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TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 2009



While We're Waiting ...

... the HBO Poll today shows that you Merry Hucksters believe the incumbents will sweep to re-election. You were asked which 3 candidates did you think will win tonight. Final results:Mike Kennedy 106Woody McEvers 102Deanna Goodlander 86Dan Gookin 40Jim Brannon 19Steve Adams

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Brannon Campaign Responds 

As I mentioned to you on the phone, we were pleasantly surprised to see that Mike Jorgenson and his wife were endorsing Jim's candidacy. We had heard rumors that some people were wanting to do something to support Jim, but we did not know who…

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Election Day Wild Card -- 11.3.09 17 

Someone wondered yesterday what I'll do on Huckleberries Online, once the election is over. No question, the election campaign has been a blast here, per usual. I'll spend tonight tracking results and Wednesday tying up loose ends and reports that don't make it onto the…

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Kerri: Seeking Office Is 'Personal' 14 

“Don’t take it personal.” I recall more than one well-meaning person saying those words to me in 2001 after I was roundly trounced in my bid to become mayor of Post Falls. I had to laugh. Nothing is more personal than putting your name on…

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ORG XMIT: IDLEW101 Sacajawea Jr. High teacher Kelli Smith of Lewiston is named the Idaho Teacher of the Year Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, selected from more than 15,000 teachers in the state. Smith is a graduate of Lapwai High School and Lewis-Clark State College. (AP Photo/Barry Kough, Lewison Tribune) (Barry Kough / The Spokesman-Review)

PM Headlines -- 11.3.09 

Sacajawea Jr. High teacher Kelli Smith of Lewiston is named the Idaho Teacher of the Year Tuesday, selected from more than 15,000 teachers in the state. Smith is a graduate of Lapwai High School and Lewis-Clark State College. Story here. (AP Photo/Barry Kough, Lewison Tribune)Made…

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ORG XMIT: PX101 In this photo provided by the Bedford County, Pa. District Attorney's Office, Evelyn Border is seen holding a sign in front of the Bedford County courthouse in Bedford, Pa. Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009.  Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins says in exchange for Border and her daughter, Tina Griekspoor, both of Bedford, agreeing to hold the signs, he'll ask for probation instead of jail when they plead guilty. The mother and daughter will be outside the court for forty-one-and-a-half hours, until 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Higgins says they swiped a gift card which a girl set on a shelf while a WalMart employee helped her. (AP Photo/Bedford County District Attorney's Office) **NO SALES** (The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 11.3.09 

Evelyn Border is seen holding a sign in front of the Bedford County courthouse in Bedford, Pa., earlier today. Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins says in exchange for Border and her daughter, Tina Griekspoor, both of Bedford, agreeing to hold the signs, he'll ask…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 11.3.09 

5:31 p.m. R/P @ 21649 H53 reports that his neighbor displayed a gun and is threatening to shoot him.5:25 p.m. 14YO boy in 1300 block of Boyd is throwing things at his mother.4:30 p.m. A woman in her 20s is unconscious and needs to be…

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Gridley: State Set Donation Limit 

Coeur d’Alene city attorney Mike Gridley says the campaign finance law that Sen. Mike Jorgenson may have violated when he ran a $1,090 ad for Coeur d’Alene city council challenger Jim Brannon is a state law, not a city ordinance. Idaho Code 67-6610A limits contributions…

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Joker's Candidate Paintball Scoring 23 

I just had a brainstorm. Let's create a game where everyone uses paintball guns and the person who tags the most political activists wins. Here is my scoring system:A candidate — 500 points.A spouse of the candidate 75 points.Children of a candidate 25 points.Unidentified sign…

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Sen. Jorgenson Admits 'Boo-Boo' 12 

Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, says he didn’t mean to violate campaign finance laws when he placed an ad for Coeur d’Alene City Council challenger Jim Brannon, and he’s working with Coeur d’Alene City Clerk Susan Weathers to clear the matter up. “I was just…

