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Gookin Targets MikeK’s Coffee Break

March 4, 2009 4:58 p.m. • 65 comments

At OpenCDA.com, Dan Gookin takes umbrage at the audacity of Councilman Mike K to get up in the middle of a presentation by city staff to get a cup of coffee. You can read all about it here.

65 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Sisyphus on March 04 at 5:04 p.m.
Wow, that’s pathetic. Speaking of which look at Mary’s comment. If this is really all his political opponents have to complain about then Mike must be doing a bang up job. I might have to sign up over there.
Frum Helen Back on March 04 at 5:06 p.m.
Would Gookin rather that Mike fall asleep?
keithincda on March 04 at 5:09 p.m.
hey getting up to get coffee is better than getting up to get another bottle of Bent’s brew, which is what I’d have to do if I was a council person!
JBelle on March 04 at 5:19 p.m.
Well this is a no brainer. It’s quite clear that Mr. Kennedy, as a CDA City Councilor, NEEDS STAFF to carry his coffee.
Sam on March 04 at 6:37 p.m.
Clearly this is an issue I would hope that Mr. Gookin will use as his main campaign platform plank. A successful candidacy should, thusly, abound.
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 6:50 p.m.
I might have to sign up over there.Sisyphus on March 04 at 5:04 p.m.

Please do Sis, we could use comedy.

Sam, when you are being lighthearted, ya need to use the smiley face. ;-)
Dennis on March 04 at 7:03 p.m.
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 6:50 p.m.

I might have to sign up over there.Sisyphus on March 04 at 5:04 p.m.

Please do Sis, we could use comedy.

Kinda like everything you post here huh KM???

:-)
Dennis on March 04 at 7:11 p.m.
And KM,,,, this is just my opinion,,, but I don’t think Sis would do to well over there,,,, he deals with facts, not fiction.

;-P
Sam on March 04 at 7:28 p.m.
But Kage, if I use those faces, won’t it stick like that?
Sam on March 04 at 7:29 p.m.
Dennis, are you the Dennis I know?
Dennis on March 04 at 7:40 p.m.
No Sam,,,, We haven’t met. But I’m looking forward to the day we can get together with a “Bent Brew”!!
Sam on March 04 at 7:44 p.m.
Gotcha, Dennis. I didn’t think we had met, actually. But there was a Dennis on here before who now lives in the area where I do and I wasn’t sure if you were the same one.

i’m definitely down for a Bent brew, though I’ve not been invited for such, to be honest.
Dennis on March 04 at 7:51 p.m.
Niether have I,,,,, but I figure if a couple of us can track him down and employ a little “Waterboarding”, we might just be able ti finniggle a couple of pints!!!

;-P
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 8:35 p.m.
OMG, Dennis would employ the use of torture to get a few pints of Bent’s brew! Are you nuts? Do I need to ask? ;-p
Stickman on March 04 at 8:54 p.m.
Sam: you would always be invited to an event such as the unveiling of a bent brew. But, you live so far away. At the next event, I am hopeful to get Bob here again, as he loves the brew as well. The Truly would also come, as she loves Bob and wants to meet him. So. we’ll see. Next month, Bent and I will announce something that may interest a few. I hope my humble abobe can handle more than four people.
Stickman on March 04 at 8:56 p.m.
As for MikeK, you will always have me on your side. Your heart is in the right place, enough for me.
JIMMYMAC on March 04 at 9:18 p.m.
DanG,
Give it a rest already….please.
Sam on March 04 at 9:26 p.m.
Stickman, any time you’re there I’m there.

Honestly, if I had the money I’d love to come. Credit card bills are the reason why we couldn’t make it to Blogfest, unfortunately, and that’s still the issue with making visits to Idaho. My wages were cut at work, too, so every cent we have needs to go to our bills.
MikeK on March 04 at 9:52 p.m.
Everyone, please, do me a favor and don’t share what you are about to read with Mr. Gookin. I think he would be very upset with what I am going to disclose to all of you here.

More than a year ago, the LCDC installed an elaborate catheter and drainage system for me under the desks in the Council Meeting Room. It was expensive, but it allows me (with my admittedly small bladder) to drink more coffee than any small army could consume without having to get up and use the bathroom, thus ensuring I don’t fall asleep, and to solve another problem which I’ll also share in a moment.

The problem we didn’t foresee is that the coffee intake system they installed doesn’t have near the capacity as the discharge system, so I have to continue to get up in order to keep the equilibrium of the coffee in-to-out ratio. I would chalk this unfortunate error up to the Engineering department, but since I’m the liaison to the Engineering department, that wouldn’t reflect well, so let’s just move forward.

Now here’s the kicker: the discharge system drains directly below the library, under McEuen Field, the resort, NIC (and the future Education Corridor) directly into the recently opened Riverstone Pond in the urban renewal district using high-tech wastewater “purple pipe”.

