‘Mayor’ Gookin: Pledges To Kill LCDC

In a March 23 OpenCDA thread (comment No. 15 here) re: Eagle ending its urban renewal program, Councilman Dan Gookin responds to a question from Joe Six-Pack by saying he’d kill Lake City Development Corp, if elected mayor of Coeur d’Alene. Quoth: “Even if you want to belabor that point, we still wouldn’t get the majority vote needed to shut down LCDC. There are plenty of other things going on in the City that need addressing, items we can hopefully build a majority on and move forward. If you want the LCDC gone, then elect me a Mayor or two other conservative councilmen and I’d be happy to kill it .”

DFO: Under a scenario in which Mayor Sandi Bloem & 3 council members are recalled, Gov. Butch Otter would appoint a fourth council member to fill a quorum. Ron Edinger, Steve Adams, Dan Gookin and the new member would then appoint a mayor who could be Gookin. The mayor would nominate to other potential council members for approval by the council.

Question: Have we stumbled on the real reason for the recall — Gookin as mayor and a council loaded with Steve Adamses, to shut down the Lake City Development Corp?