Huckleberries Hears …

… that the local GOPachyderm Club attack dogs were out in force when North Idaho College interim prez Priscilla Bell came calling to speak recently. One asked if she thought the faculty matched the community politically, dredging up the flap in which student Linda Cook demanded her money back after part-time English instructor Jessica Bryan regularly jabbed verbally at Repub politics. Another demanded to know if she was a candidate for the position she’s now holding on an interim bases. She deferred the question to NIC PRmeister Kent Propst, while the Elephant went on to opine that she was gumming up the search process if she was. Finally, “European-American” activist Stan Hess went off on such a tirade that Repub Fred Ostermeyer told him to pipe down or leave. Hess did. Then, he returned in a huff, to leave a tip.