At Eye on Boise, Betsy Russell reports on a meeting this morning of Idaho Legislature's Federal Lands Interim Committee. The committee is taking public testimony this morning on proposals to have the state take over title to federal public lands:

An exception was Russ Smerz, an unpaid lobbyist for Tea Party Boise who said he was speaking for “23 different liberty groups around the state of Idaho,” including 14 tea party groups, the John Birch Society, the Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho Open Carry and more.  “We do support the transfer of federal lands to the state,” he told the committee. “Basically it’s increased school funding, better managed by the state than the feds, and the historical precedent that has been set by the eastern states.” Jeff Wright of Boise County spoke in favor of transfer; he said his county is 90 percent federally owned. “We can’t develop an economy because we’re not allowed to,” he said. “I think it’s time that Idaho took control of their own destiny.” Full report here.

Question: Do you think this idea has a snowball's chance of becoming reality?