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A note on employee compensation
There is no elegant way to fit this in a televised discussion, especially because I hate interrupting the pundits, but I wanted to address a conflict of interest in case state employee compensation comes up again this week. Aaron and I, as well as our producer Seth and the whole Idaho Reports gang, are state…
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Loud bangs and gun rallies don’t mix
I noticed I was a little on-edge during the Second Amendment rally at the Capitol on Monday. Don’t take that to mean I’m anti-gun or anti-Second Amendment. And no, I didn’t think there would be a shoot-out on the state house steps. But accidents do happen. Everyone I have ever known who has accidentally…
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What’s old is new again
By Melissa Davlin We spent part of the last month looking at political speeches given in Idaho throughout the state’s history. What we found surprised us. If you change names and minor details, many of the speeches are evergreen and could be given today. Take this excerpt from a 1986 Ronald Reagan speech, given in…
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Not lowering the bar
By Melissa Davlin Take 105 people with different political ideologies from across the state and throw them together in one building for three months. What should you expect them to accomplish? And how do you measure success? That depends on who you ask. But I have my own ideas. We’ve heard from nearly everyone that Idahoans…