Huckleberries hears that Judge Benjamin Simpson delayed action on the motion by attorney Starr Kelso on behalf of plaintiff Jim Brannon to disqualify Simpson from hearing the case. In action this morning, Simpson said he would rule on the disqualification motion in the next day or two. Simpson told Kelso and attorney Scott Reed, representing incumbent Mike Kennedy, that he couldn't rule on other motions filed by Kelso until he settled the disqualification issue. As a result of Simpson's schedule in the coming weeks, the judge said he won't be able to decide Brannon's motion to reduce the $40,000 bond he ordered in the case for at least two weeks.