Weekend Poll: A plurality of 49% considers current Mayor Sandi Bloem to be the best Coeur d'Alene mayor of the past 30 years. 88 of 181 respondents (48.62%) tabbed Bloem as the best major in recent memory. Ray Stone, who served two terms spilling into the 1990s, came in second with 50 of 181 votes (27.62%). Al Hassell, 19 of 181 (10.5%) was third, followed by Jim Fromm (16 of 181, 8.84%), and Steve Judy (8 of 181, 4.42%).
Today's Question: Does North Idaho still have a problem with racism that requires vigilance on the part of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations?
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.
