A Dem Speaks Out

Filing for nonpartisan ballots done

It’s Friday night. Candidate filing for the November elections is done. The Canyon County website has 78 candidates listed as running for...

Problems with Idaho election laws--intended or not?

This year over 300 bills restricting voting were introduced in 45 states (Brennan Center, June 14). Republican legislators across the...

Legislators vs. Voters

I am grateful for every voter that cast a ballot for the Vallivue bond last week. And I’m grateful for all who gathered information,...

Don't write Dems off yet

Primary elections in Alaska and Wyoming are today–another five more states have primaries by Sept. 13. Even with state primaries pending,...

Extremists claim great legislative gains

Idaho elections made the national news this week with Gov. Brad Little’s defeat of Trump-endorsed Janice McGeachin. That had to encourage...

It’s not easy to run for office–or to be an informed voter

Last week I talked with a fellow Democrat confused by a postcard she’d gotten singling out one of the 46 Idaho representatives who’d...

I can’t buy into ‘blue management’, ‘high’ taxes, and attacks on schools

Recently I attended a forum sponsored by the Star Chamber of Commerce that featured legislative candidates from the new District 10...

Save our Senate

Last week CNN, ABC News, and the New York Times all carried news about Idaho politics. After all, our legislature is the first to mimic a...

YOU can fight extremism

If Rep. Brent Crane is to be believed, the legislature is now in the doldrums where members avoid voting on anything divisive while they...