Inlander Looks @ Bloem/Kunka Race

She is tall, erect and an unfailingly sharp dresser, so it’s perhaps no surprise that in some quarters Mayor Sandi Bloem is known (though not often to her face) as “Her Sandiness.” Bloem is seeking a third consecutive term, unprecedented in Coeur d’Alene. When she comes out of the waiting room for last week’s televised candidate forum at the new Coeur d’Alene Library, Bloem cuts a razor-sharp figure, her salt-and-pepper hair set off by a matte black-on-black jacket and pants ensemble with a single shining jewel on a silver necklace. Kunka’s suit and tie look dull by comparison. It doesn’t help that he is shorter, balder, jowlier than the mayor. He has no experience with city government aside from running against Bloem four years ago, but Kunka taps into what seems to be a common wellspring by suggesting that this former mill town has sold out to elites and celebs/ Kevin Taylor , Inlander. More here .

Question: Do you think Coeur d’Alene has sold out to elites and celebs, as challenger Joe Kunka claims?