Brannon Backers Claim Conspiracy

Rick Shipman, the board chairman, is quoted in this article as saying how “painful” it was to eliminate Jim’s job and how he could “hardly sleep at night”. What a bunch of bunk! Shipman made Jim Brannon drive over his office at US Bank on 4th Street at exactly 4:00pm (before the 5:30 candidate forum). Then he handed Jim the letter that says his services are no longer needed. End of story. What a COLD way to deal with “one of your best co-workers”!/ Mary Souza , Coeur d’Alene Press online comment section. Full post here .

• Coeur d’Alene Press comments thread on Brannon layoff story (scroll to end of story)

DFO: It appears that Brannon supporters at OpenCDA.com are convinced that Brannon was the victim of political retribution. The accusations and counter-accusations on the comments thread under the Press’ Brannon story is entertaining, complete with outing attempts. Dunno why the moderator has allowed those to stand. All this, and there’s still 26 days until the election.