AM Headlines: Templin Tilting @ City Hall Windmill

Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review

Bob Templin is the driving force behind saving the old Post Falls City Hall building. He talked about the issue in Post Falls on Thursday.

* Around Post Falls, the talk of the town is old City Hall /Paula Davenport, Spokesman-Review — I’m with City Administrator Eric Keck and the Post Falls City Council on this one. Tear it down. It’d be a waste of money to upgrade and maintain a building that has no historic value.

* A blast of winter will fix of those wine-mooching yellow jackets /Kathy Hedberg, Lewiston Tribune — My wife almost got stung by a yellowjacket Sunday. And I almost got nailed by a bunch of them a coupla weekends ago while chopping wood. Chopped right through a nest in a log. Luckily they were sluggish because the morning was cold. They’re now dead. Who needs winter when you have wasp spray.

* Congress weighs wilderness bill: Proposal may affect nearly 10 million acres in Idaho /Matt Christensen, Twin Falls Times-News: If this goes through and locks up 10M acres of Idaho wilderness willy-nilly, the Idaho delegation has only itself to blame for not reaching compromise legislation to settle this issue once and for all.

* Craig to appeal plea decision: Senator, wife speak in two TV interviews /Spokesman-Review, AP — Larry Craig definitely has gotten into our heads. As we watched the Colorado-Arizona playoff game last night, my wife asked: “Is that what you call a wide stance.” I immediately thought of airport bathrooms rather than a batter with a legit wide stance preparing to hit. Alas.

* Luna proposes $60M in merit pay for teachers /Anne Wallace Allen, Idaho Statesman — Is one of the requirements for merit-pay consideration to be that a teacher has no affiliation with the Idaho Education Association? Just asking.