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Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Larry Grant is calling on House State Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, to resign from the Legislature, citing Loertscher's killing of a bill proposed by Idaho highway districts to require a public hearing before a public road is vacated, shortly before he filed a lawsuit seeking to declare a road on his land private. “Loertscher’s actions are highly suspicious,” Grant said. “It certainly appears he has used his office for personal advantage.” House Speaker Lawerence Denney, who assigned the bill to Loertscher's committee at his request, rather than to the Transportation Committee, has declined thus far to call for an ethics committee to investigate the issue, though any House member may request one. Follow Eye on Boise here.
Any chance the Idaho D's get their wish?
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nic on June 13 at 3:41 p.m.
Doubt it.
Sisyphus on June 13 at 3:47 p.m.
Lurch should have his say. I doubt that his first response will be “I resign”.
JamesBond on June 13 at 3:52 p.m.
I can’t stand Loertcher, but this shot is misplaced. They need something much better.
Phaedrus on June 13 at 4:14 p.m.
this shot is misplaced—JB
How so? He petitions his buddy, the Speaker, to have a bill slated for the Transportaion Committee diverted to his committee and the bill promnptly disappears. the session ends and he files a lawsuit that will benefit him personally and one that would not have been possible if the bill that he killed had passed.
Please explain your answer.
mrd on June 13 at 6:36 p.m.
Bring back the two party system in Idaho.
JamesBond on June 13 at 8:50 p.m.
Well, now that I think about it more, this set of circumstances smells. The bill clearly has the markings of a transportation committee bill. I’ve changed my mind. I cannot tolerate dishonesty, and this just seems dishonest.