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What would you like for Christmas?
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]
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 [...]
Lecture: Losing Our Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
I attended a lecture Wednesday evening given by Idaho State University professor Dr. David Adler. “Loosing our civil liberties in times of crisis” was delivered in the Idaho Falls Bennion Student Union Building on the Idaho Falls ISU campus. John McGimpsey introduced the event, saying it was sponsored by the Idaho Progressive Students Alliance and [...]
Idaho Falls is Hostile to Pedestrians
I was encouraged to see the Community Pathways group recently featured in the Post Register, however our city needs much more help and involvement than one volunteer group. We need civic leaders, citizens, business owners, and developers to get on board with the pedestrian-friendly environment that Idaho Falls is lacking. Some problems are city-wide design [...]
Idaho Falls Country Club Oversells Itself
What gives the Idaho Falls Country Club the right to call themselves a country club? Probably their own historical claim and little else. I think the IFCC is overselling itself, and they should fix some things or risk getting buried by a competitor.
This started when a friend told me about his golfing buddy who [...]
Who is Ron Paul?
I keep hearing this name, Ron Paul. Google Ron Paul. Ron Paul for President. I see his name bubbling up frequently on Digg.com, and while I do not read the stories, they all seem to herald Ron Paul as exactly what is needed for Americans no matter what political beliefs you hold.
Then this morning [...]
Moderate Appeal to Democrats: Please Stop this Hillary Nonsense
Pay attention, Democrats: you must abandon this “Hillary Clinton for President” nonsense, and you must do it immediately for your own good. Failure to do so could motivate most of America to turn their back on the official Democratic party, and to stop listening to liberal ideas. Hear me out on this.
We hear so much [...]
Civic Lecture: Islam, A View from the West
Monday evening I attended a unique lecture at the Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium called Islam, a View from the West. It was given by Dr. Michael Zirinsky (a Boise State University history professor). As Idaho Falls councilwoman Ida Hardcastle did at the lecture beginning, I also want to thank the event sponsors for helping make [...]
Idaho Needs Revolving Door Policy for Lobbyists
Idaho needs to put a stop to people jumping from government jobs to lobbying jobs and back to government jobs without any time gaps or ethical considerations.
Right now we have Idaho Governor Butch Otter’s chief of staff, Jeff Malmen, leaving his official (and highly influential) position to work as a lobbyist for the company [...]
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