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A Berry Picker at the state capitol tells Huckleberries: "Larry Spencer was spotted in the Capitol today sporting a green name tag commonly associated with the lobby corp. Rumor is that he and Jeff Altus have suited up and hired on to represent tobacco stores on the Stateline in the possible debate on increased tobacco taxes. I did not have time to call the SOS to verify registration but did spot Larry sporting his green tag and lurking around the halls." Betsy Russell tells Huckleberries: "I ran into Jeff Alltus yesterday, and he told me he was lobbying for convenience stores against cigarette tax increase. He was not wearing a green tag (at least yet)."



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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