•  Gookin is opposed to the public schools saying "Parents such as myself gave up on them long, long ago, preferring to put our kids in private schools or home education." (Posted by Gookin under his blog name Dang, July 8, 2007).
• Deanna saw the wisdom in the construction of a community center with pools where children could learn how to swim. Gookin’s blogging record contains many angry tirades against the Kroc Center. He is against the Property Tax Homeowners Exemption, saying "The Homeowners exemption is a scam." (Posted by Gookin, June 12, 2007)
• Gookin has even opposed the minimum wage. On January 15, 2007, he wrote "To have the Feds dictate the rate from on-high is stupid. It’s bad for Samoa, it’s bad for Idaho, it’s bad, Bad, BAD!"/Bev Moss, Thom George, Mary Lou Reed from mailing sent out to local Democrats. More here.

Question: Are you surprised that these three prominent Democrats would support Republican Deanna Goodlander in a nonpartisan race?