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Cheryl spoke against the "fist statue" during the public comment section of the Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. Note that she gets corrected by Mayor Hammond. www.thebushnellreport.com

Sharing a meme that someone else made.

Sharing a meme that someone else made.

It is so powerful to hear 700 people recite the Pledge of Allegiance together at the Idaho GOP 2022 convention. www.thebushnellreport.com

Mark Fuller giving his speech to ask to be voted the 2nd vice chair of Idaho GOP at the 2022 Idaho GOP Convention. www.thebushnellreport.com

Local resident Judy gives her thoughts on North Idaho College. www,.thebushnellreport.com

Lynda reads a statement from Billy also know as Kitty Demure. Billy's statement is regarding the appropriateness of drag queens in terms of minors. He thinks it's not appropriate for minors.

Coeur d'Alene resident Kara speaks on the activities during the Pride in the Park event recently. www.thebushnellreport.com

North Idaho College Trustees discuss the NIC President Candidate dinners. The video starts off with a discussion of informal dinner innovations for trustees. Trustee Wold and McKenzie are disagreeing. Wold state that only 2 trustees can be at a candidate dinner per legal counsel. There are concerns about 3 trustees at a dinner with a candidate. Apparently Trustee McKenzie showed up at a candidate dinner where two other trustees had been invited. Future dinners with candidates were cancelled due to legal counsel concern. Trustee Banducci asks if the candidate dinners are still up for discussion or if a decision has already been made. Trustee Wold says that a decision has been made. Banducci points out this is counter to what has been decided previously. He says that it was agreed to in writing with the search agency that all 5 trustees should dine with candidates. Now we will have 1 candidate who had a dinner with trustees and three candidates that won’t be able to do that. Banducci expressed his concern about inconsistencies. Trustee Wold says he appreciates Banducci's comments. Wold states that Trustee McKenzie broke protocol thus the cancellation of the dinners with candidates. Trustee Banducci says that is bullshit. "You guys broke protocol by not have all 5 trustees at the dinner. You guys are cheapening this process." Trustee McKenzie says he was never consulted about the dinners. He states that Trustee Wold chose who goes to the dinner. Wold states he did not make that decision. Trustee McKenzie says that the interim president and his office have abstained from all the planning regarding the new president search so the decisions being made are by Trustee Wold. www.thebushnellreport.com

North Idaho College Trustees discuss their agenda before interviewing NIC President candidate Dr. Samuel 'Todd' Brand. Trustee Banducci points out that they are not following the amended agenda sent out. Trustee McKenzie says, "Changing the interview process half way through? Why don't we vote on who you have predetermined?" A few minutes later Banducci says, "How can you do parts of the interview in public session? Anyone who goes first would have a tremendous disadvantage." States again that they are not following the amended agenda. Trustee Wold says, "We couldn't go into executive session because we didn't have four. You and Greg didn't respond." Banducci replies, "You did have four to go into executive session and Greg voted to go into executive session." After more discussion, Trustee McKenzie states that Trustee Wold is trying to stifle questions. Finally, Trustee Goedde restates the motion/item being discussed. By a vote of 3-2 the motion passes. (NIC Trustee Goedde is on zoom in this video.) www.thebushnellreport.com

Questions from North Idaho College Trustee Banducci read by North Idaho College Wold. Topics covered by Banducci's questions: choosing bathroom, biological men on women sports teams, BLM protests on campus, and CRT being taught on campus. Nick Swayze says that he thinks a bigger deal is made about gender issues than should be. Folks will figure it out the gender stuff. He said in terms of BLM, that he would prefer no protests on campus. Trustee Mckenzie asked Swayze to answer the critical race theory question in more detail. First Swayze said, "It is a very nuanced theory that I doubt anyone here can identify what it is. Later he goes on to say that critical race theory is loosely defined. Finally, he says he can't see it coming up in the lower level class types taught at North Idaho College. www.thebushnellreport.com

North Idaho College President Candidate Nick Swayze gives a non-answer, answer to the question about mask mandates at North Idaho College. NIC Trustee McKenzie pointed out that the other trustees had asked multiple questions but they had not asked any of Trustee Banducci's questions that he had given them earlier. Trustee Wold's agenda is very apparent, in my opinion, in this clip. www.thebushnellreport.com

