Experts and the people
By Dr. John M. Livingston | Medical Policy Adviser I watched with interest Gov. Brad Little’s recent press conference in which he declared that we would stay in phase 4 of our mitigation strategy for
Mayor McLean’s newest commentary full of lies and deceptions
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean is in the newspapers, again, lying about her critics, her agenda, and her actions to date. Thursday’s “open letter” is mostly public relations and posturing disguised as an effort to inform
Case for consolidation: Boise School Board elections see dismal turnout — again
And now, for the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the Boise School Board election results are in…if you were even aware the election took place. This year was a whopper: 6.15% of Boise’s 125,550
Don’t believe senators’ excuses
Idaho state senators who voted to table a House-passed resolution that would have ended Gov. Brad Little’s Covid emergency have stepped forward with some embarrassingly ridiculous excuses for their cowardice. My favorite of these is
Special session success overshadowed by Senate’s failure to end Covid emergency
Idaho’s special legislative session produced a giant victory over interest groups. The interest groups desperately wanted businesses to enforce government mandates in exchange for the coveted prize of immunity from lawsuits. However, the lawsuit immunity
Three takeaways from Idaho’s special session
The legislative circus has ended and the clowns, elephants, and ringmasters have left town. The 2020 legislative special session concluded when lawmakers finished their business late Wednesday night. Below is a short summary of the
Covid-19 immunity legislation will produce lots of lawsuits
Legislation will be introduced during the upcoming special session that supporters say will protect businesses from Covid-19 lawsuits. Supporters are wrong: If anything, the legislation will invite lawsuits, especially those aimed at small businesses. The
Opting out of public school this fall? Legislators won’t help your transition
Legislative leaders have summarily decided to shut down any talk of expanding school choice options for the upcoming academic year. The reason? They claim there’s not enough time to consider school choice options. Thus, Idaho
Dark money, not philanthropy: How Boise’s mayor fooled the press about her job
By Jon Cassidy | Special to the Idaho Freedom Foundation Twice during her upset campaign for mayor last year, the truth about Lauren McLean’s long history as a dark money fundraiser for Democratic interests —
Mayor Lauren McLean, the dark money queen of Boise
By Jon Cassidy | Special to the Idaho Freedom Foundation Boise Mayor Lauren McLean was so sure that dark money operatives would buy televisions ads for her election bid last year that she didn’t buy
Idahoans: Act today to oppose Covid-19 immunity legislation
Idahoans should promptly tell lawmakers and Gov. Brad Little to reject a civil liability proposal that is expected to become the centerpiece of a special legislative session planned for the week of Aug. 24. The
McLean: No free ponies, but priorities that are detached from reality
When I was a sixth-grader, my teacher instructed the class to design an ideal city, with our only limitation being the power of our imaginations and the availability of color pencils. Untethered by reality or
Kustra attacks conservatives, IFF to deflect from his poor record
Former BSU President Bob Kustra’s recent commentary spoke of “[t]aking back Idaho from its fringe politics.” Kustra took aim at legislators he deems extreme and the Idaho Freedom Foundation. Kustra’s examples of fringe politics included:
Central District Health may mandate masks for your kid at Tuesday meeting
The debate over mandatory masks is headed to school. That is, Central District Health will discuss an order Tuesday that would require Ada County students to don masks when schools reopen in a few weeks.
Give parents choice instead of Covid-era edicts as schools reopen
Parents have the right to decide how their kids are educated, and that includes decisions about masks, online courses, vaccines, Covid-testing, social distancing, or any other virus mitigation measures that might be part of the
