Jay Baldwin, joint director of communications for North Idaho College, will moderate the Coeur d'Alene candidates' forum at 7 o'clock tonight in Room 106 of the Meyer Health Building, sponsored by campus Young Republicans and the Communications Department. All eight candidates have RSVP'd that they'll be there. On a related note, this will be one of the last duties Jay will handle in his current position. He tells Huckleberries Online that he's the victim of a "Brannoning." In other words, he's a casualty of the recent round of budget cuts ordered by Gov. Butch Otter. E-mails Jay, an HBO blurker: "I wanted to say that I’ve enjoyed the blog very much and that I have learned a lot re: what blogs can mean to a local community." Jay'll remain an instructor at NIC & LCSC through the end of the semester in December.