Wasted Idaho Dollars: $61 Million
We are paying the price for the Luna-Otter days: the most recent bill to taxpayers is $61 million. Make no mistake, Butch Otter is still the governor so we can be sure that we will still be paying too...
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Idaho House GOP Votes to Hike Tax on Middle Class
Idaho House Republicans voted today to raise taxes on Idaho Middle Class families while cutting taxes for Idaho’s wealthiest 5 percent. House Majority Leader Mike Moyle called opponents “insane” for...
View ArticleThe Real Story: Cursing IACI Lobbyist Kills Medicaid Redesign
In case you missed it, the Boise Weekly ran a provocative piece on how the scandal surrounding Idaho’s top lobbyist killed Medicaid redesign this year in Idaho. The BW says reporters missed the story...
View ArticleFBI Confirms Otter Incompetence
Just because the FBI didn’t find probable cause to press charges against Otter regarding Idaho’s private prison scandal doesn’t mean Otter isn’t responsible for some pretty appalling stewardship of our...
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Idaho Dems: Stop Giving Money to Private Prison That Cheated Us
After Idaho’s private prison contractor cheated taxpayers out of an unknown amount (big enough for them to jump on a $1 million settlement), GOP politicians kept giving them money. Idaho Democratic...
View ArticleShadow-government group ALEC in Idaho Governor’s Office
Why think the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy group linked with John Birch Society, oil magnates Charles and David Koch, is monkeying with Idaho? Idahoans never wanted Idaho’s...
View ArticleIdaho Lacks Oversight; GOP Won’t Fix It
Idaho State Police made news after troopers filed lawsuits alleging misconduct by superiors. As it sorts out in the courts, the Idaho Statesman asks, “who polices the police?” It’s not a clear answer....
View ArticleJust Plain Rotten: Gov. Otter Kept Scandal Secret from Voters, Legislators
Gov. Otter royally messed up the state’s school internet system. New proof has surfaced showing that Otter kept the multi-million dollar mess up a secret from the Legislature and from Idaho voters...
View ArticleMultiple Choice: Can You Identify Good Idaho Government?
Gov. Butch Otter, along with his GOP pals, created a statewide school internet system that left us on the hook for millions (so far $1 million just to legal bills) and threatened our kids’ education....
View ArticleStatesman Opinion: Otter Needs Forward Gear
Put this in the wishful thinking column … The Idaho Statesman is asking the governor to be … productive–or at least not be so counter-productive: “The governor seems stuck in a pattern of taking three...
View ArticleMagic Valley Economy and Ag-Gag: When GOP Wins, Business Loses
The thing that Idaho’s backward-looking GOP leaders don’t understand is how Idaho connects to the world. Bad laws, like the recently vanquished Ag-Gag law, make international news and that actively...
View ArticleLabrador Shuts Down Business
The last time U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador helped shutdown government, he just shutdown business: United States’ businesses lost $23 billion because of the 2013 shutdown. Politico reports that Labrador is...
View ArticleFederal Judgeship: Idaho Senators Not Even Pretending to be Uncorrupted
The wife of a top GOP political operative and gatekeeper to vast GOP campaign contributions is likely being nominated to a lifetime federal judgeship. And, the nominee, Erika Malmen, is less qualified...
View ArticleOn Character: Idaho Senators Let Improper Judge Choice Twist in the Wind
They say politics aren’t for the meek. But, here in Idaho, you don’t see much of the bold or the brave either. An opening to the federal bench needs to be filled. So, GOP U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and...
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Idaho Gets D- for Accountability
It’s tough to think of any context where the D- “for openness” that Idaho’s government earned from the Center for Public Integrity is okay. But, it’s actually enough to win Idaho a 26th place rank...
View ArticleGov. Otter Teaches Biology and Pay-to-Play Politics
There’s some real brass in just coming out and saying, Ah shucks, ya’ll might wanna contribute to my PAC or your special interest might not be so special no more. That’s Gov. Otter for you. His...
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Idaho GOP Politicians: Let’s Raise Taxes on Regular Folks
Politicians in Idaho’s Capitol are at it again–cutting taxes for wealthy special interests while raising them on regular Idaho workers. Now, they have targeted a tax cut that gives the most benefit to...
View ArticleLewiston Trib: Idaho Democrats Have “Self-Respect and Self-Reliance”
Idaho’s GOP intentionally missed the point of the IDP’s desire to have accurate publicly-funded advertising campaigns. The Idaho GOP chair blustered about everything except the fact that his party,...
View ArticleA Big Race for ID Supreme Court: One Clear GOP Partisan
Four candidates will be on the primary ballot May 17 in the race for the Idaho Supreme Court. Of the four, one has a clear record of ignoring everyone who is not a Republican (about two-thirds of...
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Idaho Treasurer Ron Crane’s “Unethical Practices”
A man who is in charge of managing billions of public dollars directed his employees to lie in official records. What were the nature of the lies? To make Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane look like he...
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