Pip: Gookin Will Win

Pip: I think Gookin will get the seat either way. His discussion of the budget last week was spot on. Requesting the government to take a closer look at the budget and be more fiscally responsible does not make him a dissenter. It makes him electable. Anybody who disregards what is best for the majority is not ‘safe.’ Not even MikeK or mayor Bloem. It will be interesting to see who else throws their hat in the ring.

Question: Can you envision the possibility of a uber-conservative ticket, featuring Dan Gookin, sweeping into power in the Coeur d’Alene city elections (as Jim Fromm and the Gang of Four did in the early 1980s)?