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Ah, Silence …

Nov. 4, 2009 6 p.m. • 6 comments

No more elections talk. No more election TV ads.
No more phone calls for different candidates.

Did the many items pass in Spokane?
Did the jail pass in Cda?
Did the water dept. in Sandpoint pass?
Which was an unfair ballot, as Sandpoint water
is in Ponderay as well as Kootenai, and neither
town got to vote on that. A good question is why?
After all we are stuck with the higher bill with out
choices, where Sandpoint decides our fate.

Ah peace and quiet… I hope

Cis/From A Simple Mind

Update: Maybe not so quiet in Coeur d’Alene.

Question: Are you looking forward to political “silence” for awhile? Or can a person ever get away from the noise of politicking?

Six comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Phaedrus on November 04 at 5:43 p.m.
i am looking forward to some quiet, in about 30 days. ;-)
Me on November 04 at 8:38 p.m.
DFO - I am so thankful to you and the SR for providing this site. I really appreciated the back and forth here and all the information. It made the local races so much more than they have ever been for me before.

Thanks for everything you did, and especially for keeping things civil and providing a forum for everyone. It was not one sided here - all could be heard.
intheknow on November 04 at 9:30 p.m.
Im looking to veg for a couple of days… 4 elections - 2 victories/2 loses.. 50/50 - the pay is the same for me, but I wish the pay off would have been better for the two that lost…
Cis on November 04 at 9:47 p.m.
yes, it was nice to comment and read last night… sure was boring up here, having to wait until the paper came out at 6am. and then short article… boy do I live in the back woods.
so thanks
Liz on November 05 at 12:11 a.m.
A big resounding YES!!!
Slim on November 05 at 8:26 a.m.
Several years ago,while running for office, when asked by DO during a pre election interview, what the biggest challenge was in city government..I said that the councils in both CDA and PF did not understand the workings of URDs, nor knew what they could become. They had NO CLUE how they worked and the deals made to get there.I think that as the years have rolled forward some still dont know, but are starting to get it. They are a great tool for citys, but only if used with care.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.