Wild Card/Sunday — 10.11.09

We’ll have only 22 days left until the 2009 municipal elections in North Idaho when the work week begins again Monday. Each week has given us something new to discuss here at HBO Central. Dan Gookin’s “pretty woman” comments got things humming here two weeks ago. Then, there was the debate and the layoff/firing/whatever of challenger Jim Brannon last week. The first thing of interest on Monday will be how much incumbent Mike Kennedy and challenger Gookin raised in campaign contributions so far this year. The deadline for the first finance report of the fall campaign is 5 p.m. Monday. Half of the candidates have filed their statements in Coeur d’Alene and eight of nine in Post Falls. I’m sure other things will come up in the local races that’ll make things interesting, too. Now, for your Sunday Wild Card …