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June 5 |
 Thank
you for helping me stand: I would like to extend a
heartfelt thanks to an old friend who caught my arm as I struggled
to my feet Saturday for the Bonners Ferry High School Band's
excellent rendition of the National Anthem at the Class of 2023
graduation. By Mike Weland |
 There
is no victory in debt ceiling deal: The United States
is grappling with a severe spending addiction that shows no signs
of abating. Year after year, our government fails to implement
responsible budgetary measures, instead opting to borrow more
money to fund its excessive expenditures. The recent decision to
raise the debt ceiling, while it may help us avoid immediate
disaster, does little to change the trajectory of government
growth. By Dorothy Moon |
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May 31 |
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Let's hope truth
starts lacing up its boots fast: A sure sign the
politics of Idaho have changed for the worse is when attacks on
good legislators begin weeks after the Legislature adjourns and a
full year before the next election. That’s what is happening in
our state right now. By Rod Gramer |
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May 29 |
 The
steep price of a poisoned body politic: Day by day it
becomes more clear that our nation's politics are suffering
grievous illness, one side of the political spectrum vociferously
accusing the other of being the enemy, of being and championing
evil, while theirs embraces lies and conspiracies and does actual
ill to our nation, the rule of law and the very constitution upon
which this nation is founded. It is certain that there are
extremists in any assemblage of ideologies, but at present, there
is but one that's allowed the most radical of its members to have
hands so high on the reins of power. It's not the Democrats.
By Mike Weland |
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May 22 |
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The Great Boundary
County Library Scandal: Last summer, Adrienne Norris
and Donna Capurso circulated recall petitions which falsely
claimed that Library Board members are “further adopting
potentially sexualized, pornographic, pervasive [sic] and deviant
material into our library.” No recall election ensued because few
county residents signed on for the lies. By Timothy Braatz |
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May 20 |
 'One
man, one vote' means each vote counts equally: In
1964, only 568 people lived in one legislative district in Nevada,
while approximately 127,000 lived in another. Idaho had a similar
gap in voting power, with 969 people in the smallest district and
93,400 in the largest. These types of differences in the power to
choose state legislators led to the United States Supreme Court
decision in Reynold v. Sims, explaining that such unfair voting
power violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States
Constitution. By Tom Arkoosh |
 Senator
Len Jordan reflected the values of Idaho’s traditional Republicans:
Former U.S. Senator Len Jordan served Idaho with distinction from
1962 through 1972. He was a conservative Republican who brought
courage and individualism to the Senate. He differed with Idaho’s
other Senator, Frank Church, on a number of issues, but they
worked together in harmony on issues affecting Idaho. Both were
dedicated to safeguarding democracy They had a relationship of
mutual trust and respect. By Jim Jones |
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May 19 |
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Extremists, have
you no decency? In 1954, after years of successfully
smearing innocent people, ruining lives and careers, Wisconsin
Senator Joseph McCarthy launched a new attack against an unlikely
target – the United States Army. Unlike his other victims, the
Army had the power and influence to fight back. By Rod Gramer |
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May 18 |
 The
art of conversation: In the furor of our divisive
Idaho politics right now, we have lost the important ability to
talk with each other as people. We have lost the art of
conversation. TV and internet news is full of reports and images
of angry people yelling nasty names at those who disagree with
them. Is anything constructive accomplished by the screaming? No.
And even those who organize the fight know this. By Mary Souza |
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May 17 |
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Time
for the radical right to quit stirring fake outrage:
Many today celebrated the outcome of Tuesday's election, with some
seeing the retention of the incumbents on the Boundary County
Library Board as vindication of the traditional conservative (read
RINO) values of the community and as repudiation of the values of
a new breed of radical right-wing "conservatives" (read fascists)
building up here of late who would usurp tried local values to
impose upon us their wrong and radical points of view. By Mike
Weland |
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Zone 5 library
board trustee says thanks: I would like to thank all
the people who voted Tuesday. It really is what makes America
great. I am honored to be elected as one of the five people
guiding the Boundary County Library. I would especially like to
thank all the people who helped me in my first campaign ever:
Laura Anderson, Steve Howlett, sign posters, phone callers and all
the people who endured my campaign speech. By Lee Colson |
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Zone 3 library
board member thanks voters: I’m humbled and honored
to once again represent my district on the Boundary County Library
board. By many accounts, this was one of the highest turnout
elections in the library’s history. For me, that was the true
victory because it shows the attention and care our community has
for our library. I should say something grand and punny about new
beginnings or closed chapters but in truth, the story continues.
