Frank Church Dinner - Butch Otter - and a thought

Just a couple of quick notes, have you heard yet?  Jim Messina (an Obama insider) will be the speaker at the 2009 Frank Church Banquet.  

Our Gov has been getting some air time lately it seems, and I hear he has been doing great.  Anyone hear him and have a comment?  I hear he was on 670 KBOI and also was a guest on Glenn Beck.

And the temporary Capitol also known as the old Ada County Courthouse has some amazing murals.  That said some of the art is less then politically correct; including showing men preparing to hang a male Indian.  I understand that there has been a decision made to place some plaques under/with some of the murals to explain.  

Anyone here know the details or have thoughts?  As I understand it (and could be wrong) the tribes had input and everyone agreed on wording and such?

OH! and I almost forgot, any comments on shoes as weapons or statements?

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Comments

[Citizen Julie]

theresa, thanks for mentioning the Frank Church Banquet. We're excited about having Jim Messina - a 1988 Boise High grad and Obama's deputy chief of staff - as our keynote speaker. The banquet is March 7.

I can't remember what happened with the murals, other than - as you say - some interpretation has been added. There was talk two years ago of covering or removing them, but if I remember correctly, the powers that be decided to make the art into a teachable moment. That's a good question over whether tribes had any input on the matter.