Archive for December, 2007
Idaho should be praised and modeled for low teen smoking rate
Our local KIDK News 3 affiliate recently carried an Associated Press story that Idaho was criticized by a Washington anti-smoking group because they do not think we spend enough money on teen anti-smoking efforts.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says Idaho spends too little of tobacco taxes and our 1998 tobacco settlement proceeds on discouraging […]
Kudos to Idaho Falls Snow Removal Workers
This is a couple days late, but I still wanted to give a big thank you to all the folks who have been working so hard at clearing the huge snowfall Idaho Falls received.
The snow began falling on Christmas Eve day, and some of those workers were already out clearing our roads. Christmas Day […]
Where is District 91 School Board Leadership?
The Post Register reported this morning that the Skyline High School student council is debating rules to reduce sexually-charged activities at school dances. The rules prohibit grinding, straddling, bending over, touching sexual body parts, making out, and removing clothes during dances. The student council has not voted on this issue yet, and I think […]
The Idaho Falls Grinch Who Stole Christmas Power
Kudos to the Post Register’s Marty Trillhaase who wrote an opinion piece yesterday pointing out how Idaho Falls city power is shutting off peoples’ power for being late on their bills, despite this being the coldest winter months and despite children, disabled, and elderly folks being in some of those homes.
How do they get away […]
Smaller Government with a Unicameral Idaho Legislature
First, I must credit Bill Craig for his letter to the (Post Register) editor last Sunday, where he made this suggestion and reminded me of the idea. I first read about this idea in Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura’s book, Do I Stand Alone, and I thought it was great. The idea is in support of […]
How to Improve Southeast Idaho News Environment
I got notice that my online subscription to the Post Register expires this Wednesday. I do not think I will pay for a renewal, for a few reasons.
First, I really think I deserve a free subscription, given the huge amounts of free advertising I do for the PR on IFz. I must mention an article […]
Planning for an Idaho Falls Events Center
Yesterday’s Post Register featured Idaho Falls Mayor Jared Fuhriman suggesting we develop a large multi-use events center. He says Idaho Falls is missing the boat on this opportunity. I noticed this discussion started on the same day that Pocatello announced they are pushing a bond to improve ISU’s Holt Arena. Does anyone else see the […]
What would you like for Christmas?
What do you want for Christmas this year? This can be a philosophical discussion about the meaning of Christmas to you and your family, or it can be a consumer discussion of good vs. bad products and the best places to shop.
First, I to admit I have a problem walking through the Grand Teton Mall […]
Dam Removals?
Should dams be removed? Why or why not, and if so then which dams?
Studies say that northwest salmon runs are down around 90 percent from before the dams were built in the 1960s. Fishery biologists have said for years that the best and probably only way to recover Idaho’s wild salmon is to remove lower […]
Why is Idaho Falls City Government Writing Zoological Society Checks?
Chad Campos abruptly resigned mid-November as president of the nonprofit Tautphaus Park Zoological Society (a 501/503c corporation?). He indicated problems with our Idaho Falls city government interfering with their organization’s finances (including writing organization checks), and personal attacks on his character. Chad Campos is an apparently successful local lawyer with his own downtown firm, so […]
Wishlist for the 2008 Idaho Legislature
I no longer have any delusions that the Idaho legislature represents me, or that anything I wish they would do is actually going to happen. Still, hope floats, and I thought it would be nice to hear everyone’s “wish list” for what they would like to see happen in the 2008 Idaho Legislative session (January […]
Why can’t Idaho choose presidential candidates?
Why is there such a tight stranglehold on America’s presidential candidate selection system? Why do Iowa and New Hampshire have this market locked up? Why is it that other states who attempt to increase their involvement in selecting America’s presidential candidates by moving up their primary dates face such open hostility from both national political […]