Well, we have a new county clerk who would have finished a distant third had he decided to run for Coeur d'Alene mayor in November. But he was the best of three less-than-stellar choices engineered by the dominant Tea Party/Ron Pauler wing of the Kootenai County "GOP" Central Committee. Amazing. OTOH, you have to hand it to Jim Brannon for persistence. It'll be interesting to see what becomes of the competent Deputy Clerk Pat Raffee in the weeks to come. Life takes some unexpected twists and turns. See you back here Monday. Here's your Weekend Wild Card ...

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