Local Briefs January 12, 2012
Commissioners approve districts
Precincts aren't the only voting areas that have been tweaked.
To accommodate updated census numbers, the Kootenai County commissioners voted unanimously this week to approve new county commissioner districts.
The three districts in the county were adjusted to accommodate growing populations, said Dave Christianson, GIS manager, with district one containing 46,050 citizens, district two containing 45,485 and district 3 totaling 46,959.
Christianson said he had aimed to make the populations more even in each district, as district one had previously contained 52,303 and district two only 39,355.
"That was quite a difference," Christianson said at the commissioners' weekly meeting on Tuesday.
Although many had showed up at last week's meeting where the commissioners approved changing the number of voter precincts to 70, the crowd was sparse on Tuesday.
Christianson acknowledged that the purpose of the commissioners' districts is limited.
"The only thing it's used for is when a citizen wants to run (for commissioner), they refer to this map to find out what district they're in," he said.
Commissioner Todd Tondee noted that every voter in the county votes for all three commissioners, regardless which district they reside in.
"We represent everyone, not just those from our own districts," Tondee said.
According to the county website, commissioner district maps are available at the county Elections Office at 1808 N. Third Street in Coeur d'Alene.
CDs stolen from truck
COEUR d'ALENE - A window was broken out of a red Dodge 1500 pickup truck on Fairway Drive just south of the Kroc Center and more than $4,000 in CDs with rap music were stolen, according to a police report.
The victim's vehicle was parked on Fairway, south of Golf Course Road, when it was broken into on Friday night, Coeur d'Alene police said. Fairway circles the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Club.
The owner of the vehicle, a Post Falls resident, said the truck had been locked. He lost some other items in the car burglary, but they were valued at less than $25. He also lost $15 in cash.