tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65743082024-03-07T00:49:35.059-08:00the idaho kennedysThis is a website for the Kennedy clan in Idaho and the temporary home of the Mike Kennedy for City Council campaign.Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-33129751667873519102009-10-29T21:01:00.004-08:002009-10-29T21:05:48.686-08:00Kennedy for City Council WebsiteThe campaign is in full swing! If you're looking for the Kennedy for City Council website, click here: Campaign PageMike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-89842281294340279502009-07-22T14:33:00.001-07:002009-07-22T14:36:17.981-07:00Pete Hamill - In Awe of Angela's AshesFrom this fantastic piece by Pete Hamill:Author and raconteur Frank McCourt, in his autobiography, “has examined his ferocious childhood, walked around it, relived it, and with skill and care and generosity of heart, transformed it into a triumphant work of art,” writes Pete Hamill.Frank McCourt has written a triumphant book. His memoir of an Irish childhood is in turns hilarious, heart-scalding,Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-27120722182530868382009-07-15T10:48:00.001-07:002009-07-17T09:04:39.155-07:00City Council CampaignIf you're looking for the Kennedy for City Council page, this is its temporary home! We're getting the website up and running at: kennedyforcda.com, which currently routes to here. You can also join our Facebook campaign group at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101246641063.Keep checking in for more updates and a new website!MikeMike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-33068829147913627622009-06-08T20:22:00.002-07:002009-06-08T20:25:02.435-07:00Gearing up for the CampaignThis is the temporary website for the Mike Kennedy for City Council Re-Election Campaign!If you're interested, we'll be bringing up a more official website soon, but to get involved you can join the Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101246641063&ref=nf or email me at: mike@idahokennedys.com and we'll take it from there.I do have an announced opponent, and though I Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-50244608270223792542009-03-03T08:26:00.001-08:002009-03-03T08:28:34.324-08:00Gearing up for St. Patrick's Day - An Oldie but GoodieOn vacation in Rome I noticed a marble column in St. Peter's with a golden telephone on it. As a young priest passed by I asked who the telephone was for. The priest told me it was a direct line to Heaven and if I'd like to call it would be a thousand dollars.I was amazed, but declined the offer. All throughout Italy I kept seeing the same golden telephone on a marble column. At each, I Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-57677865076125680062008-06-15T21:59:00.000-07:002008-06-15T22:00:33.109-07:00The Prayer of St. FrancisLord, make me a channel of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-56665492229737138912008-01-11T13:45:00.000-08:002008-01-11T13:49:42.976-08:00Pete Hamill on Ireland, John Kennedy, and FathersNovember 22, 1963By Pete HamillThat day I was in Ireland, in the dark hard Northern city of Belfast, with the fine wire of the winter rain driving in sheets from the roiled sea. Along the Falls Road, women in shawls bent into the punishing November wind, like damp mobile bundles. The men stood in the beery warmth of the BeeHive pub, or the Rock Bar, their faces raw, caps pulled down hard, smokingMike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-83853258403107365402007-09-11T12:18:00.000-07:002007-09-11T12:25:28.011-07:00In Memoriam - September 11, 2001Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-73530223427111631072007-05-21T10:41:00.000-07:002007-05-21T11:14:41.418-07:00Home Sweet Home!Jack's back. And so is Mom.Yesterday, after six days of finally improving weight in the hospital and diagnosis of some milk allergies and low muscle tone, the doctors decided that Jack could go home to continue his regimens.This was welcome news to everyone, but especially to those of us reliant on Mom to keep the house in order.I won't list the number of people who helped us, both because it's Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-89142511236971057812007-05-18T23:21:00.000-07:002007-05-18T23:24:16.221-07:00Saying goodbye to Mommy for the nightThis was a hard night. I brought kids 1-5 into Spokane for a reunion with Mom and baby Jack, who is in the Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart. They haven’t seen their Mom since Tuesday morning at 6:45 am, at which time we all thought they’d be home the next day at the latest.As it happens, Jack’s “failure to thrive” has him in the hospital much longer, possibly a week, maybe less, maybe more, Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-43479518550916944432007-04-22T08:36:00.000-07:002007-04-22T08:43:12.143-07:00Jack's BaptismToday John Patrick Kennedy gets baptized into the Catholic faith. It's a great day that he'll never remember, but his terrific godparents, Natalie and Madeleine Sheils will be great mentors and leaders for him throughout his life.Welcome, Jack!Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-74577178495417198402007-04-22T08:34:00.000-07:002007-04-22T08:36:15.721-07:00A Prayer by Archbishop Oscar RomeroIt helps, now and then, to step backand take a long view.The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,it is even beyond our vision.We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fractionof the magnificent enterprise that is God's work.Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of sayingthat the kingdom always lies beyond us.No statement says all that could be said.No prayer fully expresses our faith.No Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-72148878585652111272007-04-16T17:16:00.000-07:002007-04-16T17:22:53.340-07:00Schedule for CdA Comp Plan Public MeetingsSchedule Announced for CdA Comprehensive Plan Public MeetingsThe City of Coeur d’Alene needs your participation as the community takes the next step in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan. Join friends and neighbors to learn about the plan that will serve as a guide for future development within the city. Meetings will be held: Monday, April 23rdChrist the King Lutheran Church1600 Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-90710023321220900962007-03-08T21:19:00.000-08:002007-03-08T21:29:33.782-08:00Ben Bernanke on Affordable HousingOK - I'll concede it - this linked document is mostly boring for non-banker types. BUT - it shows that the issue of affordable housing and the many repercussions for communities that lose touch with a diverse pool of housing options is getting attention at the highest levels.Here is an informative (if a bit wonkish) speech by Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman that touches on the issue. TheMike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-13064406610634674672007-02-21T22:01:00.000-08:002007-02-21T22:25:47.132-08:00NIC Presidential SearchToday the North Idaho College Presidential Search Committee held the first meeting, and the caliber of people in the room helping to give advice and counsel to the NIC Board of Trustees was very high. For one more week, the committee is seeking input on what criteria the community seeks in a new president.There are 11 members of the NIC community (including professors, staff, and a very Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-43513038481048779102007-02-21T21:59:00.000-08:002007-02-21T22:01:44.842-08:00Salvation Army Kroc Corps Community CenterThis page has a video flythrough of the Salvation Army Kroc Corps Community Center. Pretty amazing.Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-10444567080734101692007-02-15T15:11:00.000-08:002007-02-15T15:15:35.012-08:00Idaho's Working Poor Special on IPTVFrom Idaho Public TV Website:Airing February 15 & 18Idaho's Working PoorAccording to a new study, only half of Idaho's existing jobs pay a living wage for parents with two children, even when both parents are working full time. The Northwest Federation of Community Organizations issued its report at the same time Idaho's legislators rejected or held off considering several measures aimed at Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-81890551096395319302007-02-13T23:32:00.000-08:002007-02-13T23:34:32.246-08:00City of Coeur d'Alene BBC Housing Affordability StudyMike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-84256658494226679032007-02-03T22:58:00.000-08:002007-02-03T23:11:52.284-08:00Thank you guys.Tonight my family sat, laid, and lounged in the living room and watched a movie together. The kids brought their sleeping bags and we popped popcorn. It was Norman Rockwell, sappy, even, but totally normal and comfortable.But it was also a tremendous reminder to me that in the midst of whatever else is going on, despite whatever stress or strain or anxiety is afoot, there are 7 people in the Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-32577580533983014402007-01-30T21:30:00.000-08:002007-01-30T21:48:59.867-08:00John Patrick KennedyWelcome to the world, Jack!January 30, 20077 lbs. 12 oz.21.5 inches longMom and Baby are doing great and resting comfortably. Jack decided to arrive with a bullet (and a scare to his folks). His cord was wrapped around his head twice and tightly, so he was as purple as his ancestors getting ready to take on a British drunk in a Galway bar.But given some good doctors and nurses, some oxygen and Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-24204927609772259952007-01-14T19:42:00.000-08:002007-01-14T21:59:14.057-08:00PBS Series - 'The Supreme Court'I was alerted to this series that will be airing beginning in January by a former professor of mine, Joe Kobylka of SMU in Dallas, Texas. As a nationally known and respected expert on the Supreme Court in general and the late Justice Harry Blackmun in particular, he will be featured in the series. In watching excerpts of the show's episode 4 here, it looks to be a terrific series for history Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-1166243244608049472006-12-15T20:22:00.000-08:002006-12-15T20:27:24.626-08:00Windstorm in the NorthwestThere were lots of amazing stories about immense wind damage and power outages for people numbering well over a million in the Northwest. I actually think that number was underreported since there were tens of thousands of residences and businesses without power in North Idaho alone that never made the national wires that I saw.Regardless, it was an opportunity for me to see what local Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-1165470332336593962006-12-06T21:42:00.000-08:002006-12-06T22:31:55.473-08:00Rails to Trails Success in Coeur d'Alene!FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 6, 2006LCDC APPROVES FUNDING ARRANGEMENT FOR PURCHASE OF UP RIGHT OF WAYThe North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation (NICTF) and the Lake City Development Corporation (LCDC) announced today a funding arrangement that enables NICTF to acquire the abandoned 5.25 mile long Union Pacific rail line in Coeur d’Alene. The Foundation plans to partner with public and private Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-1165128759685380062006-12-02T22:52:00.000-08:002006-12-02T22:52:42.496-08:00Coeur d'Alene Housing Assessment ReleasedPreserving Our Sense of Place: A Housing Needs Assessment in Coeur d'AleneThis report is the starting point for what needs to be a deep and thorough project to improve the housing situation in Coeur d'Alene.Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-1164695863684226342006-11-27T22:37:00.000-08:002006-11-27T22:38:08.170-08:00A Wyoming Newspaper Editorializes on Affordable HousingProtect Wyoming's Investment in Affordable HousingAs Coeur d'Alene embarks on the project of working to build real, affordable, workforce housing, we're looking to find other places that are dealing with it in creative and effective ways. There are many opinions on affordable housing, and more than one way of accomplishing it. The city's housing assessment will be finalized and published in a Mike Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com0