CdAFreedomWatch

Aug. 2022, Coeur d'Alene City Councilman, Dan English, votes for a communist fist statue for city artwork after the community alerted him to the symbol's history of slavery and death.

Heather Tenbrink and Matt Blatt weigh in on the Sources of Strength curriculum in the Coeur d'Alene School District.

Candidates discuss boys entering girls bathrooms, social emotional learning, mask and vaccine mandates, budget issues, school choice, and superintendents. Event video features all questions and answers. Moderated by Bruce Mattare at The Altar Church in Coeur d'Alene. Prayer introduction by Pastor Tim and pledge cut out for time.

10/01/23 CDA and Hayden candidates answer questions related to the SMART cities agenda.

The sheriff took a bodycam and went into the library to see if the children's materials were as bad as people were saying. He reports back to the community in this video.

Dan Gookin, Christie Wood, and Dan English, all running for re-election, have approved the environmental sustainable frog statue to be installed in Coeur d'Alene.

City Council set to approve "environmental sustainability" frog. Artist is Canadian, frog isn't from Idaho, and not endangered. Another $2,000 down the drain? Will Christie Wood and Dan English approve "sustainable" artwork during their campaign?

City budget problems have involved staffing, but CDA considers hiring additional non-profit art instructors the very next day. Watch an incredible sequence of events unfold and how public-private partnerships form even in the middle of a budget crisis.

Those who expressed their support to raise taxes for the library were encouraged to make a personal donation instead of circumventing the will of the voter.

In the August 18th CLN board meeting, the community finally hears board discussion over the child groomer sex books and related policy. Some in the community had waited years for serious discussion.

"Throwing out ALA because of her is like throwing out the Constitution because we don't like the particular president."

CLN's Director, Alexa Eccles, speaks to the benefits of the ALA.

Tom Hanley identifies globalism and social justice inside the ALA's organization.

The Idaho Library Association is selling "smut" stickers linked to their website. https://idaholibraries.wildapricot.org/

Former CLN Trustee Judy Meyer urges library board to listen to the public.

Trustee Katie Blank says committees require public meetings, but it appears a previous committee that she created did not have their meetings available to the public.

The community discovers that the CLN Library Director, Alexa Eccles, first floated the idea of closing libraries on Sunday due to low turnout and a savings of $27,800. The board votes to take legal advice on this issue. There were many interruptions from the crowd, including Hayden City Council member, Ed Depriest.

KMPO Board discusses deleting audio recordings and leaving the public with just minutes reports. Some board members are opposed and suggest alternatives.

TMC struck down in August's KMPO meeting.

This live-recorded event includes references to help understand the surveillance system coming to Kootenai County. Glenn Miles, KMPO’s director, pushes forward on a federally-funded 24/7 surveillance system from Iteris. Reference Links: Intelligent Transportations Systems Joint Program Office https://www.its.dot.gov/ Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation https://www.arc-it.net/ Stop Smart Cities Website: https://stopsmartcities.org/ Smart Growth America: https://smartgrowthamerica.org/what-are-complete-streets/

Last week's CLN board meeting addresses services that leave the community asking questions over how these quality taxpayer-spent events are related to literacy, especially during a $200,000 deficit.

Suzanne lets the board know the homeschool community would like to see classic literature return to the CLN catalog and put those books on display.

Emily highlights how the library programming is used to address literacy in her family. Then she addresses raising the taxes to pay for the services she uses.

Tamara Kermelis, Kootenai County's Reclaim Idaho leader (2021), from Hayden, doesn't want library programs cut. She highlights the library director, Alexa, who had contracted an attorney without board knowledge.

Megan is a social worker and addresses families in poverty using library resources.