Huckleberries: Kootenai County GOP to discuss making Christianity state’s preferred religion

The Rally Righters among Kootenai County Republicans are tired of other religions in this country getting “preferential treatment.” They want the Christian religion to be preferred instead. At least in Idaho.

Among the items on the agenda for the local GOP Central Committee on Tuesday is a resolution requesting that Idaho declare itself to be a “Christian state.” The whereases tell of the USA being founded on Judeo-Christian principles and of those principles being under increasing attack by public institutions. The main motion states in part: “The state of Idaho and all its institutions will render full recognition to the Christian basis thereof, not permitting any diminution or rejection of its status nor any restriction on its presence or role in the public arena.”

The resolution concludes that the preservation of the “Judeo-Christian bedrock” is not to be “interpreted as restricting the free exercise of any other religion.” The resolution didn’t specify which of Idaho’s Christian religions would be most preferred.

Satisfaction

Mick Jagger couldn’t get no satisfaction. But Ironman triathletes do when they visit Coeur d’Alene. A former Ironman race representative told the Coeur d’Alene City Council Tuesday that Ironman athletes awarded Coeur d’Alene a venue satisfaction rating of 98.5 percent. The only deduction for the Lake City? Little public transportation … Among the found items at Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office? A saxophone in good shape. Which prompted a Huckleberries Online wag to say that he once left his sax in an unlocked car in a bad part of Spokane. When he realized his mistake, he hurried back. But it was too late: “Someone had put three more saxophones in the back seat!” Badabump. Onward.

Huckleberries

Poet’s Corner: “The grass is green/and robins sing – /do they announce/an early spring?” – The Bard of Sherman Avenue (“A February Question”) … Tweetable: “I know we are concerned about our mtn snow pack and missing our winter. BUT isn’t there a part of you that is loving this weather?” – weathermeister Tom Sherry of KREM 2 … $64,000 question for North Idaho College: Why didn’t it register during the hiring process for financial aid director in 2010 that Joseph M. Bekken had been fired from his last job at Arizona’s Grand Canyon University? Bekken, of course, was charged last week with offering scholarships for sex on Craigslist … The award for Dumb Criminal Tricks this weekend goes to the shoplifter who swiped two candy bars from Post Falls Super 1 and ran from security to a waiting car when confronted. Only he had handed the security guard his identification before fleeing. D’oh! … Among the cuss-tomers who aren’t always right was that guy at T.W. Hunter’s in Post Falls who tried to get out of paying his check last week. Why? He didn’t appreciate that the hired hands were cleaning the carpet while he ate. He changed his mind when the gendarmes arrived … A commenter who goes by the pseudonym Uncle Bob offers this motto: “Idaho government: Keeping the ‘fun’ in dysFUNction” … Poll: “50 Shades of Grey” may be sweeping the USA but it hasn’t impressed Hucks Nation. A whopping 84.85 percent of Huckleberries Online readers don’t plan to see the movie.

Parting shot

Count former Kootenai County Clerk Dan English among those who like the somewhat new, thinned-out appearance of Coeur d’Alene’s Dike Road. After a drive surrounding the scenic waterfront bend, he shared his thoughts on the Huckleberries blog: “As much as I like viewing trees, I also really like viewing the lake. And frankly, there are many more places to view trees than there are to view the lake front. I think this now provides a great balance of both.”