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The Idaho Senate has adjourned sine die, Latin for “without a day,” meaning they’ve ended their work for the legislative session. Lt. Gov. Brad Little banged a rubber mallet on a foot-long wooden handle that serves as his Senate gavel, to close the session. “Very, very hard decisions had to be made,” Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, told the Senate shortly before the gavel fell. “This body has demonstrated year in and year out a desire to do what is in the long-term interest of this state, and for that I am grateful”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.
Question: Is there anything else to say but ‘good riddance’?
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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Fishwife on May 08 at 2:25 p.m.
Since many of these legislators have no other meaningful work other than “consultants”, gentlemen ranchers or life insurance reps, they are sad to give up the 5 month gravy train. Pretty good gig especially when you can take a week off to play luxury golf and miss a vote on a bill you sponsored.
spokelooneh on May 08 at 8:04 p.m.
Good riddance, yes, and vote the bums out.