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Rathdrum Street May Honor Officer

The Rathdrum City Council tonight will hold public hearings on a street name change request to honor a fallen city police officer and a proposed law banning minors from having e-cigarettes. Mayor Vic Holmes and council members Fred Meckel and Debbie Holmes - all re-elected during November's election -- will be sworn in. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 8047 W. Main. John Franco, father of former Rathdrum Officer Jonathan Franco who died in September at 27 due to a motorcycle crash while off duty, is requesting to change the name of Lauren Loop near Betty Kiefer Elementary to Jonny Franco Loop in honor of his son/Brian Walker, Press. More here.

Question: Should the Rathdrum street be named after police officer Jonathan Franco, who was killed in an off-duty 2011 motorcycle crash?



D.F. Oliveria
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.

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