Huckleberries: A chat isn’t always just a chat

Inquiring minds want to know … what K-County Commissioners Gus Johnson and Katie Brodie were discussing, huddled in a booth at the back of Mulligans (Coeur d’Alene Inn), near the kitchen, about 5 p.m. Thursday. My Berry Pickers heard the words “Hayden” and “lots.” But Katie tells Huckleberries nothing fishy was going on. She sez she’d been on vacation and was catching up on official biz prior to an evening meeting. Still, two commissioners make a quorum. Then, why should two Lame Ducks worry about a trifle like Idaho’s open meeting law?

“ Izzit me, or does Rick Currie resemble a county jailbird in that red/orange shirt he’s wearing in mugshots published occasionally by the two local papers?

“ Quotable Quote: “If Perrier-gulping airline passengers think they’ve been inconvenienced because terrorists have liquid explosives, just wait until the bad guys figure out how to make bombs out of airplane toilet chemicals and toilet paper.” – Bill McCrory/Whitecaps.

“ Huckleberries loved this line from a CPD Blue news release about the Pizza Hut burglary last Tuesday morning: “Detectives interviewed all suspects involved. An 18-year-old female was among the four males detained.” Now, there’s a confused young woman.

“ Worst nickname for a Major League Baseball player? “Sexy” for Seattle slugger Richie Sexson. Announcer Dave Niehaus shouldn’t use the nickname unless, of course, he thinks Sexson is.