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Hump Day Wild Card — 1.25.12

The 2012 local election season officially begins Thursday when the 4 announced Republican candidates for Kootenai County sheriff square off at the Reagan Republicans weekly luncheon at Fedora. Say what you want about the RRepublicans ... Jeff Ward, Ron Lahr, & Co. are on the ball when it comes to organization and local politics. No one knows, of course, whether the primary election will be held in May per usual. Or moved to August -- thanks to the Idaho Supreme Court and partisan politics. So we'll listen to the politicians squawk -- and let the courts sort out the rest. Now for your Hump Day Wild Card ...



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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