MikeK Explains GOP Forum No-Show

My two oldest daughters are leaving tomorrow morning on a plane for a long-planned trip with my aunt and uncle to go see a “big-time grown-up” play in San Francisco. It’s a special trip that they have been ecstatic about for months about which their father is excited (with a little trepidation about their being gone from us for five days). I’m going to spend their last night at home with them getting ready and reveling in their excitement with them. For a time I didn’t exactly know if we were going to send them Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, so I didn’t know if I could attend the forum. It turns out they are leaving Friday early morning with my uncle, and so I’ve decided not to change my night with them to accomodate a third GOP forum. It’s a bummer that the conflict is there, but I’m putting my daughters first/Councilman Mike Kennedy , Huckleberries Online.

Classic reading there! Anyone want to hazard a guess what Mary Souza’s “column headline” will be this month in the Press? Maybe… “Mike Kennedy is Afraid and Crooked, Jim Brannon is Strong and Action-Oriented”?

I went to the Republican Central Committee two weeks ago. I’ve been invited to the Republican Pachyderm Club this Friday morning which I plan to attend. Two well-known prominent GOP leaders in town (one a current central committee member) have told me these “Reagan Republicans” aren’t “officially recognized” by the RNC, and that they are a recent offshoot of the Post Falls Pachyderms, who are an offshoot of the Coeur d’Alene Pachyderms.

They’ve been very polite and I appreciate their civic-mindedness, but how many Republican candidate forums does there need to be? And why haven’t they so far included the cities of Post Falls and Hayden? Seems curious.

But for what it’s worth, my two oldest daughters are leaving tomorrow morning on a plane for a long-planned trip with my aunt and uncle to go see a “big-time grown-up” play in San Francisco. It’s a special trip that they have been ecstatic about for months about which their father is excited (with a little trepidation about their being gone from us for five days). I’m going to spend their last night at home with them getting ready and reveling in their excitement with them. For a time I didn’t exactly know if we were going to send them Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, so I didn’t know if I could attend the forum. It turns out they are leaving Friday early morning with my uncle, and so I’ve decided not to change my night with them to accomodate a third GOP forum. It’s a bummer that the conflict is there, but I’m putting my daughters first.

Here are the forums I’ve attended or will attend so far:

GOP Central Committee
Coeur d’Alene GOP Pachyderms
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Coeur d’Alene Police Association
Kootenai Democratic Club
Kootenai Environmental Association
City of Coeur d’Alene Channel 19 Forum
VFW Meeting

There may well be others that I’m missing. I’ve also filled out (or will fill out) candidate surveys for: Conservation Voters for Idaho, Coeur d’Alene Press, League of Women Voters, and I believe the Spokesman Review later in the campaign.

I’m door-knocking to talk with voters directly, I have a web site, and here is my direct contact information: 661-7337 (cell), mike@idahokennedys.com (email), www.kennedyforcda.com (website).

People that want to get hold of me please do so however it works best.