Kootenai County Commissioner Katie Brodie laughs and holds an old horseshoe after Commission Chair Gus Johnson, left, gave her the "golden horseshoe" award this morning during a hearing about the proposed Powderhorn Bay golf course development. The horseshoe, according to Johnson, is to be passed along to a commissioner who gets in trouble. Johnson, as you may recall, created a stir when opponents of a proposed upper-scale lake subdivision saw a proponent give him a mysterious box after a planning hearing. As it turned out, the box contained horseshoes for Johnson's father. Brodie got in hot water this week when opponents of the Powderhorn subdivision saw her talking one-on-one with development team members Monday. The commissioners decided this morning to reopen the hearing on the subdivision proposal to allow opponents to counter what Brodie was told/Jesse Tinsley, Spokesman-Review.

Question: Do you think Gus Johnson is making too light of possible conflict-of-interest appearances?

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