A little link-back love to our friends over in North Idaho, Huckleberries Online found out who that cute little girl was spotted in the front row of Friday's Ron Paul rally in Spokane. Turns out she's the daughter of a Kootenai County Republican precinct committeeman. Her name is Lajla and she's almost four years old.

Dave Oliveria, also known as "DFO", spoke with her father, Bjorn Handeen, who says she was an angel during the entire rally.

She was spotted in other photography shots during the rally. At one point, she helped with a crowd wave, pictured below, to ramp up the energy. She was also spotted by a Spokesman-Review photographer, peaking through the stage curtains. We have a photo gallery from the event online that you can view.

Here’s an idea - Google Hangouts with citizens and local politicians. It’s another way to talk face to face over great distances. Some selected Google+ users had the rare opportunity to ask questions to President Barack Obama in a video chat on Monday. Reuters' Anthony De Rosa explains: 

He answered questions about the economy, job creation, small business, and the use of drones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama referenced a New York Times story on the use of drones, which he called “overwritten,” and said that the use of drones had not resulted in an unusual number of civilian casualties. Asked about the anti-piracy legislation that set the Internet on fire, Obama said, ”When SOPA came up on the hill, we expressed some concerns about the way the legislation had been written.”

Share: It’s one way to answer the questions of millions of citizens. Locally, would you like to see this happen with state and city officials?

A proposed voting precinct change would reduce Kootenai County’s current number from 71 precincts to 44. The Board of County Commissioners will discuss the proposed change by the recommendation of County Clerk Cliff Hayes.

Each precinct, Hayes says, would contain between 799 to 2,397 voters. The reductions he added will save costs for taxpayers.

“Elections staff wanted precincts aligned with newly revised school district trustee zones to ensure ballot integrity,” Hayes said.

Based on guidelines supplied by the Commissioners, the precincts must contain polling centers in driving distance by no more than 30 minutes. Polling centers will feature additional poll workers to decrease voter wait time. New locations were chosen for easy access and parking.