Noon: Start Your Own Group, DFO

On my Facebook wall, Coeur d’Alene School Trustee Tom Hamilton takes exception to my call for Reagan Republicans and other diehard partisans to butt out of local nonpartisan elections: “Sure, Dave…’cuz you’ve NEVER interjected your politics into local races. Gimme a break. All public offices are political and it’s silly to pretend they are anything else. While you have a forum and that is how you chose to combat what the RR’s are trying accomplish, you might be more effective by organizing a similar group that shares your views. Just a thought…”

DFO: Actually, I’ve started the most moderate group in North Idaho, if you consider the thousands who hang out here. I could be overtly partisan — and try to get readers to follow my lead lock step. But I believe in give & take, as well as discussion. Which means I could never be a blind partisan. Ever again. Partisan politics offered by political parties turn my stomach. My professional creed has nothing to do with politics: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Question: Do you consider the political tone of Huckleberries front page (not the comments section) to be partisan or nonpartisan?