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Weekend Wild Card — 1.4-5.2014

The Christmas/New Year's holidays will be officially over on Monday as the Idaho Legislature gathers in Boise for 3 or 4 months of harrumphing, bloviating, strutting and shaking its fist at the federal government. On Tuesday, the cities of Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls will get new mayors -- and we'll watch with interest to see whether the new kids can fill the large shoes of Sandi Bloem and Clay Larkin. Somewhere in the not-too-distant future, those coveting various courthouse, legislative, congressional and statewide seats will come out from various hiding places to declare their candidacies. In other words, the political circus is about to begin again. First, however, we have this final, quiet weekend to enjoy before that happens. Here's your 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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