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Phaedrus: What To Do w/Duane’s $$$

Here's what Phaedrus would do if he had Duane Hagadone's money: "Me? I’d pay my mom’s nursing home care so that Medicare won’t have to step-in after all mom’s money is gone; I’d pay six-figure bonuses too all the people who’ve cared for her and loved her over the past couple of years as her mind has left her and her kids are too far away. I’d make sure my brothers and sisters were set-up for comfortable retirements. I’d make sure my kid’s futures would be secured (but I wouldn’t tell them just yet) so they could pursue their dreams without financial worries. I’d give Jeff Conroy at St. Vincent’s a boatload of $$ because he does a lot of good for those in our community that are most in need and he does it joyfully and frugally. I’d make our public schools whole again, after years of being decimated by Tom Luna, Butch Otter, Bob Nonini and John Goedde: fund the arts, fund athletics, take kids on field trips, build and remodel old, rundown schools (Winton, I’m talking about you. Bryan, you too.)" More here.

Question: What would you add to Phaedrus' list?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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