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Huckleberries: ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist led her to Trump, Hayden elector says

Dave Oliveria (Colin Mulvany)

Hayden businesswoman Jennifer Locke will be one of four Idaho Republicans to cast an electoral vote for Donald Trump when – not if – he wins the Gem State. A year ago, Locke was wavering between Trump and Rand Paul when “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams persuaded her via his blog to go all in on Trump. Adams, who is more of an observer than a Trump fan, predicted then that The Donald would win the presidency. In a landslide. While her friends were Cuckoo for Cruz during the Idaho GOPresidential primary, Locke jumped aboard the Trump bandwagon. Was an Idaho delegate for Trump at the GOP national convention in Cleveland. And, voila, now finds herself as an Idaho elector for Trump, along with state Sen. Melinda Smyser, state Trump campaign manager Lane Bangerter and Caleb Lakey. In case hell freezes over, Idaho Democrats also have four electors prepared to cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, including former party VP Jeanne Buell of Kootenai County. Speaking of a Cold Front In Hades, Huckleberries asked red-meat conservative Locke if there was any chance she’d cast her electoral vote for “Crooked Hillary” – Locke’s words, not Huckleberries’. The answer, ah, is NO!

Super Dart

By day, Facebook friend Darcy Johnson is a senior paralegal for Virginia Robinson’s nonprofit legal firm, Attorneys Northwest in Coeur d’Alene. Also by day, she’s a quick-thinking woman who saved a Sister in Distress from a multivehicle fender bender and costly car repairs. At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Darcy was dropping off mail in the box near the Idaho Tax Commission office when she saw a Dodge Dart roll backward. No one was in the small car. Without hesitating, Darcy darted to the open car window and pulled the brake, preventing the vehicle from hitting three parked cars. At that point, a 30-something woman rushed out of the building, exclaiming that she’d forgotten to set her brake. Darcy related this story on her Facebook page, where some friends now view her as a superhero they dub “Super Dart.”

Huckleberries

So Debra Cashman of Rathdrum is driving home with her husband when she remarks: “Wonder why we don’t see moose in our ’hood anymore?” They round the corner – and there’s a moose in the road. Which prompted Debra to say: “Wonder why we don’t win the lottery?” … Bumpersnicker (on light-blue T-shirt worn by woman crossing Sherman Avenue Wednesday evening): “Porn kills love.” Bingo … Poll: 58 percent of my Huckleberries Online readers disagree with the Spokane City Council decision to jettison Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day … Yes, that was Tina Kunishige, the DINO (Democrat in Name Only) candidate for Kootenai County sheriff, open-carrying a firearm at the North Idaho Fair. Alas, Kunishige’s armed vigilance didn’t stop the theft of an 8-foot stuffed lizard from a carnival booth … Responding to news that a rattlesnake had bitten sportswriter Byron Edelman of the Lewiston Tribune Sunday, a Huckleberries wag quipped: “Generally, professional courtesy precludes a rattlesnake biting a journalist” … Quotable quote: “I want to know how in the hell a hobo spider the size of a small country was able to get inside the house?” – Taryn Thompson of Rathdrum. Dunno how. But they do.

Parting shot

Consternation broke out at Huckleberries HQ when a blog comment from Coeur d’Alene official Sam Taylor revealed that the city had shut down Victory sports pub. On Wednesday evening, Huckleberries saw that the sister business to the popular Crafted Tap House had opened in downtown Coeur d’Alene. And reported the news on the blog the next day. Victory, however, hadn’t met all the city code requirements to open and was slapped with a do-not-occupy order Thursday. (Insert frowny face.) In the end Victory prevailed. The owners dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s later Thursday – and now have a temporary certificate of occupancy. Huckleberries predicts the business will be a popular addition to downtown CdA.

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