11 Days & Counting (to affiliate with the Republican Party to vote in the closed GOPrimary in May): Hide the children and other vulnerable people in your family. The official filing deadline has begun. Sounds like Tim Herzog is out of the gates first by filing his candidacy for Kootenai County commissioner. County Clerk Jim Brannon tells Huckleberries today that he'll be posting the courthouse filings daily, beginning tomorrow, a nice service to many in the community who are interesting in the primary dance card. While we wait to see who will challenge whom in legislative and courthouse races, I'll post this Wild Card ...