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J-MAC: Recallers Lie To Father-In-Law

JimmyMAC: Went to lunch with the in laws after church today and brought up the recall. Recall folks hit up my mother and father in laws neighborhood as I had guessed they would. My father in law is as conservative as anyone I know. I’m talking uber conservative. Long story short, he declined their invitation to recall. They asked him, are you okay with them spending $40MM on a park. His response, “Yes”. He didn’t go into a lengthy discussion but he was already aware that no $40MM spending spree had been agreed upon. Based on our conversation, I don’t think he appreciated them throwing around the number that they did. He’s played college baseball and loves to fish and is all for moving the ballfields and boat launch. Oh, yeah, we were also having lunch in Riverstone where his granddaughters love to go to the park.

DFO: A friend of mine told me last night that a pair of Recallers tried to tell him that the city was going to spend $40 million on the retrofit of McEuen Field. Only he knew the correct price to be $14.2 million. Then, they told compared the project to Obamacare. He reads the paper and follows City Council meetings on television. So he knew the facts. I wonder how many don't.

Question: Have you seen a Recaller at your door step?



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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