By Aaron Bohachek |
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May 11 |
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Trusts our
librarians, library board: Book lovers of Boundary
County: next Tuesday, May 16, is an important day. If you live in
Boundary County Library Zone 3 or 5, it is the day to vote for
Aaron Bohachek or Lee Colson for the freedom to choose to read
what you want to read. For a number of years, my husband and I
taught at American or International schools in the Middle East.
By Jolyn Horton |
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May 10 |
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On Tuesday, hear
truth, not hypocrisy: A recent candidate forum held
at the Mt Hall Community Church and the video of that forum being
shared, along with other disinformation, has led to a volume of
disputed statements circulating through our community about
Boundary County Library. I’d like to shed light on these
statements prior to the Zone 3 and 5 library board elections by
relating some substantiated facts. By Alison G. Henslee |
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Beware those who
profess to know good from evil: The upcoming library
board election has taken on new importance this year. A vote for
Lee Colson and Aaron Bohachek is a vote for experienced and
responsible leadership for all people in Boundary County. Library
boards, like school boards, are non-partisan and secular
positions. Yet there is a new movement in our county trying to
merge politics and religion into both our public library and
schools. By Barbara Russell |
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Library libel and
other false witnessing: Mt. Hall Community Church
recently held a rally for their two library board candidates,
Mary-Esther Wilson and Lewis Clark. They are running against
incumbents Lee Colson and Aaron Bohaceck. Familiar faces were
present: Mark Moseley, Steve Fioravanti, Adrienne Norris. Both
Wilson and Clark said God told them to run for office; their
mission is to stop pornography. By Timothy Braatz |
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May 9 |
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KCRCC/IFF:
A pig’s tale: The Kootenai County Republican Central
Committee and its conjoined twin, the Idaho Freedom Foundation,
remind me of the pigs in George Orwell’s prophetic novel, Animal
Farm. Written in the 1940s, the book is an enlightened,
entertaining yet frightening study of human nature. We can almost
see the actions of KCRCC/IFF in the pigs’ behavior as rulers after
the animal takeover of the farm. By Mary Souza |
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May 8 |
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A son endorses his
mother's candidacy for library board: I'm writing
this in regard to my mother's application as library trustee.
Mary-Esther Wilson is more than qualified for this position within
the community. She has resided and been involved in the community
for 10-plus years. If it's time spent in a library, then she more
than qualifies. Throughout my childhood the community library was
utilized by my parents for schooling material and resources.
By Matthew Wilson |
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MAGA lies are
unraveling under the harsh light of evidence: While
the process has been excruciatingly slow, the questions regarding
the veracity of former president and current Republican
frontrunner for the 2024 presidential nomination Donald J. Trump
are steadily being answered in the negative. Yet still a flag
flies upside down on Main Street in Bonners Ferry, "Let's Go
Brandon!" graces the sign board of a Main Street business. Trucks
drive by with "F**k Biden" flags alongside American flags denoting
not patriotism, but fealty to a would-be despot. A sign coming
into town still proclaims this beautiful place "Trump Country."
By Mike Weland |
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Idaho
has a chance to moderate political climate: Idahoans
will have the opportunity in November of 2024 to open up our
elections so that every eligible voter can participate in choosing
their public officials. There will be an “Open Primaries”
initiative on the ballot to establish a primary election where all
candidates run on a single ticket, allowing every voter to select
from the entire field. The four top vote-getters will be placed on
the general election ballot, where all voters can vote for the
candidates in their order of preference. By Jim Jones |
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May 5 |
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Support Wilson,
Clark for open government: Boundary County Library is
a taxing district supervised and controlled only by the people.
