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Huckleberries Hears …

... That the Luna Laws were challenged by a lone dissenter Tuesday night at the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee's monthly meeting.  After a presentation by Bob Nonini in favor of the Luna Laws, Andrew Whipple of Precinct 70 stated that he opposed Propositions 2 & 3, which include the laptops for students issue.  Whipple is a high school teacher in the Harrison area who retired from the military as a major. Luna had been scheduled to speak to the local Republicans but cancelled his appearance to attend the governor's press conference regarding the computer purchase contract. Whipple may be the only active public school teacher on the local GOP Central Committee. At one point Central Committee member Kellie Palm asked if there were any public school teachers present other than Whipple.  Only one person responded.  She said she was a home school teacher but not a public school teacher.

Question: Are you surprised by the Group Think mentality by local and state GOP organizations in favor of the Luna Laws?



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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