Jennifer Locke, who opposes the Unified Land Use Code project, looks toward fellow protesters while Todd Messenger presents his ideas during a Kootenai County workshop at the Coeur d'Alene Library Tuesday. (Phantom Photographer photo)
Dinosaur Man: Not all the crowd was unruly, but some were definitely po’d. It did’nt help that Messenger right off the bat slammed Brent Regan, totally uncalled for. His setting of the tone with that made things go downhill. Couple that with him not giving direct answers to questions, and the crowd was stirred. Despite that there were some calm speaking people, many that I’ve never seen before, that eloquently voiced their concerns. the demographics of the crowd was not hard-right either, but was made up of people from all walks of life. (Phantom Photographer photo of consultant Todd Messenger speaking at Unified Land Use Code workshop)
Question: Izzit just me, or are crowds gathered for controversial issues in Coeur d'Alene/Kootenai County/North Idaho becoming increasingly hostile?
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.
Dinosaur Man: Not all the crowd was unruly, but some were definitely po’d. It did’nt help that Messenger right off the bat slammed Brent Regan, totally uncalled for. His setting of the tone with that made things go downhill. Couple that with him not giving direct answers to questions, and the crowd was stirred. Despite that there were some calm speaking people, many that I’ve never seen before, that eloquently voiced their concerns. the demographics of the crowd was not hard-right either, but was made up of people from all walks of life. (Phantom Photographer photo of consultant Todd Messenger speaking at Unified Land Use Code workshop)
