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TUESDAY, JAN. 29, 2013

PM Scanner Traffic -- 1.29.13

5:14 p.m. Motorist in gold Toyota 4Runner flipping off others @ Prairie/Ramsey, Hayden. 4:01 p.m. Caller reports abandoned Mazda w/b on H53/MP 6 (Idaho Road/Rathdrum). 4:53 p.m. Moose hard to see, walking along H95/Chilco is hard to see. 4:46 p.m. 62YO male has been hurt…

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Huckleberries Blogroll -- 1.29.13 

Duane Rasmussen got a bit artsy-fartsy with this silhouetted photo of Congressman Raul Labrador at the townhall meeting Monday. Huckleberries appreciates offbeat local photos like this one. Vinyl?/Tumblewords I'm spoiled/Bay Views A little taste/Stebbijo's Place Neologisms/Writing North Idaho Is 'stupid' party unfair?/Fort Boise The glamour…

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'30 Rock' Going, Going ... 

This image released by NBC shows Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, left, and Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney in a scene from the series finale of "30 Rock," airing Thursday on NBC. (AP Photo/NBC, Ali Goldstein) Question: Will you be going through "30 Rock" withdrawals…

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Pro & Con: Insurance Exchange 

There's an online petition battle going on between Gov. Butch Otter and Idaho Freedom Foundation exec Wayne Hoffman. Otter wants Idahoans to sign his petitions in support of a state-run health insurance exchange. Hoffman wants Idahoans to sign his petitions against the insurance exchange. Thanks…

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Otter Plan Would Hit Schools by $39M 

The Senate Education Committee heard a presentation this afternoon from Alan Dornfest, property tax policy supervisor for the Idaho State Tax Commission, on the impact of a possible repeal of the personal property tax on business equipment on Idaho school districts. The upshot: With only…

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You're It! A 23-Year Game Of Tag? 

Earlier this month, Brian Dennehy started a new job as chief marketing officer of Nordstrom Inc. In his first week, he pulled aside a colleague to ask a question: How hard it is for a nonemployee to enter the building? Mr. Dennehy doesn't have a…

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Stewart: Back Levy, Don't Punish Kids

In this Coeur d'Alene School District Web site photo, Trustee Brent Regan is sworn in during a meeting of the Coeur d'Alene School Board in December. Regan ignited a firestorm by telling an insensitive anti-Obama joke at a legislative forum in Post Falls Saturday. The…

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Gissel Seeks Views Of Other Trustees 33 

Norm Gissel, a long-time leader in the local human rights movement and an attorney that helped bankrupt the Aryan Nations, called on the four other members of the Coeur d'Alene School Board "to publicly express their own views regarding the recent public comments by their…

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Task Force Condemns Trustee's 'Joke' 39 

Moments ago, the executive committee Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations condemned a possible "racist" joke told by appointed Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustee Brent Regan at a legislative forum in Post Falls Saturday. Task force President Christie Wood and long-time human-rights leaders Tony…

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Idaho D's Unveil Voting Rights Bills 

House and Senate Democrats unveiled a five-bill package of legislation this morning aimed at enhancing voting rights, from allowing online voter registration – something they said 15 states already have – to, like most other states, adopting a “Motor Voter” law requiring voter registration materials…

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Study: Cats Kill Billions Per Year 11 

Cats kill billions of birds every year and even more tiny rodents and other mammals in the United States, a new study finds. According to the research, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds and between…

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All Eyes On A Quarterback 

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith answers a question during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Tuesday in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pat Semansky) Question: Do you care who wins the Super Bowl?

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 1.29.13

12:19 p.m. 50YO Coeur d'Alene woman arrested as burglary suspect after being found hiding under Rubbermaid storage tub @ Driftwood/Greensferry, south of Spokane River. News release here. 12:09 p.m. Firefighter says mill "50 percent involved" on Blanchard Road Cut-Across. Twin Lakes and Northern Lakes fire…

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Poll: Regan 'Anti-Obama' Joke Wrong 

Monday Poll: Overwhelming, Hucks Nation said that the anti-Obama joke told by appointed Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustee Brent Regan at a legislative forum in Post Falls Saturday was inappropriate. When asked if Regan's joke was appropriate, 183 of 328 respondents (55.79%) said "hell no,"…

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A Closer View of Brent Regan 21 

YouTube Video of Brent Regan speaking to Tea Party of North Idaho gathering on June 14, 2009. I hadn't paid much attention to Brent Regan before the recent flap involving his insensitive, anti-Obama "joke" at the legislative forum in Post Falls. I knew that he'd…

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AM: Labrador Speaks @ CdA Townhall 

Richard Pfenneger, a military veteran who recently spoke to the North Idaho Pachyderm Club about Agent Orange, asks Congressman Raul Labrador a question during the townhall meeting at the Coeur d'Alene Library Monday night. Pfenneger is concerned about the lingering effects of Agent Orange on…

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Joker: To Forgive Regan Is Divine 23 

Joker: As an active participant in the virtual lynch mob for Brent Regan’s head yesterday, his explanation should give everybody pause to stop and think. Do we condemn the man no matter what he says after the fact? Yes that is the easy thing to…

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Goedde Pushing Revival Of Luna Laws 18 

From Kestrel-West Morning Memo: When the governor's education task force said 'no labor issues' it opened the door for the Legislature to act. And act they did. Yesterday Idaho School Boards Association Director Karen Echeverria introduced four of seven labor-related bills to the Senate Education…

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Labrador Not Upset By Gun Proposals 

A protester stands at the back of a capacity town-hall crowd to hear Congressman Raul Labrador in the Coeur d'Alene Library Monday night. (Duane Rasmussen photo special to Huckleberries) At a town-hall meeting in the Coeur d'Alene Library Monday, Congressman Raul Labrador appeared to agree…

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Adamsfly: Not Buying Ap-hollow-gy 22 

Adamsfly: I am glad regan apologized to the lady who called, but I could care less about his apology to the school board. What about an apology to all of the citizens of North Idaho, thousands who have worked for years to get rid of…

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GOP Solons Bringing Back Luna Laws 

The House Education Committee has voted 12-3 along party lines to introduce legislation reinstating two more provisions from the voter-rejected Proposition 1: Requiring that teacher contract negotiations be conducted in public, and allowing school districts to unilaterally impose contract terms if an agreement isn’t reached…

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Task Force To Condemn Trustee 'Joke' 17 

Originally published at 1:59 p.m. Monday Huckleberries has learned ... that the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations will hold press conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday to condemn the offensive anti-Obama "joke" made by School Trustee Brent Regan at a legislative forum Saturday. The…

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Regan Regrets 'Racist' Comment 

Brent Regan (pictured) says he never intended to hurt anyone with a comment, perceived by many to be racist, that he made about President Barack Obama during a legislative forum Saturday in Post Falls. Regan, the Coeur d’Alene School District’s newest trustee, contributed to a…

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An overview of downtown Coeur d'Alene photographed Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (Helicopter services courtesy of Big Country Helicopter) (Jerome Pollos/press)

Wanted: Your View Of Lake City 20 

Photographer Jerome A. Pollos of the Coeur d'Alene Press snapped this photo of McEuen Field last May. McEuen, of course, is undergoing a total overhaul, which should be complete by this fall. What would you like Coeur d'Alene to look like in 2030? Backing up…

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Poe's 'Raven' Published On This Date

For those keeping score at home, Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" was published on this date in 1845 by the New York Daily Mirror. According to Wikipedia: "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the…

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