Joker (re: $40,000 bond miffs OpenCDA crowd): Mary and the gang forgot that if you want to change the system – from the courts or anywhere else —you’re going to need money – a lot of money. A cocktail hour fundraiser isn’t going to cut…
Harwood, R-St. Maries, said he wasn’t deterred by the attorney general’s opinion. “Y’know the supreme law of the land sometimes is maybe not always right,” he told the committee. “There was a prohibition law and that was not right. .. They ended up turning around…
No, this isn't the court scene after Judge Benjamin Simpson ruled that plaintiff Jim Brannon must post a $40,000 bond within a week to continue his lawsuit against City Councilman Mike Kennedy yesterday. Rather, the scene shows handcuffed and restrained defendant Anthony Montgomery throwing a…
Tuesday Poll: 76 of 96 respondents (79%) disagreed with the Pocatello Tea Party's claim that Idaho needs a militia to protect the state from a variety of dangers, real and imagined. 18 of 96 (19%) said the state needs a militia.Today's Poll: Do you agree…
At OpenCHRG.com, Mary Souza isn't happy with Judge Benjamin Simpson's decision to require that Jim Brannon post a bond of $40,000 to continue in his lawsuit to overturn his five-vote loss to incumbent Mike Simpson. She called the decision "arbitrary" and "stunning" and insists in…
A few months ago Butch Otter, the governor of Idaho, was soliciting ideas to help his state in these times of economic duress. Now it’s been years since I called Idaho home. But I still feel enough Spud State attachment to want to help when…
Gonzaga seniors Matt Bouldin and Will Foster finish their last game at home in the McCarthey Athletic Center after beating Cal State Bakersfield Tuesday night. (Dan Pelle/SR)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRRain moving over region by afternoon/Mike Prager, SRCommissioner Currie lashes back at comp plan criticism/Terry Harris,…
Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has been on the board of the National Rifle Association since 1983, when he was in the third year of a 28-year congressional career that ended in 2009. But Craig's re-election may be problematic, according a story in Wednesday's Washington…
Challis McAffee, fresh from his guilty plea to assault after pulling a .357 Magnum on a man, is going hunting tonight. His target: Republicans in Name Only. McAffee, a Ron Paul supporter, is leading an insurgency aiming to control the Idaho Republican Party organization. Tonight's…
Gonzaga's Chris Pontarolo-Maag looks to shoot gainst Cal State Bakersfield's Stephon Carter during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Spokane Tuesday. Gonzaga won 78-59. Jim Meehan's SportsLink story here. ESPN boxscore here. (AP Photo/Rajah Bose)
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
