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Cindy: CdA City Hall Needs Better PR

In the comments section, Cindy writes: "Who is in charge of PR at city hall? Cda desperately needs someone to “accentuate the postive,” and to communicate with residents in a timely, responsive way. Otherwise the naysayers tend to get all the attention." Cindy, from Spokane, has an excellent point for Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem's administration. I've never seen a Coeur d'Alene administration do such a poor job of telling residents what a good job its doing. All around this town, you see evidence of impressive progress -- library, Kroc Center, McEuen Tower, Education Corridor, revitalized Northwest Boulevard, Education Corridor, etc. Yet the naysayers made hay with proposed changes to McEuen Field. Amazing.

Question: What should the Bloem administration and City Hall do to better inform Coeur d'Alene residents of all the progress going on here?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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