Mary (Hearts) Nilson, Ketchum

In case you were wondering who to support in the North Idaho College trustees’ races, you should consider the endorsement this morning by Mary Souza/OpenCDA. Mary’s smitten with the tag team of Ron Nilson, pictured, & Robert Ketchum. Ketchum is an “amazing professional” — Mary’s description, not mine — who’s running against incumbent Christie Wood. Nilson, according to Mary, “is a smart, practical, successful businessman who lives in the real world.  He knows budgets, sales, hiring, firing and making a business grow.  He is also a terrific mentor of young people” Nilson is running against Ken Howard, the Coeur d’Alene attorney who helped bankrupt the Aryan Nations, for the seat now held by Rolly Williams. Mary goes on to harangue Wood & Howard for not agreeing to participate in a debate that the Reagan Republicans are trying to put together. Do you blame ‘em? Mary also hearts Cliff Hayes for county clerk.

Question: How will Mary Souza’s endorsements affect you?