LMT editor emeritus scored 10 copies of the Obama-Craig/LaRocco buttons that he has made famous. Bill Hall: Like finding a damaged coin. Stuck to your shoe? LMT story via Statesman. Button maker is funny: “This particular designer uses a fairly wide…
According to a San Francisco Guardian story, via NewWest.net, some nuke waste from SF may be slated for an Idaho dump. Hunter’s Point Shipyard hosts artists colony now found to be radiologically contaminated. SFBG: “Currently the Navy is proposing to excavate…
Lt. Gov. Jim Risch will air his tax cut ad again, claiming $200+ million in cuts during his tenure as gov. Does not mention his concomitant sales tax hike. Risch: “I said it then, I mean it now, and you’re…
Statesman reporters Druzin and Barker continue to make a case for letting more fires burn. It’s a strong series on fire… Maybe Sunday will bring some answers: What’s the hold up in Congress on fire fighting policy? Today: how much it…
Tennis stars bail on major hotel anchor for troubled Tamarack resort. Tennis duo partner Joel Goldman: “Based on the pending litigation and current market conditions, we are not at this time proceeding with the project.” Fairmont Hotel allegedly still interested, but…
Times-News report sends developers, consultants, city counselors scrambling. Sunday Jared Hopkins story revealed that a four-block downtown revitalization project planned to ask for $10 million in public funds to help developers. Tuesday story revealed the concomitant squirming of public officials who backed…
“More provocatively, the research suggests that fighting fires on public lands to protect homes is ineffective and, in the long run, counter-productive. It is also far more expensive.” $1.86 billion spent on fire suppression last year. Warren wants government to cut…
Federal minimum wage hikes go into effect Thursday, giving Idaho’s working poor a piece of bootstrap. 70 cent/hour raises go to about 42,000 Idaho workers, costing employers some $24 million per year. (Not sure exactly how that pencils out though… any…
New Idaho GOP chairman Norm Semanko got the dirt on Willie Horton. Semanko worked for the RNC in 1988 in Washington, helping out with the Bush campaign and researching it’s black poster criminal, Horton. Also, Semanko on party unity, Semanko on…
A recent scan of the Gem State Voter Guide–a guide for Christian fundamentalist voters who like guns and nuclear power and home schooling and big business–revealed an interesting test for Primary Election candidates: “Protect right of legislative chaplains to pray according to their convictions including “in Jesus’ name.”