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Can Mary Count On 4100 Votes?

In watching the dance card for the mayor and City Council races in Coeur d'Alene fill up, your Huckleberry Hound wondered this PM how many votes can mayoral candidate Mary Souza and her future council candidate allies bank on. Can the 4100 individuals who signed recall petitions over the McEuen Field controversy be counted on by Mary & Co. to automatically vote for their ticket this fall? Or is the McEuen Field factor diluted by the fact that Mayor Sandi Bloem and Councilman Mike Kennedy have decided not to seek re-election? Three candidates who have announced or tentively announced for mayor and council spots -- Steve Widmyer, Amy Evans and Kiki Miller -- have no ties to the McEuen Field controversy. Nor do they have ties to the antidiscrimination ordinance controversy. Incumbent Woody McEvers, who contaced Huckleberries this PM to say he will seek re-election, had 4,060 signatures against him in the recall attempt. So what do you think?

Question: How many votes from the 4100 petition signers for the McEuen Field recall election can Mary & Co. count on?



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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