‘Landslide Ron’ Edinger Satisfied w/Win

Looooong-time Councilman Ron Edinger was among the listeners at Walt Minnick’s congressional announcement this afternoon. Afterward, I approached him, stuck out my hand, and said: “Congratulations, Landslide.” Ron, the perennial top vote-getter in the council elections, beat challenger Dan Gookin by only 400 votes. He admitted that he was worried when he held only a 100-vote lead after the absentees were counted. Usually, the absentees boost him pretty far along to victory. He also said he would have spoken his mind re: the last-minute slime flyer circulated by Kathy Sims and Tom Macy under the Concerned Taxpayers of Kootenai County banner. Of his tighter-than-usual win, Ron said that wife, Nancy, considers any margin of victory to be a landslide. Even a single vote.