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Hanging Out On Street Corners 28 

In the Election Watch today, there are two entries re: candidates and their supporters hanging out on street corners with signs, soliciting the votes of passing motorists. Councilwoman Linda Wilhelm heads an incumbent group, that has included Mayor Clay Larkin and Councilman Ron Jacobson at…

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Like Mother, Like Daughter 

Tina Griekspoor is seen holding a sign in front of the Bedford County courthouse in Bedford, Pa. Tuesday. Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins says in exchange for Griekspoor and her mother Evelyn Border, both of Bedford, agreeing to hold the signs, he'll ask for…

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PM Election Watch -- 11.3.09 

2:34 p.m. Herb Huseland: I voted in Bayview around 12:30. There were two others voting while I was there, but again light turnout. The Timberlake Fire commissioners two vacancies has caused some interest and hopefully Spencer's endorsement of two fine candidates won't backlash against them…

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Semanko To Speak On City Elections 

It was a little surprising to get a media advisory today that Idaho GOP Chairman Norm Semanko will hold a press conference call tomorrow morning “to discuss the 2009 elections and what they mean for Idaho in 2010,” because Idaho’s 2009 elections - today is…

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Crump: Custer Was A Democrat 14 

A reader places an Election Day bet that rock-ribbed Republican Idaho doesn't have a single county named after a Democrat. Hate to take his 50 cents, but Dems nearly outnumber Republicans among Idaho's 44 county namesakes: Jefferson, the eastern Idaho county named after the third…

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ORG XMIT: WASPO101 **ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 31** In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2009. Barb Moore is seen in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Moore, who recently earned a graduate degree in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, did her thesis on how black bear populations move around looking for food during years of poor huckleberry production. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Kathy Plonka) **COEUR D'ALENE OUT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT; TV OUT** (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

HBO's Inland Northwest -- 11.3.09

Barb Moore, who recently earned a graduate degree in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, is seen in Coeur d'Alene. Moore did her thesis on how black bear populations move around looking for food during years of poor huckleberry production. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Kathy…

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Noon: Should You Narc On Your Kid? 18 

In a 9:55 a.m. entry on Scanner Traffic Monday, a Post Falls mother reported to police that her 19YO son had drug paraphernalia in his vehicle. In The Know applauded the woman for having the courage to report her son: Good for this mom!!! There…

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ORG XMIT: MNDUH201 FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 20, 2009 file photo, a motorized chair driven by Dennis Anderson of Proctor was operating when he hit a parked vehicle in August of 2008. Proctor's police chief fears the city will lose a big chunk of revenue after it was forced to repost the sale of the infamous motorized recliner on eBay. The police department recently confiscated the customized lounge chair after its owner was suspected of driving it while drunk and smashing it into a parked vehicle. Police auctioned the chair under the La-Z-Boy brand and received eBay bids topping $43,000 after news of the drunken driving arrest circulated.  (AP Photo/Proctor Police Department via Duluth News Trubune, File) (Proctor Department / The Spokesman-Review)

Unsafe At Any Speed 

In this file photo, a motorized chair driven by Dennis Anderson of Proctor was operating when he hit a parked vehicle in August of 2008. The police department recently confiscated the customized lounge chair. Police auctioned the chair under the La-Z-Boy brand and received eBay…

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HBO Poll: CdA Council Races 

Tuesday Poll: 52 of 95 respondents (55%) said Mayor Sandi Bloem of Coeur d'Alene will attract a higher percentage of the vote than Mayor Clay Larkin of Post Falls (33 of 95, 35%). Meanwhile, 10 Merry Hucksters predict an upset in one of those two…

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AM Election Watch -- 11.3.09 29 

You can report what's going on at your precinct, candidate sightings or anything else about the local elections today under this thread:11:57 a.m. My brother, Frito Ray, reports there were 7 voters at the Nazarene Church poll when he voted just now and that poll…

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