The library’s operation in recent years has been curtailed and
even closed with the board hiring a law firm to investigate that
specializes in defending public entities from liability. The
resulting report was withheld in total, an act of censorship. Open
government is the cornerstone of a free society, the opposite is a
shroud of secrecy cultivating fertile soil for rumors, lies and
improper management. By Steve Tanner |
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Ensuring
our nation remains a free and prosperous republic:
Since I started my time as chairwoman of the Idaho Republican
Party, I’ve put a lot of miles on my rig. I’ve crisscrossed the
state to attend Lincoln Days, county GOP meetings, and community
events. I’ve also had the opportunity to travel out-of-state for
Republican National Committee events. Just last week, I traveled
to Oklahoma for the RNC’s spring training. By Dorothy Moon |
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May 4 |
 These
sheepish, naive North Idahoians don't need saved: Do
you ever stop and think just how lucky we are to have had all the
new people move into Boundary County from all points of the
compass and save us from ourselves? Before these folks came, we
had to run our county, towns, schools, volunteer fire departments
and libraries by ourselves. The leaders of these governments or
organizations were led by generations of locals or people who
moved here over the years that both "fit in" and "stood out."
Dr. Marty Becker |
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A civics lesson; no
travesty in May 16 election: Bev Carr's letter of May
4 suggests that voting rights have been eliminated for the
citizens of Moyie Springs. This is incorrect. Voting rights have
not been eliminated. Rather the May 16 election is for qualified
electors residing within the city limits of Bonners Ferry and for
those residing in Library Zones 3 and 5. There is no travesty.
Elections are specific to library zones, school board zones, a
fire district, a municipality, a county or state. By Mary
Ollie |
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Tucker
vs. town hall: Tucker Carlson suddenly left Fox News.
This is upsetting to hear because he was considered by many as a
trusted source for conservative information. Tucker’s Fox Nation
interviews were most fascinating, in my opinion. He interviewed a
wide array of interesting experts discussing current issues
pertinent to our world. By Mary Souza |
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Moyie residents have
no vote May 16: Are you aware that citizens of Moyie
Springs cannot vote in this election? Only those living in Bonners
Ferry can vote, along with the other areas listed on the sample
ballot. We in Moyie Springs have no vote concerning the only
library available to us to use, though we pay taxes to support it.
We have no vote about the one-percent tax issue. By Bev Carr |
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May 3 |
 How
far do we let 'them' go? Let's find out together:
Thank you for the honor of allowing me to serve as trustee in your
independent library district for the past term. I’ve applied for
the position again, and on May 16 voters in my district get to
decide if I’m still the right fit for the job. When I agreed to
take on this task, I didn’t realize I would be caught in the
middle of a culture war battle. The strain of this has been
difficult for the board and staff but I can’t emphasize enough how
proud I am of everyone that continues to keep our library
functioning and growing. By Aaron Bohachek |
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May 2 |
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Retain Colson and
Bohachek: Please consider these valid reasons to
retain Lee Colson and Aaron Bohachek on the Boundary County
Library Board: They both recognize that the library serves the
entire community; Their opponents have self-serving agendas backed
by radical groups. By Janis Kerby |
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Mary Esther will
serve community well: I had the honor of serving with
Mary Esther Wilson on the Library Policy Design Committee
beginning August of 2022. It was here that I quickly recognized
Mary Esther's high moral courage and her value-based leadership.
Mary Esther is a mother and she knows the importance of protecting
those without agency, that being children. By Doug Nowak |
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May 1 |
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Senator Herndon
continues with dirty tricks: Having read on the front
page of the April 24 Daily Bee that the Bonner County Republican
Central Committee (RCC), chaired by Idaho District 1 Senator
Herndon, awarded a no confidence vote for District 1
Representative Mark Sauter, along with the April 29 Kootenai
County RCC article alleging our same senator paid out-of-state
McShane LLC $80,000 to attack fellow Republicans in the last
election cycle, I feel compelled to respond. By Tony McDermott |
 Stayed
in the lane of a responsible conservative Republican:
As one of your elected representatives for District #1, it is
important that you, the residents of Bonner and Boundary Counties,
know where I stand on the real issues that impact your life. You
might have read Senator Herndon’s recent broadly distributed press
release, wherein he publicly pointed out some of the differences
between me and the Bonner County Republican Central Committee, the
Idaho Freedom Foundation and the State GOP platform. By
Mark Sauter |
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April 30 |
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Thank Herndon?
