By DAVID ROTH | Democratic columnist | Feb 5, 2021 For a Legislature that prides itself on frugality and efficiency, I have to admit that I am taken back by some of the actions of the Legislature this session. I don’t understand Read More
Repeal of the state grocery sales tax would be disastrous for Idaho education and infrastructure already reeling from woefully inadequate funding. In his Jan. 13 column, Bryan Smith suggested that he and I support the repeal of the grocery tax. He stated Read More
On July 26, 1990, President George Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. An iconic image from that time shows a group of demonstrators abandoning their wheelchairs and crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions graphically Read More
With the first week of the 2021 session ending, I’d like to see our “representatives” push to invest in our communities. Perhaps this year, we’ll have more focus on actual issues and less time spent creating harmful policies to remedy made-up problems. Read More
I had intended to use this space to talk about upcoming legislative priorities in the Idaho Legislature. However, I feel that I cannot possibly ignore the events of this week including the unprecedented attack on our nation’s capital in an attempt to Read More
Dear Bryan: In last week’s Bonneville Democrats column, I recommended using a portion of Idaho’s projected record $1.48 billion in unallocated funding, including a $630 million budget surplus, to benefit all Idahoans: investing in public education withering from chronic underfunding, continued funding Read More
