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October 25, 2020 one Response

Why you should vote “No” on HJR4

The Idaho Constitution allows for 30-35 legislative districts, while HJR4 fixes it to just 35. Currently, this issue is being conflated with a push for one senator per county in Idaho; these are separate issues. The short version is HJR4...

August 30, 2020 2 Responses

Little at His Worst

I see great disappointment with Governor Little and the recent actions he has taken to grab power in the face of an emergency. He has run roughshod over our legislature and eliminated any participation by the people in the governing...

August 30, 2020 3 Responses

Special session success overshadowed by Senate’s failure to end Covid emergency

Idaho’s special legislative session produced a giant victory over interest groups. The interest groups desperately wanted businesses to enforce government mandates in exchange for the coveted prize of immunity from lawsuits. However, the lawsuit immunity...

August 16, 2020 2 Responses

Cover Your Assets – Gov. Little’s Immunity Plea

As the COVID pandemic and Governor Little’s overreaction have persisted for 5 months now, citizens are voicing a need for the legislature to be involved. They want to address Governor Little’s “emergency” orders. It finally appears the ...

August 8, 2020 No Responses

Idahoans: Act today to oppose Covid-19 immunity legislation

Idahoans should promptly tell lawmakers and Gov. Brad Little to reject a civil liability proposal that is expected to become the centerpiece of a special legislative session planned for the week of Aug. 24. The proposal would basically allow the...

June 20, 2020 2 Responses

Your Vote Doesn’t Count

‘Says King Little and his Merry Men’ Your legislators do not care about the people they were elected to serve and are telling you all to go pound sand. The Fox is in the Hen House Making Chicken Dinner. Our...

June 7, 2020 3 Responses

Is it time for a Mutiny? Recall Governor Little?

Who is steering our conservative ship Idaho? Captain Bligh? It is seldom that we see governors recalled, although two have been recalled successfully in U.S., with the most recent being Scott Walker of Wisconsin who was victorious in a recall...

May 21, 2020 2 Responses

Virtue and Civility in Politics

Brent Hill the past President Pro Tempore of the Idaho Senate is a good man. The few times I have had the privilege of interacting with him he has treated me with dignity and respect. He announced yesterday that he...

May 16, 2020 9 Responses

The Awful Truth about Republican Legislators

Can we make “Ada Great Again”? Maybe… What most of the people of Idaho don’t get including the Republicans involved in the “Make Ada Great Again” movement is that the problem is not with the democrats but with our RINO...

May 13, 2020 3 Responses

2020 Idaho Republican Primary Legislative Endorsements from the Gem State Patriot

Legislative District #1 STATE SENATOR: Uncontested GOP Primary STATE REPRESENTATIVE, POSITION A: Uncontested GOP Primary STATE REPRESENTATIVE, POSITION B: Sage G. Dixon Legislative District #2 STATE SENATOR: Uncontested GOP Primary STATE REPRESENTATIVE, POSITI...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

OP-ED “Uncertain Times”

We are currently living in uncertain times. I don’t think any of us would have ever thought we would have seen a time like this in our lifetime… Yet here we are, avoiding each other like the plague; spying on...

March 30, 2020 No Responses

Is Government the Source of our Liberties?

Is Idaho’s Legislature Truly Conservative? What the heck happened during the last weeks of the Idaho legislature? Republicans hold 80% of the seats in both houses and most fancy themselves to be conservative. I am one who watches the daily...

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