Incumbent state schools superintendent Tom Luna touts his business background. Challenger Stan Olson is running on his 40-year career in education. The job isn’t so easily pigeonholed. And it is decidedly political. A successful superintendent must be able to navigate a treacherous landscape, during some…
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 because she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. She was convicted of disorderly conduct and a violation of a local ordinance. A criminal. Nelson Mandela campaigned against apartheid. He was tried, convicted, and given…
Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart stole timber from state land to build his log home in Athol in 1996, according to court documents, and still hasn’t paid a judgment against him for the theft. What’s more, the property Hart illegally logged is school endowment land,…
The "Fire Pelosi" bus turns the corner in front of the Canyon County Republican Party headquarters Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Canyon County Republican headquarters in Caldwell. More here. (AP Photo/The Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)Idaho Records, and: building permits, and: bankruptcies/Sherry Adkins, SRAutumn puts…
A Republican Berry Picker writes: "A My Turn in Saturday's Press is written by Precinct #3 committeewoman Melanie Vander Feer. She argues that the local GOP isn't disentegrating but rather it is getting stronger because true conservatives are controlling the party now. She writes, "The…
It didn’t take long for fuming Mary Souza to go on the attack after Judge Charles Hosack issued his ruling that validated incumbent Mike Kennedy’s victory – by 3 votes instead of 5 – in the 2009 City Council election. In her OpenCDA.com blog, Mary…
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.
