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Spin Control

By Jim Camden

Jan. 27 – If you’re a voter in Spokane County, chances are there’s a ballot with your name on it somewhere in the U.S. postal system.

Spokane County mailed some 260,000 ballots this week for the special election Feb. 14. They’re going to voters in most school districts in the county.

So many school districts are having special elections that it makes more sense to say who isn’t. If you live in the Reardan-Edwall or the Orchard Prairie district, no election. Everyone else, election.

Huckleberries Online

By D.F. Oliveria

Jan. 27 – I’m holding my breath, hoping against hope that Boss Denney & Stormin’ Norman are foolish enough to continue pushing their lawsuit to oust the fair-minded redistricters they originally appointed.

’Tis great political theater in the dying days of winter, two GOP leaders trying to jury-rig legislative boundaries to improve their already overwhelming advantage in the Idaho state Legislature.

Any day now, we might have to send Phil Batt back into the fray to clean up the mess the current band of GOP leaders are creating.

Outdoors blog

By Rich Landers

Jan. 26 – Today’s story about students rescuing a snowshoer’s bluetick coonhound lost in the Kettle Range for two nights offers a life lesson to all of us.

Helping other people can be remarkably easy and productive if we just make the effort to try.

Think about what we could accomplish if everyone looked for a way to contribute every day rather than leaving it to somebody else.

End Notes

By Rebecca Nappi

Jan. 25 – We watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech in HD last night and – I know this sounds shallow – I kept getting distracted at how old most of the members of Congress, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet looked.

I noticed sun damage on faces, stooped shoulders and backs, late-life bellies, some head tremors, rheumy eyes and in one or two, that distant look that’s either early Alzheimer’s or a been-here-done- that-forever weariness. The aging of Congress was more reassuring than depressing.

Despite expensive haircuts, some obvious facework here and there, elegant suits and perfect teeth, aging spares no man or woman. Money, intelligence and power cannot stop it. Aging, the great equalizer.