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LWV Debate — Marano Vs. Sims

  • Paula Marano: considers herself a long-time eduction who's thoughtful, respectful
  • Kathy Sims: Been in Idaho since she was 5 ... owns 2 businesses including Coeur d'Alene Honda ... served as Idaho Human Rights commissioner ... 8 years as Republican county chairman ... appointed to take Jack Riggs' seat when he became Lt. Gov.
  • Kathy (top priority): Job creation b/c there's 68,000 unemployed citizens.
  • Paula: Education, business, jobs, and our quality of life. When there's a strong education system businesses are attracted here. Quality of life important re: how we sustained things.
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  • Paula (large trucks on H12): Hot topic, for sure. While I recognize the needs for the transportation and those trucks to get equipment to source. It makes for difficult situation as it affects communities and prospect for spill.
  • Kathy: I was an adviser to the ITD. These trucks bring us our communities. I will support large trucks.
  • Kathy (new revenue for schools): I don't want to add new taxes onto the 68,000 unemployed citizens. The taxpayers' pockets are empty. We need to still find waste. I'll take my business skills to business and try to find waste and cut spending.
  • Paula: We should revisit Idaho jobs and opportunity blueprint. It looks at small and middle-sized businesses and possible incentives to bring in jobs and revenues. We need to work in stronger way with Dept. of Commerce. Long-term, we can build the relationship between businesses and education system. I'm aware of University of Idaho and what they're doing with Avista and Micron.
  • Paula (Obamacare): I'm relieved to know there are resources available for all people to have some form of health care. I realize there's still confusion and concern. We can tweak and work through some of the problems we see.
  • Kathy: Like Bob Nonini, I'm in total support of our governor and attorney general and pushing back on Washington, D.C. She considers Obamacare to be unconstitutional.
  • Closing -- Kathy says politics is fun. She's run her companies through good times and bad since 1968. We need accountability. Next year, LCDC more than the local education units combined.
  • Closing -- Paula: Notes that we're in a library that LCDC helped build ... and said she's proud of some of the things that urban renewal has done in this city.


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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.