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Idaho Education: One Family, Many Apps, No Accountability

A Parent’s Real-World Example: Imagine this: you live in Boise, enroll your kids, and get used to the Boise School District’s app. You upload medical records, contact information, emergency numbers — your family’s whole life into the system. Then life changes, you move to Nampa, and suddenly you are told to download a brand-new app. Start over. […]

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My Experience in the Wapiti Fire & The U.S. Forest Service

My wife and I own property near Bonneville Hot Springs. What makes our land unique isn’t just its beauty — it holds water rights and a diversion system that provides one of the only places in the area where helicopters can safely dip water. Our property also surrounds a small cottage neighborhood with 17 homes, […]

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Conservative Dilemma – Can Boise Be Saved?

I walked into the “God Country” vigil for Charlie Kirk with hesitation. Events like this are not usually my style. I am more reserved, and there has always been a certain unease for me in large public gatherings where faith and politics intertwine. Inspired by Faith and Country: But being there changed me. The participation […]

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The Road to Hell in Boise

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Boise is living proof. On the surface, Mayor Lauren McLean’s gestures look noble, promoting inclusion, accountability, and progress. But the results tell a different story: taxpayer dollars wasted, civic unity fractured, and our capital city used as a political foothold for national agendas. Lawsuits […]

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Governance vs. Growth Politics

Idaho is growing faster than most of us can keep up with. New subdivisions appear almost overnight. Cities expand their boundaries. State lawmakers celebrate population increases as a mark of success. Growth has become the headline. But in the middle of this boom, something deeper is being forgotten: the difference between growth politics and governance. […]

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Bosie will be the Death of Conservative Idaho

Idaho’s Conservative Cannibalism Problem: For most of my life I was not wrapped up in Idaho politics. I never believed in social media so I didn’t spend my time chasing every skirmish on line. Instead, I was working hard, raising a family and building a life here with my wife of twenty-five years. Now I […]

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