The February 27, 2009, Idaho Business Review reported the Idaho Attorney General’s Office is asking the Senate State Affairs Committee to revise Idaho’s Open Meetings Law. The IBR article was written by Brad Carlson and headlined Idaho Senate panel mulls Open Meetings Law revision.
Carlson’s IBR article says, “The proposed changes to the Open Meetings Law reflect input from attorneys, news organizations and public agency officials.” That’s an interesting lineup of players. A little more identification would have been helpful. (more…)
I’m pining for Spring. (pun intended)
I must have missed this part of History class, or it was never included in the textbooks, because this is bizarre. In our own nation, during FDR’s “New Deal” of 1933, we had price controls, work hour restraints and enforcement patrols. Companies were not allowed to sell their goods for less than the set price, so as to eliminate “dangerous competition”. The Supreme Court finally struck down the NRA (National Recovery Act) as unconstitutional in 1935. 
And proud of it. My wonderful husband of 30 years, 4 kids and a 25 year old business and I are both Parrotheads, which means we enjoy Jimmy Buffett’s music. Why do I tell you this?—it has nothing to do with local issues. Well, apparently business is slow over at the Spokesman Review’s gossip blog, so they ran a photo of us, similar to this one, from the Buffett concert down in Vegas last October. Who knows where they got it, and I don’t care. It’s important to have fun and it balances out our lives. Cheers! Or as Parrotheads would say, “Phins Up!”
This morning’s headline in the CdA Press reads, “Buidler asks LCDC for overrun funds”. I love the first line: “A vacationing Coeur d’Alene condo builder is asking Lake City Development Corp. to help cover the costs on an an already completed condo project.” The article goes on to say there were cost overruns to the tune of $13,000 or $26,250 for which the owners & builder want to be paid. Well, which is it? Half as much or twice the price? Oh, but “it’s not a bailout” the builder said, in his phone interview from Mexico. Are you kidding me? You can read the full article here: