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Southerner Lauds CdA Race Stand

My family and I visited Idaho this summer and before our arrival some skinheads had distributed unsolicited flyers in neighborhoods that local authorities considered hate messages. The mayor of Coeur d'Alene and other elected officials called an outdoor, citywide meeting and made the statement that this kind of activity was not desired and that action would be taken against any perpetrator identified. I thought that this reaction by local leadership was astonishing as I was from the South and had never witnessed leadership calling out such acts. I also thought how wonderful it is for leadership to set the tone to what is and is not acceptable behavior/letter writer Jackie Bland in Hattiesburg (Mississippi) American. More here.

Question: Isn't this cool that someone from the deep south was here during the hands-across-the-border stand earlier this fall in response to the Aryan Nations leaflets?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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