Idaho's students deserve better: With
"four-million-plus advocates in all 50 states," Americans for
Prosperity, a "premier grassroots advocacy organization
transforming country policy" based in Arlington, Virginia, spent
who knows how much putting a glossy mailer in Idaho District 1
mail boxes telling the people of North Idaho that Idaho students
deserve more, and to say thank you to Senator Scott Herndon, who
agrees. By Mike Weland |
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Good library,
but room for improvement: A nation cannot be both
ignorant and free nor can it be immoral and free. Our public
library could and should be an institution for promoting both
morality and freedom. I keep hearing that we have a great little
library and President Bush said so, which gives it credence and
preserves the status quo. By Robert Vickaryous |
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April 28 |
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Retain sanity on the
library board: I can remember when the late Jim Marx
and Sandy Ashworth traveled to the White House to receive the
"Best Small Library in America" award from First Lady Laura Bush
not that many years ago. Since then, a group of disgruntled
employees leveled embellished claims of mismanagement resulting in
a multi-year closure and limited operations to the detriment of
library patrons and Boundary County taxpayers. By Gerald B.
Higgs |
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April 27 |
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Big lies marching us
toward authoritarianism: Why do some candidates and
politicians make a big deal out of problems that are not problems
but a failure to recognize boundaries? Despite any evidence of
coercion, they suffer the vapors claiming that another’s personal
choice is violating their rights. Why concoct something so
outrageous that no one thinks that anyone would make up a lie so
big? It’s because many people will believe it to be true. By
Mary Ollie |
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April 26 |
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Paying
homage to a true North Idaho legislator: On April 24,
under the leadership of chairman Scott Herndon, who also serves as
Idaho District 1's state senator, the Bonner County Republican
Central Committee voted unanimously to declare they have no
confidence in District 1, Seat A, representative Mark Sauter, who
ranked a mere 39.5-percent on the illustrious Idaho Freedom
Foundation's education index, 51.9-percent on the "freedom" index,
and a dismal 8.3-percent on that august body's spending index.
By Mike Weland |
 Protecting
our nation's agricultural lands: There has been
increased concern in Idaho and across the country regarding
Chinese companies’ purchases of U.S. farmland. Idaho agricultural
land is a precious resource that should be protected from foreign
adversaries. I recently co-sponsored legislation that would
prevent foreign adversaries’ purchases or investment in U.S.
farmland. There are no federal restrictions on the amount of
private American agricultural land that can be owned by foreign
entities. By U.S. Senator Mike Crapo |
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April 25 |
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Library board
incumbents have proven themselves: A healthy public
library has always been a stabilizing force in a community.
Boundary County is no different, and an important election is
coming up May 16 when voters in Zones 3 and 5 will choose their
representatives on the library board. Incumbents Aaron Bohachek
(Zone 3) and Lee Colson (Zone 5) have demonstrated their
leadership abilities during these past challenging months. By
Robin Lundgren |
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Dreaming
of a return to a live-and-let-live attitude in Idaho:
Idaho has never been perfect, but over the long haul Idahoans have
generally been practical in their politics and tolerant in their
dealings with one another. Idaho Territory was given life by
Abraham Lincoln on March 4, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War.
Statehood followed in 1890. Idaho residents were concerned with
real problems–getting the Gem State up and running. By Jim
Jones |
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Partisan U.S.
Supreme Court a threat to democracy: Thomas Jefferson
said "The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do
equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." However the
increasing politicization of our Supreme Court nominees,
especially since 1991, has undermined that “most sacred of duties”
and thus our democracy as no other threat has before.
Historically, justices for the U.S. Supreme Court, were elected
with a three-fifths majority vote of the senate. By Georgia
Earley |
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Keep the library
open for our community: We are so fortunate to live
in a community that has vast beauty, clean air and many caring
constituents. Having lived in Boundary Count6y for 40-plus years,
the Boundary County Library has always been an inviting place to
gain knowledge. As trustees, Lee Colson, Zone 5, and Aaron
Bohachek, Zone 3, have strived to keep our library an institution
that serves the entire community. By Laura Anderson |
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April 24 |
 Look
to our forests this Arbor Day: I’ve spent more than a
decade serving the people of the great state of Idaho. I continue
to be amazed by our tremendous natural resources and how they
benefit our citizens. As state controller, I am responsible for
accounting for all state expenditures by providing accounting
services to state agencies, processing payroll for approximately
25,000 state employees and operating one of the state’s largest
data centers. By Brandon Woolf |
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April 22 |
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A better approach?
