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MONDAY, OCT. 25, 2010

'Sheriff Joe' Gives Palin Pink Panties 24 

Sarah Palin received an unlikely gift from a famous admirer over the weekend: A pair of pink women's underwear. The underwear was from Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who met the former Alaska governor at a Tea Party rally in Phoenix on Friday. Arpaio…

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Hayes: Confidence In Clerk Shaken 

Republican Cliff Hayes, pictured, is challenging 15-year incumbent Democrat Dan English for the position of clerk, which oversees the elections office, county assistance, District Court, auditor and recorder. Hayes said the lawsuit shook voter confidence and he’d like to restore trust. After 22 years as…

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Bus Tour Comes To Unhappy End 17 

Originally posted at 6:13 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22Seems the GOP Bus Tour had an unhappy ending as it swung into the Lake City High parking lot a few minutes ago for the final step of an all-day tour in North Idaho, prior to the football…

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Handle Xtra: Eyes Like A Hawk

Keith Erickson and I swapped tales online about Mike Anderson following the ex-Kootenai County commissioner’s unexpected death this month. Keith remembers how Mike walked out with him after Keith questioned the appropriateness of an executive session called by the two Republican commissioners in the early…

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When Butch Met Walt 

This isn't the highest quality of photo. But the material in it makes it worth publishing. Here, Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick gabs with Republican Gov. Butch Otter in a pre-game event in Moscow this weekend prior to the Homecoming Game between the University of Idaho…

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OTV: Sad To See Willies Building Go 

Re: Fire destroys Coeur d'Alene bar Willies (formerly Eduardo's, Peabody's, etc.)OrangeTV: Anyway, I never really hung out at Willie's, but it's always sad to see a building with a lot of local history go up in flames.I spent many lunchtimes there in earlier times for…

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MikeK: Ace Epitomized Civic Leader

Re: Amidee "Ace" Walder, 103, community leader, R.I.P. (includes Hucks Online Q-&-A with Ace 3 years ago, after birthday No. 100.Ace Walden: Ace Walden was Coeur d'Alene. A fine man and a fine example of a good community benefactor - in all ways. I cherish…

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EL: Pumpkin Revenuers Acted Right 

Re: Idaho Tax Commission revenuers bust pumpkin standEndlessLosses: I'd PRAISE the tax inspector for doing her job — give her a raise! Pay your damn taxes. I'm so sick and tired of seeing my neighbors thinking that under-the-table cash transactions for firewood, snowplowing, truck gardening,…

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Bloggy: MikeK, Deliver Us From Evil

Re: Escapee: Pitbull next door is achangin'Mr. Bloggy: It is increasingly sad to Mr_Bloggy how HBO's favorite son, and whisker's breadth winner of a hotly contested city council race, MK, has continuously refused to wear, like a conquering Christian soldier, the mantle of leadership and…

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Huckleberries Online

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.