So maybe Liza was more of a bitch than her owner let on to me?

Liza, for those who didn't catch my column about her last week, is the mixed-beagle owned by Nick Pappas, next-door neighbor to Vince Fumo.

During the indicted state senator's still-unfolding trial, prosecution witness Christian Marrone, Fumo's estranged son-in-law, told how Liza's incessant barking drove Fumo so batty, Marrone and others were continually ordered to find ways to resolve the yap-fest. The cops were  summoned, L&I was brought in, the SPCA got involved, all at the behest of Fumo's lackeys.

The headline-grabber during Marrone's testimony came when he testifed that Fumo suggested poisening a piece of meat and tossing it to Liza - an allegation, it must be said, that Fumo's lawyer vociferously challenged in the courtroom.

Still, Marrone's claim was startling enough that I went looking for Liza, whom I presumed would be a gigantic, fierce and snarling hound, the scary kind that makes you break into a cold sweat and gingerly back away while whispering,"Good doggy, nice doggy, good doggy...".

So imagine my surprise when I met Liza, still living next door to Fumo's Green St. mansion, and she made not a peep the entire time I was there. Nor did the smallish, sweet-faced pup yip, even once, at the photographer who later stopped by to snap her photo for my column.

I spoke to many neighbors on the block who said they'd never had a problem with Liza - one former resident didn't even know Liza existed - and I said as much in my column.

After my column ran, though, I learned that another former resident did indeed remember Liza - and she said Liza's endless barking made her nuts, too. Maybe not nuts enough to enlist the services of many others to get the Liza to cease and desist with the yelping already, but the dog was a pain in the ears.

Liza's owner, Nick Pappas, admits that he did eventually receive a citation from the city, which he claims was a form of unwarranted harrassment.

Just thought I'd provide this update, in the interest of full disclosure, as this shaggy dog story unfolds.