THE BRUSH-OFF: Supervisor Harriett M. Weider is...

THE BRUSH-OFF: Supervisor Harriett M. Weider is used to speaking her mind. But at the County Transportation Authority, she’s irked a few members of that board by speaking up so often, even though she’s only an alternate. Transportation board Chairman Gary L. Hausdorfer solved the issue. . . . He’s arranged it so alternates cannot speak unless filling in for a regular member. They can’t serve on committees either. Wieder, well aware she’s the target, is livid about it, according to her friends.

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TOLL TOUR: The new Foothill tollway in Lake Forest got more gawkers than anything this week. Free until Nov. 1, it handled 59,464 vehicles during its first five days. “It’s become kind of a tourist attraction,” says tollway spokesperson Lisa Telles. . . . Tollway folks are getting calls from cities far way, people who’ve heard about California’s first toll road in more than 70 years and want to see it. Says Telles: “We’re happy that people are checking it out.”

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CROONER MUSIC: Tom Kubis, 42, Golden West College music teacher, just got word he’s been tapped to play a prestigious gig in New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Kubis, a veteran tenor saxophonist, will play there Nov. 4 in “A Tribute to Bing Crosby.”. . . Headlining will be Crosby pal Rosemary Clooney. Kubis says that Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall concert album has always been a musical influence in his life: “Now I’ll be performing there myself.”

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BOOK ‘EM: What good is it being chief of police if you can’t arrest whoever you want? Garden Grove Police Chief Stanley L. Knee has agreed to use his powers to help the city’s Community Adult Day Services with a Nov. 6 fund-raising auction. Highest bidder gets to choose someone for Knee to book, fingerprint, and run mug shots on. All for laughs, and the cause. . . . The adult center has other good friends: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen King, and Neal Diamond have all donated autographed items.