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Here’s a news item from AP: BOISE - In a buy-local brew-ha-ha percolating in Boise, a southwestern Idaho coffee roaster is miffed at Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter over his choice of out-of-state java. David Ledgard, who owns Dawson Taylor Coffee Roasters, had just paid his annual $165 dues in the “Buy Idaho” program last week when he confronted the governor — as Otter was leaving a rival Spokane, Wash.-based joe joint, Thomas Hammer, across the street. Ledgard, admittedly edgy lately as the down economy takes its toll on his and his friends’ businesses, concedes the altercation escalated. Yes, he swore at the governor. At that, Otter said his staff wouldn’t frequent Dawson Taylor, either, Ledgard said. Jon Hanian, Otter’s spokesman, points out nobody should have to visit a place — even a local one — whose owner cusses them out. Thomas Hammer, owner of the Spokane-based roastery that bears his name, told The Associated Press he’d caught a whiff of this tempest in a coffee pot by Monday. Hammer, with seven coffee shops in Spokane and two in Idaho, jested, “This is huge. We might have to become the official coffee of the state of Idaho.”
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Sisyphus on April 27 at 12:14 p.m.
Tempest in a coffee pot?
RollingStone on April 27 at 2:27 p.m.
Drink my coffee or feel my wrath!
The_Boise_Picayune on April 27 at 2:54 p.m.
One fun thing about living ‘round these parts is how sanctimonious some folks can be about an appropriately placed F Bomb, or - as was the case here - another word for Scat. There are times when decorum not only justifies it; but demands it.
It is not necessarily a 911 event! Au contraire confrere.
Calling Bull Hooey when Bull Hooey is what’s being peddled is nothing short of stand up and commendable.
I humbly suggest that Mr Ledgard’s NPR interview [ http://citydesk.boiseweekly.com/2009/04/uncle-butch-caught-buying-out-of-state.html ] regarding the subject is worth your 7+ minutes.
Dawson’s Coffee is not only a local roaster and purveyor of fine coffee; but of good will, cheer and superlative customer service.