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Idaho state Rep. George Sayler deserves a merit badge for perseverance. This is the fifth year in a row the Coeur d’Alene Democrat has sponsored legislation to expand the regulation of day care operations in the state. Putting it a different way, unfortunately, the effort has failed for four years running. Still, Sayler has reason to believe he’s making headway. For one thing, a Senate committee voted unanimously this week to have the bill printed, a critical step in the Boise legislative process/SR Editorial Board. More here.
Question: The state of Idaho, of course, needs statewide day-care regulations. So I won’t ask the obvious question and go with this instead: Have you ever contacted a state legislator to voice concerns about an important issue like this one?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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nic on February 18 at 11:15 a.m.
My wife made a presestation to a sub-commity to introduce legislation requiring all foster parents to be first aid & CPR sertified.
nic on February 18 at 11:15 a.m.
sertified = certified
tarynahecker on February 18 at 11:39 a.m.
Amen.
marmitetoasty on February 18 at 12:12 p.m.
I still cant believe the HUGE difference between your childcare laws and ours over here in Jolly Old…..
If you have the time, have a butchers at the post I did about a tiny fraction of the things we have to do over here to be registered childcare providers……. I could of written pages and pages but I tried to limit it in one post…..
http://marmitetoasty.blogspot.com/2009/02/where-did-january-go.html
Also every 3 years we have to take a 12 week pediactric first aid course, and CPR checks on everyone in the house over the age of 16 is law….
I wrote about just the tip of the iceburg with what we have to have in place…..
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Bob on February 18 at 12:54 p.m.
Marmite, there are huge differences between the other 49 states and the hellworld for little vulnerable children that is Idaho. Idaho is the 50th worse state for child protection and if there were 70 states they’d be 70th.
Too many Christian extremist legislators in Idaho believe there should be deterrents to mothers leaving the controlling authority of their husband’s home to like get a job and that if Idaho child care providers include convicted child rapists why that’s just another reason not to leave the kids with a babysitter.
I don’t know how some of you sleep at night electing these crapheads year after year. Every time a baby gets raped or molested in one of these places because of lax or nonexistent child protection regulations, know that you who voted for Nonini and his neanderthal ilk share a little bit of the responsibility.
I hope Sayler gets his bill passed one of these sessions. The babies deserve it.
sue on February 18 at 2:41 p.m.
Establishing reasonable standards for a business to provide childcare shouldn’t even be argued. They even had to consultwith the NRA, for their permission to mention guns on the premises. Sheesh. This state is an embarrassment: Luna, Broadsword, Hart, Nonini, etc..
Joker on February 18 at 4:48 p.m.
Who needs day care regulations? In Idaho, we’ve got wolves to help raise our young.