Now the City Council and mayor are telling us why they lost their elections. Where were your Democrat supporters when you needed them? Ron Edinger campaigned as a Democrat on his record down at City Hall. Ron Edinger "took a public stand" on McEuen Field and made his opinions known. Kennedy, Woody, Bruning and Goodlander said at the City Council open public meeting in March that they were voting yes, even if they were defeated in their next election. That was their stand, it's on the record. 

The City Council and mayor were asked several times by the people of Coeur d'Alene, to put the McEuen Field Project to an advisory vote. They said "no." They said they were elected by the people to represent them.

If they would have given us a public vote, they would still be in good terms with the Coeur d'Alene voters. The citizens of Coeur d'Alene have now spoken.

Don't blame your defeat on a flyer left on our doorsteps. To win a campaign you have to take a stand and you have to convince the voters to take your side. If you do your homework down at City Hall, the voters will support you, like they have with Ron Edinger.

Gookin and Adams also took a stand on the McEuen Field Project. They said no, with the way the economy is at this time. So did Kennedy, Woody, Bruning and Goodlander. McEuen Field was the issue in this election, not whether you were campaigning as a Republican or Democrat.

LES WIGEN

Coeur d'Alene