No rainbows in TF parade

Gay Pride float in Twin Falls Western Days parade can’t be too gay. The Southern Idaho Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has to call itself the Community Center, nix rainbows, no AIDS education pamphlets. Parade chairwoman Lisa Cuellar: “No…

Minnick wants Sali on town hall tour

Day-after challenge to Rep. Bill Sali already on the Google Calendar. Dem Challenger Walt Minnick asks Sali to join him at series of open forums with voters across the First Cong Dist. Sali had not seen the proposal, but has…

Horton stays supreme by 276 votes

Judge Joel Horton will keep his Supreme Court bench by the slim margin of 276 votes. Challenger John Bradbury will not demand a recount. Horton, after all-night election watch: “I’m truly just 20 percent of the vote on any particular issue.…

Secret out-of-state corporate tax breaks revealed

An Idaho tax commission auditor revealed a long-standing practice of secret tax settlements with out of state corporations that cost millions. Auditor Stan Howland, near retirment: “This allows these companies to avoid paying millions of dollars of income tax that are properly due the state of Idaho, and to do so in complete secrecy…”

Ron Paul’s Idaho

Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul squeezed 24 percent in Idaho and got more votes statewide than Obama. Rhee at Boston Globe, KTVB.

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The fed roundup

Risch-LaRocco, Sali-Minnick match-ups set. Miller, AP in the Times-News. Debbie Holmes snags Dem nomination, will face Simpson. Simpson in 5th term, Holmes on first race. Stahl in the Mtn. Express.

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Craig book proposal shifting

Sen. Larry Craig, who has said previously that he intends to write a book upon retirement, was marketing his forthcoming work on Primary night. Only now the tome is about America’s energy future and how the media and blogosphere got him…

Hailey voters reassert J-rights

A package of pro-pot laws approved, again, in Hailey, Idaho. Home of Ezra Pound wants med mary, hemp fields and easy-going cops, but no city tax on the wacky weed. From the comments: “Can’t wait to go shoot a wolf while…

Trickle down ‘bamanomics

Boise Weekly on Montana and the trickle down ticket. Idaho GOP campaigner Jason Lehosit: “I don’t think having Clinton or Obama is going to take a solidly Republican district and make it Democrat.” AZ Gov. Napolitano: “The Democrats who are being…

Rush to head up Ed board

Mike Rush, a former Pro-Tech administrator, will lead the troubled Idaho State Board of Education. Rush has been acting as director since the last one left the board budget in shambles and crawled back home, with a pit stop in the…