We opened our mail box yesterday and found an attractive card
inside from the City of Bonners Ferry soliciting our vote for
Local Options for Local Services. A one-percent sales tax proposal
for the city to fund vital services within the city. I’m curious
why this is being proposed when the state has an admitted budget
surplus of nearly $1.4 billion dollars on hand. By Chuck
Giordano |
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Holding on to lies
to spite truth: "Right now, our nation is heading
into a time of trial. We live in a deeply divided nation, where
public discourse is broken and respect for different opinions has
dwindled to nothing. Two opposing ideologies fight for the future
of America," reads the home page of the Heritage Foundation's
website, a group that touts leading the conservative movement for
50 years. "We have a White House and legislature bent on pushing a
far-left agenda." No, we don't. By Mike Weland |
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May 16 election
important, vote Bohachek: If you live in Boundary
County Library Zone 3, as I do, or in Zone 5, you have an
important upcoming election to choose your zone's library board
trustee. Check with the courthouse clerk to discover which library
zone you are in. Small elections can be confusing because of
varying boundaries, sometimes with only a few districts voting.
By Jo Len Everhart |
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April 14 |
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The
history of the obituary: There is a phrase in the
King James Bible that resounds with me, "For the wages of sin is
death." It ranks right up there with a line written by author
Larry McMurtrey, attributed to Captain Woodrow F. Call, "I hate
rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." As a journalist, I
never imagined that both would come to apply to that most solemn
of my duties; publishing obituaries. By Mike Weland |
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We
must find solutions to hotter, longer wildfires:
Idaho has the unfortunate distinction of being in the top five
states for acres burned by wildfire in 2022, including the
disastrous Moose Fire that impacted Salmon, Idaho, and other
nearby communities. The Moose Fire burned for more than 100 days
and consumed more than 130,000 acres. Wildfires are burning longer
and hotter, harming natural resources, wildlife habitat, budgets
and workforces. By Mike Crapo |
 The
real obscenity isn’t library porn, it’s propaganda:
Last month, 68 Republican legislators told 1,939,033 Idahoans what
they can’t read in libraries. That’s how many of them voted for
House Bill 314, which empowers Attorney General Raul Labrador to
prosecute and punish every public and private school library for
anything on the shelf that he decides is “harmful to minors.” And
don’t think he won’t do it. By Steven Berch |
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April 13 |
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Gaffe
leaves Idaho without a primary election: The 2024
Republican Presidential Primary is shaping up to be one of the
most consequential primaries of the last 40 years. Selecting the
delegates who will decide the next Republican nominee can seem a
complicated and arcane process. Across the country, state
Republican parties use different procedures to select delegates to
send to the Republican National Convention. By Dorothy Moon |
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Thanks for nothing,
conservative legislators: While Senator Herdon and
the rest of the conservative Idaho legislature are busy patting
themselves on the back for a job well done, I would like to also
thank them first for passing one of the most restrictive abortion
(or women’s health care) laws in the county when Roe v. Wade fell
in 2022. They then went on in this legislative session to pass
HB242 addressing the problem of abortion trafficking. By Celia
Phaete |
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April 12 |
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Let's talk
about war: Why are we constantly engaging in it? Who
benefits? What is the military industrial complex? The names of
companies that might come to mind are Ford Motor Company,
International Harvester, Caterpillar, Boeing Aircraft and perhaps
hundreds of others. But what about the Russian military industrial
complex? Who built the factories in Russia where the tanks, guns,
trucks and aircraft are made that were used to kill American
soldiers in Vietnam and Korea and now Ukrainians? By Robert
Vickaryous |
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Idaho no longer has
a presidential primary: The Idaho Constitution
specifies that it is the duty of the Idaho Legislature to
establish a system of free public schools for the purpose of
providing a stable republican form of government. However, it is
in this primary mission, endowing our citizens with a basic
understanding of civics, that our public schools are failing
miserably. Few and far between are the citizens that have a
well-rounded knowledge of how our government actually works, or
fails to work. By Brent Regan |
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April 11 |
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Will
the Legislature be able to financially starve the courts into
submission? No doubt about it. A large swath of the
legislature is still honked off about the Idaho Supreme Court’s
2021 decision overturning a raw legislative power grab. In
reaction to voter approval of Reclaim Idaho’s initiative to expand
Medicaid coverage, indignant legislators passed a law designed to
make it virtually impossible for the people to ever again exercise
their constitutional right to legislate. By Jim Jones |
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On
gun control: My dad was a career soldier, first a
