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Lobbyist Clark Pushing Telemarketers

Former Idaho state Rep. Jim Clark of Hayden is back in the halls of the Statehouse, this time as a lobbyist, the Associated Press reports; AP reporter John Miller reports that Clark’s been hired by Frontier Communications, a Minnesota-based phone company, to help push for a revamp of Idaho’s 2000 law regarding telephone solicitation. Frontier and Louisiana-based Century Link Inc. say the law banning them from cold-calling existing customers is crippling their ability to market high-speed Internet, and things have changed since the days when the law was enacted 13 years ago/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Is there a single person out there who wants to receive more calls from telemarketers?



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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