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The Treasure Valley:
- Treasure Valley cities wrestle with cost of animal control.
- Vickie Holbrook: Do your know what alcohol games your kids play?
- I know at least one of you want a Idaho swine flu link.
- HP celebrates 25th anniversary of its LaserJet printer.
Idaho Politics:
- AP story on Otter and Dawson Taylor. I said this in the comments last night; the way I look at is that the Gov. is the head honcho of the state and the spokesman for Buy Idaho, even if he prefers Thomas Hammer over Dawson Taylor he has an obligation to buy product from a company in the Buy Idaho program. 1.) Politics is 90% perception. 2.) Sometimes there are downsides to being the man in charge, you have to do things you don’t enjoy.
- I’ll also note that after all the media coverage of the hullabaloo the Boise Weekly was the only media outlet to acknowledge the original source of the story, a Boise blogger. Updated: Kevin Richert let me know that today the Idaho Statesman has a story mentioning the Boise Picayune. He also has a blog post up about the situation.
- House, Senate GOP leaders meet with Otter to resolve transportation-funding dispute.
- Otter attempts to mend fences with letter; House GOP hopes to adjourn by Wednesday.
- Tyler Welshimer: Otter needs transportation plan that meets reality.
- Dennis Mansfield: Let the man do his job!
- It’s a GOP vs. GOP showdown…
- Idaho House: Daycare licenses needed for smaller facilities.
- 43rd State Blues: Idaho GOP Testicle Festival — whose get served up?
- Wow! Nonini: ‘It’s a golden parachute’. It’s pretty amazing that a guy who hates education so much ends up being the chair of the House Education Committee.
Politics:
- Senator Arlen Specter to run as s Democrat next election. Wizow!
- American’s for Tax Reform fabricate Tea Party numbers. This surprises… who? If you’re willing to lie about how many people came to your tea and crotchety party then what else are you willing to lie about?
- Gawker: Ambushing Bill O’Reilly’s Ambusher. Awesome.
- via Sisyphus yesterday in the comments; Colbert Study: Conservatives Don’t Know He’s Joking.
- The right floats off to Neverland. No girls allowed! In Texas and elsewhere, conservatives soothe the pain of electoral rout with dreams of secession — and of magical nerd kingdoms.
Booze:
- Tickets have gone on sale for the 15th Annual Mountain Brewers’ Beer Fest! I highly recommend you check out this beer festival in Idaho Falls, it’s a great time (E. Idaho weather permitting) — this will be our 4th year we’ve had a blast every time. Pics from last year.
- RealBeer.com: Guide To Better Draught Beer Published. Could be an interesting read if you’re into that sorta thing.
- Look who found their way out to Indian Creek Winery over the weekend.
- Deschutes Brewery’s Abyss rated Best in Show in Leavenworth. An outstanding beer — definitely in the top 10 that I’ve had in the last year.
- Max Riedel washes his snake in the bathtub.
- Drinks That Go Buzz in the Night: The Stinger. Never had one, but it sounds good.
- Is Stone Brewing to begin stocking beer at convenience stores?
Grub:
- KTVB: Who has the cheapest groceries? Nice that WinCo pulled out a win on this one, and not really surprising.
- Make sure you check out Savor Idaho — looks like it could be a pretty cool event.
- Some cool food art.
- Pulled Pork with hot pepper vinegar sauce. I can’t wait to get up into the mountains to smoke some pork butt. Need to rethink that whole keeping the smoker up north idea. Here is the last time I smoked some pork butts.
Honestly? The owner of Dawson Taylor is not the nicest,. most even keeled person I have ever met. He has pulled this kind of nonsense on other, less important people as well. He is not someone I want to be around and as someone who chooses to support local businesses, his is the last place I go for coffee.
The frickin legislature spent gobs of time over whether the state is obligated to only buy flags made in America and Otter will likely sign it, if he hasn't already. Otter is the titular head of the Buy Idaho program and solicits money for it. Yet he won't walk the walk, which in this case was across the street. If I just spent $150 on a program that favors homegrown and saw the head of the program take the check and walk across the street into my foreign based competitor, I'd think I'd been had, and I'd never trust him again. And I'd be compelled to give him an earful on his Harold Hill tactics. Now the Governor seems to be waging a war against this man's character. I hear the message and I'm not about to kill the messenger.
That's why I stick to Flying M, well, I stick to Flying M because the coffee is the best and the owners are out of this world.
Kinda agree with Sisyphus, whether people like Ledgard or not, it's the message that needs to be scrutinized.
I'm glad my buddy the Picayune is getting credit where credit is due. Thanks for calling that out, Chris, who knows if they might have otherwise.
“…the last time I smoked some pork butts.”
You damn kids — always smokin' something! And get off mah lawn!
It takes incredible skill to roll one of those my friend. I smoked a chicken on Saturday and found out they don't make papers that big. I used newspaper and while it cameled badly the feathers improved the draw. And fyi, beaks don't light. Best to remove those and the feet.