So why didn’t the committee notify taxpayers?
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Legislative No-Shows for Life Chain Event
It was Sunday, October 4, 2015 when Pro Life groups gathered for their annual Life Chain event, where people from all over assembled at the Boise Mall and lined the sidewalks holding signs protesting abortion in a peaceful assembly.
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RX for Lobbyist Disease
A most debilitating disease for the health of our Republic is one that could be called Lobbyist Disease (LD).
The Idaho Second Amendment Alliance (ISAA) concluded a five city speaking tour of the state on Saturday, October 3rd at the Coeur d’Alene City Park with a large crowd of Second Amendment supporters who wish to see the organization’s push to get ‘Permitless Carry’ which is often called ‘Constitutional Carry’ signed into law in Idaho.
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A Letter from an Environmental Jail
If you have not read Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” you should. Though I do not write from a jail I feel the cold hard floor of the concrete and the imposing presence of the dark steel bars that are encaging the West.
When I ran for the board, my campaign was pretty simple: Fiscal Integrity, Support Teachers, Involve Parents.
I would like to tell you about an incident that occurred while I was at a protest against the Council on American and Islamic Relations (CAIR).
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The Destruction of our Forests – Part 2
Part 1 of this article is available here. Hopefully, the reader now has a better understanding of just one pine tree, forest management practices that maintain forest health, and practices that are detrimental. So, just how are Idaho forests being destroyed? Looking at the historical events provides a timeline of events.
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Dismantling the American Culture
Have you ever asked yourself why there is this need to “fundamentally change America”? Long before our current Administration, there was this cry for “tolerance” and “diversity”.
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Graduated Income Tax Proposal
This document outlines what I consider to be a simple, fair system of federal taxation which broadens the base of those who pay taxes, reduces tax rates for most individuals and businesses, eliminates unfair tax advantages, and provides a predictable income stream for operation of the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.
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Boehner Resigns – Conservatives Cheer
Conservatives of late have been openly bemoaning the performance of Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and now are cheering the news of his resignation.
After the pro-transparency group WikiLeaks released the intellectual property chapter of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “trade” regime, the outcry around the world and across the political spectrum was swift and brutal.