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Legislature Unfriending Lots Of Folks

If you're wealthy, straight, don't belong to a union and have no disabilities, the Idaho Legislature likes you. But if you take part in any social services, are gay or lesbian, have disabilities, belong to a union or live in the wrong area, most state lawmakers don't like you. Lawmakers certainly don't like teachers. If they did, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter wouldn't be singing the praises of public schools chief Tom Luna's plan to get rid of more than 700 teachers. The fact that even school board members and school administrators have called Luna's plan unacceptable means nothing. The idea of enlarging classroom sizes to pay for Luna's "reforms" indicates Idaho doesn't care about its children, either/Sandra Kelly, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Would you un-Friend the 2011 Idaho Legislature based on its votes, actions, and comments so far this session?



D.F. Oliveria
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.

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