nationalizing Oil Companies?
What do you think of talk about nationalizing the oil companies?/WorldNetDaily1. It's long overdue – the free market is failing us2. Energy is far too important to be left in the hands of profit-maximizing corporations3. If not now – with gas approaching $5 a gallon…
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008
TGIF Wild Card -- 5/23/08
We've reached closing time on Friday before a three-day Memorial Day weekend. I doubt that I'll visit the local cemeteries on Memorial Day. But I do visit on other days, particularly when I walk home after work. I enjoy walking among the tombstones, reading inscriptions.…
Best of the Local Blogs -- 5/23/08
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoOn the east side of Tubbs Hill, Lake Coeur d'Alene's Sanders Beach shoreline is rising up the seawall. At the nearby 11th Street Marina, Hanna and Associates parking lot is filling with floodwaters but the sandbags are at the ready/Kerri Thoreson, OnLocation…
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