military policeman, then an infantryman. For my sixth Christmas,
he bought me a BB gun and taught me to shoot that very night, he
and I taking turns plinking ornaments off the Christmas tree while
my mom objected strenuously. When he was satisfied I would be
responsible, he gave me leave to carry it with me on my solitary
travels through the woods, and I carried it often. By Mike
Weland |
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April 7 |
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Pray people pray:
Remember the good old days when the president actually took
questions from the press, kept millions of illegals from sneaking
into our country, gave us energy independence, had the economy
roaring, had our enemies actually fear us, lifted up our military
and our police, when the words "Make America Great Again" were
proud words and the American Flag was respected, when men could be
men and women were women, when we expected the FBI to be men of
integrity and when the news media actually were interested in news
and truth? By Ginny McCormick ... comment added |
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are the leaf cutter bees? I have a question for the
community ... What happened to the leaf cutter bees? I was born
and raised in rural Southern Idaho. Among other crops, we raised
alfalfa seed. To help pollinate it, we facilitated the use of leaf
cutter bees by putting up bee boards, about a 5” x 5” pine board
with hundreds of pre-drilled holes, that had been filled with
larvae the previous year. By Dr. Marty Becker |
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New
Republican legislators lead return to conservative principles:
In July of 2022, the Republican Party gathered in Twin Falls for
our summer convention to elect new leadership of the party. The
grassroots came together and overwhelmingly voted for change from
the top down, setting a mandate that the party return to
conservative principles. When I took the gavel, I made a
commitment to Republicans in Idaho that I would work to ensure
their voices were heard in the statehouse and resolutions passed
by our grassroots would be represented. By Dorothy Moon |
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Legislators
spreading hate in wake of veto: Idaho citizens who
this week were relieved that Governor Brad Little vetoed the
latest horrible bill out of the legislature, HB314a, were doubly
grateful to legislators like our own Representative Mike Sauter
for voting to sustain his veto. But defeat of that terrible bill
has left a destructive, unjust wake. By Clarice McKenney |
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Time
for the adults to stand up to the young'uns: Every
day, the news brings sordid yet irrefutable confirmation that the
depths to which the radical faction of our body politic in
ascendancy today will stoop knows no bounds. But the fault of it
isn't theirs. They are the kids running amok in the candy store.
The fault lies with the adults in the room who consistently keep
letting them get away with it. By Mike Weland |
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April 6 |
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Idaho or
Idastan? Idaho, always a state with a healthy respect
and tolerance for the rights of individuals, is seeing an influx
of of people and organizations with extremist views that seek to
take away or severely limit our rights. They are very successful.
The state legislature has been busy legislating details of our
private lives and how we must behave. Prison sentences and fines
await anyone or any organization that dares defy Christian
nationalist goals. By Doug Kim-Brown |
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Public
education fared better than expected in the 2023 legislative
session: Public education came through the 2023
legislative session much better than anyone had expected. It was
not a banner year, but the prospects for Idaho’s public schools
appeared dim at the outset of the session because a number of new
anti-education legislators were elected last year. Fortunately,
because of their inexperience or overzealousness, they were not
able to disable our public school system. By Jim Jones |
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Idaho's
anti-doctor bill signed into law: On Tuesday, 78
legislators and Governor Brad Little enacted a law, H71, that will
throw Idaho doctors in jail for up to 10 years if the parents of a
minor seek approved, professional medical treatment for their
child suffering from gender dysphoria. An act of utter hypocrisy.
The majority party believes that parents of a minor with gender
dysphoria cannot decide to have a medically trained doctor treat
their child. By Representative Steve Berch |
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The
IFF Files Part 8: Donations and Conversations: Idaho
Freedom Foundation’s board member, Heather Lauer, tried to twist
the truth and misstate my intentions. She wrote a quick response
to my column last week, claiming I want to “expose and target
Idaho residents who support charities, churches, or advocacy
organizations.” No, I do not. Current law does not require those
donors to be publicly reported. By Mary Souza |
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April 4 |
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We're
done! ... (almost): The House and Senate have cleared
their calendars of all remaining bills. The legislature is now in
recess, waiting to see what bills (if any) the Governor vetoes.
Three bills being closely watched are the “library bill” (H314),
the “anti-transgender bill” (H71) and the "abortion trafficking"
bill (H242). The legislature will be returning to the Capitol on
April 6 to finish up all remaining business. Barring the
unexpected, the legislature should then officially adjourn the
2023 session (formally referred to as “Sine Die”). By Idaho
Representative Steve Berch |
