Dear Editor,
I received my “Victory Fund” letter from Scott Herndon. It is filled with disinformation, misinformation, and so close to outright lies it’s hard to tell the difference. He refers to HB173, SB1016, SB1030, and SB1054 stating that Woodward voted for bills “numerous times for higher agriculture and business taxes”. The facts are that Woodward voted against tax cuts that included veterans and the disabled, against private school vouchers, and voted for some administrative fees that were requested by farmers, lawyers, seed commissions, and the State Brand Board to reflect the cost of the service for those organizations. None of which affected the General Fund.
Herndon touts his efforts at securing, the most draconian women’s reproductive health restrictions in the nation. He states “I will never stop.” fighting to “End all property and grocery taxes in Idaho, cut regulations driving up the cost of food, housing, and energy”, end Idaho’s dependence on $1.5B in federal debt spending (mostly Medicaid on which the state turns a profit after considering all the services and jobs provided). He brags about his 97.6% score on the Idaho Freedom Index. Herndon and the Idaho Freedom Foundation are both so far Right, they’re wrong for Idaho!
Jay Omundson
Cocolalla