As a citizen, I'm concerned that new Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustees Tom Hamilton and Terri Seymour are acting like dug-in ideologues from the get-go, refusing to vote on any motions at their first board meeting. As a journalist/blogger who thrives on nutty actions of elected officials, I'm delighted. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. But these conservative hardliners offer further proof that the inmates are trying to take over this asylum here in viewtiful Coeur d'Alene. Now for your Wild Card ...