Inside Huckleberries — 9/6/06

* Dan Of The County has invited HBO to check out his vote-by-mail Web site. But he’s reluctant to share it with the rest of the crew here until county assessors around Idaho have a chance to check it out tomorrow morning. It’ll premiere here as soon as he gives the OK — mebbe tomorrow — because he’s very interested in your feedback.

* Sam The Intern , now a married man, informed the North Idaho staff a few minutes ago that this is his last day as an SR intern in the SR office. He’ll be checking out a full-time job prospect later this week. I wish him well. He’s a solid young journalist who should have a long career in this field.

* Dan Of The County is about to unveil a web site dedicated to the passage of legislation that would transform Idaho into a vote-by-mail state. He’s doing it on his own time and at his own expense. Stay tuned.

* Bayview Herb writes: “We have secured the meeting room at Kootenai County Administration for our “Bloggers” Meeting. The purpose of this get together is to help guide the County in determining the Master Growth Plan. The County Planning staff was so impressed with the bloggers, and with Huckleberries, that they invited me to get bloggers and blurkers together for a specific meeting. Dan English has offered to host us at the Ad Building. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13.

*For my North Idaho blogging compadres, I found that site that allegedly determines how much your blog is worth, based on Technorati criteria. HBO has a value of $67,180.26. (If only.) You can find out how much your blog is worth here .