Trib: Sandpoint Mayor Earns Jeer

In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, opinion writer Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune jeers … Sandpoint Mayor Carrie Logan: Talk about weird timing. Just as Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden was convening officials and people in her community last week in a forum about operating government in public, Logan was shutting people out. Hosted by the city of Sandpoint, a closed-door session dealt with increased railroad shipments of oil and coal through the community. Among those in attendance: two mayors, representatives of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, the Idaho Conservation League and Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper as well as state Sen. Shawn Keogh, R-Sandpoint. As the Bonner County Daily Bee’s Keith Kinnaird reported, no notice was given and when Sandpoint resident Randy Stolz tried to attend, he was given the boot. Logan justified it because “no actions were taken. It was just an informational meeting trying to clarify and identify risks.” Complete Cheers & Jeers column here. (City of Sandpoint Web page photo of Carrie Logan)