Seems Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis is turning the screws on our North Idaho senators re. his shameless attempt to close more committee meetings. He brought the hammer down on our small flock of five sheep after getting word that the SR was polling our…
SR Photo/Jesse Tinsley: A detention deputy in the Kootenai County Public Safety Building (jail) watches over inmates in several "pods" in the east housing wing of the jail Wednesday.*County studies second jail expansion: Commission considers putting proposal to extend half-cent sales tax for small addition…
Gotta go hear Dubya give his State of the Union speech, which the Repubs will declare splendid and the Demos will declare lacking. The New York Times provides a preview here. If you get time tonight, you can tell Huckleberries Online what you thought of…
Sightem: In Post Falls today, Pam I Am spotted someone driving around with Idaho "House 56" plates today -- and expired license tabs. The tabs expired 12/04. PIA wonders if the car was going to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
"...Winton is a worn-out, old school that has seen better days. But it is our worn-out, old school" -- Winton Concerned Parents re. Coeur d'Alene School District plans to move 700 elementary students to different schools next fall here.DFO: I'm sure glad that my kids'…
...on a grey Pontiac Grand Am with Kootenai plates, parked at Tidyman's Friday, Jan. 28:"Somewhere in Texas there's a village missing an idiot."And above? An Oakland Raiders insignia.DFO: Doesn't columnist Molly Ivins come from Texas?
On her lively national blog here, Michelle Malkin lists her 10 biggest post-Iraqi election sourpusses:Ted KennedyJohn KerryMary Ann MarshChris MatthewsThe Democratic UndergroundDonatella LorchPeter JenningsMaureen Dowd (okay, she's always a sourpuss)The Arab pressThe American pressDid I miss anyone? she asks in conclusion.DFO: Well, did she?
Marianne Love stepped into a BSU/UI cross-fire between Eagle Eye and Phil (Corless, not Punxatawney) today to report this:Furthermore . . . I, just moments ago, learned the a Boise State University grad has been named the Northwest Athletic Director of the Year (six states)…
OK, I got suckered on this one ... until I read the end. Dunno who's the originator:WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hang on to any of the new State of Idaho quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents. The U.S.…
Now that the $3 million library bond has passed, what's Duane Hagadone's next move re. his memorial garden?1. He'll come back with the same plan to close three downtown streets.2. He'll annex McEuen Field and dare the City Council to stop him.3. He'll (ahaha) build…
*CdA voters pass library, safety bonds: Measures total $10 million for improvements/Erica Curless, SR -- A two-thirds supermajority represents a ha-huge mountain to climb in passing a bond. The city's children, as well as the downtown, just received a terrific boost because dedicated community leaders…
Phil & Eagle Eye had a throw down over BSU/UI Tuesday, and Phil landed this uppercut:Top 10 Reasons to go to BSU10. It's a notch better than LCSC.9. Anyone with a pulse can get in.8. Duck hunting is great on the blue turf.7. You can…
Gotta boogy earlier than usual tonight to meet with a Spokane blog guru for coffee. I'll check back in later tonight to see how the voting is going and mebbe respond to some comments. (I see Phil Corless and Eagle Eye are hooked up again…
Oregon cartoonist Jim Tibbs' illustrates a Marianne Love/Slight Detour piece today on Bryant Jones, son of the late city attorney Jeff Jones and Magistrate Debra Heise, here.
...the Gates online monopoly here.
As you may recall, dating expert David Coleman told WSU students that this was the worst pickup line he'd heard: "I might not be the best-looking guy here, but I’m the only one talking to you” here.Well, Milt Nelson of the Hidden Valley area (pictured…
1:45 p.m. Mike Kennedy is calling in reports re. voting numbers, and I'm posting them. Keep checking the comments feature under "and the voting begins." Also, if you have the numbers from your polls, please report them to Huckleberries Online.11:19 a.m. Bill McCrory reports he…
Message sent by Bill McCrory/Whitecaps to Prosecutor Bill Douglas:How can I obtain a complete copy of “Review of Idaho State Police Investigation No. 2004-1007 – Fatal Shooting of Michael A. Madonna” and any other documents or information which were released to the press on January…
First:I am very fond of small yappy poodles,especially sauteedand served over noodlesThe Bard of Sherman AvenueThen:LOL! LOL! My biggest dilemma is figuring out who I adore most: The Bard or Eagle Eye -- Dawn Q. Otee.***And then:The poets of the Huckleberries clanHave made a hit…
With reservations, I'm going to vote for both Coeur d'Alene bonds tomorrow -- reservations about the library bond, that is. I'm not crazy about the location. It was forced on us by downtowners looking for another drawing card. I'm also not crazy about library supporters…
as when it's sung by the late Ray Charles here.Hat Tip to Milt Nelson of Rathdrum for sending this in.
Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas cleared two deputies Monday in connection with the Dec. 28 shooting that killed a suspect and left a Coeur d’Alene police officer seriously injured, according to reporter Tom Clouse/SR.“It was justifiable homicide,” Douglas said of the actions by deputies Justin…
Rather than just flapping their gums for TV against the attempt by Repub Senate leaders to allow more closed committee meetings, Senate D's should play rough, according to editorialist Marty Trillhaase of the Idaho Falls Post Register. They should:1. Do more than hold press conferences…
Gotta kick out of a comment posting by Bob Salsbury/Unbearable Bobness of Being re: my wolves item in today's "SR Headlines". Quoth Bob: "Wolves are cool, Pomeranians however, are Satan's Lapdogs." Pomeranians? Admittingly, they make a nice crunch when a car wheel rolls over them.…
Any guesses about the percentage of turnout Tuesday for Coeur d'Alene's bond votes on public safety and the proposed new library?
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
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