Eman: “As for the recall, if everything you and others say are true then why worry about a recall it doesn’t stand a chance.”

DFO: I disagree. If this matter gets on the November ballot in a presidential election year where Coeur d’Alene R’s will be turning out en masse to vote against Obama, the recall has a chance (especially if our friendly propagandists from the un-Reaganlike Republicans succeed again in making this a partisan thing by misbranding the recall targets as “libruls.”) There’s also the intimidation and harassment factor of quality elected officials being targetted for recall. A recall election should be about immorality, lack of ethics or malfeasance in office. Mayor Bloem & the three council members have done none of these things. They’ve simply disagreed on policy issues with those who are stretching the truth ($14.2M price tag on McEuen Field makeover not $40M) trying to bring them down. The whole motive behind the recall is wrong. These are issues settled at the ballot box not via recall. Who will want to run for office in this town — other than the most rabid ideologues — if this recall succeeds?

Question: Shouldn't a recall be about malfeasance, immorality, or unethical practices -- and not about disagreement over a policy issue?