Accreditation issues question is asked. Have you dealt with this before? Swayze says that in his opinion the trustees are causing most of the issue regarding accreditation. Especially when they had a four member board that couldn't decided on a fifth member to appoint. Trustee McKenzie asks if he thinks that there is administrative bloat? Swayze says he doesn't know for sure at this point. Says he is capable of making tough decisions. www.thebushnellreport.com

North Idaho College Trustee Banducci pass out a hand out. He notes that the agenda for this interview has changed for the third time. He says he is expressing his concerns before the candidate is brought in. Banducci's concern is that this candidate who will have a different interview process than the prior two candidates. "If I talked with Brad, I'd ask for my money back." He points out that Greg Mckenzie has questions for the candidates that no one will talk about. "You own it because you broke it. You have arrange it so we couldn't have full participation." He stood up and left. Trustee Wold apologizes for Banducci's behavior. North Idaho Trustee Mckenzie speaks. He states that there was no including of the elected trustees vs the appointed ones. "You guys could have accommodated work schedules to make this a much smoother work process." "I have provided the candidate my questions. I will assume that they will be factored in as if I was here. I expect you to respect me in my absence. I have a day job and multiple responsibilities. I do think that this process is unfair to the candidates and to the people you represent. I appreciate Banducci’s words." www.thebushnellreport.com

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We got one win, let's go for two! Can this guy be arrested for exposing his genitals to minors? Let's go big and hold all of the extremists accountable. NO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS! This is in front of a group of children. In your own home, in private be you. DON'T DO THIS IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF CHILDREN! Don't bash the PD. I suggest you tell them we want a second win. We want Idaho statue upheld regarding flashing genital in public especially in front of children. The statue is listed in the video. Coeur d'Alene Police Department - main line - 208-769-2308. Email: cdapolice@cdaid.org Idaho Attorney General Wasden - main line - 208-334-2400 Email: AGWasen@ag.idaho.gov

Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Dan Gookin admits that he thinks innovations are a waste of three minutes.

This person gave great Babylon Bee level public comment at the recent Coeur d Alene City Council meeting. In my opinion this is why public comment must kept. When we take ourselves to seriously humor is needed. www.thebushnellreport.com

The proposal to limit public comment at Coeur d'Alene City Council meetings was taken off the agenda. Mayor Hammond apologized. Dan English and Kiki Miller made comments about how they want more restrictions on public comment. (Is it just me or is Dan English really hard to follow/understand?) www.thebushnellreport.com

North Idaho College Trustee Banducci speaking during May special meeting. He points out that while the media is blaming him for opening up NIC to liability, if one looks at the pay out of legal issue over the past ten years most of the blame falls on the former present of NIC, Rick MacLennan. There were documents that one could view at the meeting showing this data. www.thebushnellreport.com

NIC Trustee John Goedde says, "Whoever gets hired is going to be stepping into what remains of a toxic environment. We are going to have to pay a premium because of that." NIC Trustee Todd Bandduci says he is tired of that red herring. "Then tell me why all those people applied. Why people fought to become the acting interim president. Even the people internal or retiring said they would stay if they get to become president. You guys have manufactured this crisis..." www.thebushnellreport.com This is a video clip from the North Idaho College Youtube channel.

NIC Trustee Banducci mentions that the previous college president's salary was $200,000. The current interim president's salary is $180,000. That is about $15,000 a month. Trustee Goeede states that he thinks the higher salary is important due to the high cost of housing and living. Doesn’t think we can find a quality candidate for less than the salary range he suggested. Trustee McKenzie asks if Trustee Goedde would be open to a mixture of items to get to that amount like a cost of moving stipend. Goedde says no he would not be open to that. Trustee Banducci points out that with health insurance and state retirement it will be approaching $300,00 if they stay with Goeddes suggested salary range. Trustee Mckenzie mentions this new president's salary will be 4 times the salary of other employees at North Idaho College. www.thebushnellreport.com This clip is from the May 13th meeting on the North Idaho College Youtube channel.