HBO Poll -- Police Problems
"Gangs" and "traffic" are leading the HBO Poll re: concerns new CPD Blue chief Wayne Longo will face in early, light voting. "Traffic" and "politics" are running third. The polls will be open until 10 a.m. Friday.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 2007
Vox Box: News Headlines Or Scoobey Do Plot?
Originally posted by Erin/Vox BoxAt the Mental_Floss web site: Ten stories... Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to determine which are actual news headlines and which were episodes from Scooby Doo. Go ahead and try it. "Virtual Scooby Snacks to anyone who gets…
HBO's Best of the Friends' Blogs -- 9/13/07
From: Kellogg Bloggin'Kellogg Bloggin' offers a photo of sister Inland Empire Girl during her less-than-inspired days as a reporter for the old Kellogg Evening News, offering: "I'm glad she gives her blog more energy and passion than she apparently gave to her job in the…
Bruce Reed Provides Latest Slate Column Thoughts ...
... on Larry Craig here and Rudy Guiliani's visit to Coeur d'Alene here. For those living in a cave, Reed is a former adviser to President Bill Clinton and the son of attorney Scott and Mary Lou Reed of FernanHat Tip: Arpie
Larry Craig: I Shall Not Return?
Sen. Larry Craig has been sending press releases from Idaho commenting on U.S. Senate matters including U.S. Iraq war policy. But the Idaho lawmaker who is under fire after his guilty plea to disorderly conduct during a Minnesota airport bathroom gay sex sting said today…
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Ryan Pfeiffer/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, AP, CPFrom left: Carsten Mitchell, one, Gavin Adams, three, and Carter McDonald, two, snack on apples from the Beautyrock Plantation on Cornwall Centre Road in Cornwall, Ontario, today.
Katrina: We Finally Made Out Our Wills
Katrina/Notes On A Napkin: We finally got our ducks in a row last year and made our wills. Not that we have so much to leave behind, but it's nice to know who will be raising your children and that your World of Warcraft account…
Raymond Pert: Words Of Advice For Kendra
I hope she sticks with three things she talks about:1. Church for spiritual sustenance and a positive social life. 2. Pursuit of a college degree, which can have the benefits of church, but it a secular setting: spiritual susentance, positive social life, and intellectual nourishment.3.…
Huckleberries Best of Idaho Online -- 9/13/07
Shawn Raecke/Idaho StatesmanA group from the Boise Police and Idaho Fish and Game work to lift a a young bull elk shot with a tranquilizer dart in a field near Boise, Idaho, Wednesday. The elk was loose for nearly three hours before being captured. Story…
New Chamber Building Gets Thumbs Up
I had a sneak preview of the new building last evening. It's way beyond spectacular. Many thanks to the building committee, chaired by Rob Elder, and to everyone who made this very complex project happen. It took them nine years,and they got it right. The…
Poll: How Long Does It Take You To Get To Work
How long does it take you to get to work (in minutes)? -- Idaho Statesman. *Less than 5*6-15*16-30*More than 30*Other DFO: 6-15 (about 8 minutes)
Smith: Stonewalling Always Makes Situation Worse
Newspapers follow tips all of the time. Some are truly outrageous and many never, ever produce stories. I always tell the folks who are the subject of such reporting not to confuse the questions with the story. We ask really outrageous questions, but if the…
New Sheriff, Er, Chief In Town
Click on that little box in the right corner to fill your computer screen w/Longo interviewGet the Flash Player to see this player.Produced by Joe Barrentine/SRItem: New CdA police chief ready for transition: Longo ready to take CPD Blue reins/Taryn Hecker, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Longo, whose…
Question: Should Old PF City Hall Be Torn Down?
Item: Post Falls hall may go to vote: Many sign petition in fight to halt building demolition/Paula Davenport, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: "We have more than 500 names, and we only need 264 (signatures) to be certified," said Bob Templin, who's spearheading a petition drive that could…
Noah: Mebbe We Should Love 'Em To Death
Noah Kroese/Special for Huckleberries Online
Paine: SR ON A Wild Goose Chase?
Thomas Paine: Seems to me this is all a tempest in a teapot. After all the controversy surrounding the last set of e-mails it would boggle the mind to think that Mr. Douglas would once again use his e-mail for inappropriate purposes. He can't be…
AM Hucks: CAVE Men Get No Respect
I almost spit out my coffee when I read in the Coeur d'Alene Press Wednesday that City Council wannabe Dan Gookin was unhappy that a city-commissioned report referred to local Luddites – my word, not the city's – as CAVE people. Or "Citizens Against Virtually…
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