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From story by Betsy Russell /Eye on Boise re: Sen. Mary Souza’s bill to move trustee elections:

Feelings are running high over the proposal. Jim Hightower, another former Coeur d’Alene trustee, sent an email to every member of Kootenai County’s legislative delegation on March 9 threatening to oppose them at the next election if they didn’t support Souza’s bill. “If we are ever going to break the Democratic party’s hold on our schools indoctrinating rather than educating we need to elect conservatives to these boards! Please do the right thing!” he wrote. A day later, Hightower sent the same lawmakers an apology. “I wanted to sincerely apologize for the ridiculous, angry, mean, threatening and intimidating email I sent to you the other day,” he wrote. “I apologize not only for its tone, but for its content. I don’t even believe the things I said about kicking democrats out, etc. … I do support Mary’s bill, but I regret hitting ‘send’ the other day, and I hope you will forgive me.”