North Idaho Old Timer: You have GOT to be kidding. The S-R just completely wrote off North Idaho, but Mr. Smith and Mr. Higgins are expecting us to continue to subscribe and advertise in their Spokane-only paper? Unbelievable. Your cuts to the Coeur d'Alene office sent a very clear message... You are no longer interested in what happens on this side of the state line. And Mr. Higgens and Mr. Smith, we no longer care to support your printed product. Whether it be in a subscription or an ad. Period. What was Mr. Smith's comment last night?? Gosh people .... we wish this would have turned out differently. Excuse me? Your decision to turn your back on the 100,000+ people of North Idaho is perfectly clear. You will NOT see another ad from our company in your paper any time soon. How long will it be when the beautiful Spokesman Review building on Northwest Boulevard becomes the D.A. Davidson Building? Or the Idaho Trust Building? Sorry DFO, Becky, and Erica...... I'm guessing you'll soon be commuting to an office quite different from the one you now call home. Again..... how sad.

DFO: Nah, North Idaho Old Timer; I won't be heading out from here any time soon. If anything, Huckleberries Online will become bigger than ever. It's going to become the focus of a unique experiment that could blaze a trail for online newspapering. Don't write me off just yet. Huckleberries Online already has between 6000 and 7500 readers. The SR has about 10,000 readers in Kootenai County and mebbe 16,000 to 18,000 throughout North Idaho. With a little promotion, this blog could reach five digits in the not too distant future. If anything, what we're doing here will become more interesting.

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