So now it can be made public - though I modestly didn’t want to have to take credit for this before - I am personally and singlehandedly responsible for keeping the water level high at Riverstone Pond. I’m not drinking coffee because I WANT to, it’s because I HAVE to. I’ve been ordered to do so by the LCDC Board.

Again, please don’t tell anyone. While my “contributions” in this area would likely be regarded as noble by most, it’s also sort of embarrassing. As a side note, this should help explain to those who wondered why there is a “no swimming” policy at Riverstone Pond.

Thanks for letting me clear the air on this.
Cindy_H on March 04 at 9:58 p.m.
((MikeK))
And I thought no one could top Marmie’s funny post.
You just did :-)
Front page stuff!
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 10:02 p.m.
Mikey, after reading this garbage, I can’t wait to vote you out of office this fall.
Sam on March 04 at 10:05 p.m.
Holy mother of God. An instant classic post, Mr. Kennedy. bwaaa hahha.

Still, I will be promptly notifying DanG about this issue so he can begin forming his council candidacy exploratory committee, centered around a plank of MikeK’s Coffee Bladder Disrespect. I might work PR for him.

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. But seriously, sir, one Panda Express lunch can’t stop me from working for top dollar. And that dude wrote one of those Dummies books. I also believe he never gets up for anything. That means he takes a stand. Or a seat. Or something.
Sam on March 04 at 10:06 p.m.
I’m with you Kage! :( :D :;) …. I used smileys for you this post, like you asked.
DFO on March 04 at 10:12 p.m.
Kage; I’m afraid you can vote against MikeK all you want this fall. But he will continue to represent us next year when he stomps the competition at the polls. A sense of humor like MikeK’s would serve the OpenCDA.com bunch well — even if they shared it among themselves. An Irish Catholic sense of humor is simply a bonus. Indeed, Sam is correct. MikeK has written an HBO classic. And it might not be the best one today in lieu of Marmie schooling us on the sex education of her 4 lads. You guys are amazing.
MikeK on March 04 at 10:19 p.m.
You guys think I’m kidding?

:-)
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 10:27 p.m.
DFO, your voting for a democrat from N.Y. who wants to turn this town into Coeur d’ Condolane? Anyway, isn’t there anything you disagree with Mike on? BTW- I thought Dan’s picture of Mike leaving the council chambers to get a cup of coffee at the start of his blog today was hysterical.
Sam on March 04 at 10:35 p.m.
Kage, so someone who hasn’t lived in Coeur d’Alene forever can’t participate?

Why don’t you ask your beloved Mary Souza and Dan Gookin where they’re originally from. Smiley face.
DFO on March 04 at 10:41 p.m.
Kage; I not only voted for the Demo from New York 4 years ago in his three-way victory over some other guy & Mary (who finished third), but I also wrote the SR editorial endorsing him for the council position. If anything, he has gotten better with age. As far as the CondoLane thing goes … Sandi & Co. have the right formula for saving the downtown: Get people living, eating and shopping there year round. The 5 prime movers & shakers re: condos and high-rises in Coeur d’Alene are Coeur d’Alene or Spokane fellas (Hagadone, John Stone, Marshall Chesrown & Miller-Stauffer). Sounds like CondoLane has a local push, along with the vote of that “Democrat from N.Y.”
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 10:44 p.m.
Sam, Mary’s from Spokane. No, of course everybody can participate. As a native, I’m not that shallow. ;-)
DFO on March 04 at 10:46 p.m.
BTW, Kage; I still have a heckuva shot of Dan Gookin leading an environmental expert, 2 reporters & a group of fellow believers down to the Spokane River, to prove that Marshall Chesrown was doing something amiss with the water. He & his gang were called the Wild Goose Chase Gang for awhile after that skewp blow up in their faces. However, if you can get the OK from DanG, MMQC & Co., I’d love to publish that MikeK photo over here, with his comment from tonight (although I’d settle for a pix of his catheter & drainage system).
Sam on March 04 at 10:47 p.m.
Yes, Mary is not native, correct, Kage. And DanG?

You seem a bit shallow, wink face. You question someone because they came from somewhere else. Who cares. I was born and raised in North idaho, just like you, but does that mean we’re better than people who move to the community and can offer valuable perspective?

It almost sounds as if you’re interested in some type of native Idahoan segregation.

You might be surprised who else around you isn’t native, Kage.
Kage_Mann on March 04 at 11:04 p.m.
Sam, as proof that I’m not shallow, I voted for Dan G. for Edinger’s council seat and he almost won.I voted against Ron
who has been here since 1955.I guess I have an open mind. ;-p
Laughing on March 05 at 12:00 p.m.
While a small thing, wouldn’t it be easy for this counsel member to plan ahead and schedule his coffee breaks…unless he is not interested in what his staff has to say. He apparently is not interested in what the public has to say or else he wouldn’t have closed the public comment portion of one of the recent meetings so quickly.

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