Thursday Poll: A plurality of 66 of 161 respondents (41%) don't expect House Speaker Lawerence Denney to punish tax dodger Rep. Phil Hart in any way when they meet next week to discuss a House Ethics Committee recommendation that Hart be stripped of his Revenue & Taxation Committee assignment. Another 55 of 161 (34%) believe Denney will remove Hart from the committee. 31 of 161 (19.25%) voted that Denney will give Hart some sort of slap on the wrist. 9 voted that some other sort of punishment will be given.
Weekend Poll: Would you like to see municipal elections turn into partisan races?
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
