I can't figure out why the Coeur d'Alene Press published that top-of-the-fold story re: the county commissioners by Alecia Warren this morning (with mug shots of all three): "Commissioners put in the hours." Not much news value other than the statement that the three commissioners don't have vacation or sick days. But they have taken off a range of nine to 31 days a year for the last three years. You can read the story here. Now, let's back space to a guest opinion made by former county planning commissioner Kathlene Kolts in the Press Friday. Kolts castigates Commissioners Rick Currie and Rich Piazza for failing to do anything with the county comprehensive plan that, she said, has sat on their desks for the last 15 months. Quoth: Kolts: "The truth is that absent Todd Tondee's participation, neither of the other "concerned" commissioners ever did anything to direct the process, participate in a vision, write the document, research the land use principles or engage in dialog with the P & Z Commission for all three years that I served."

Question: So, which is it, are the commissioners working hard or hardly working? And why do you think the Press published that front-page story?