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Nonini: ‘A Dark Day For Idaho’

“In my eight-plus, almost nine years here, I’ve never seen an issue like this touch on as many emotions as it has,” Nonini told the Senate. He said he picked out his darkest suit to wear for today’s debate. “I believe this is a dark day for Idaho. I believe this is a dark day for this building,” he said. “I’m just so frustrated by this – I feel like I’m in mourning. Because we’re losing something here this morning. We are losing our freedom. We are giving up our sovereignty to the federal government”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

BTW: Nonini goes on in the blog post to ap-hollow-gize for his actions last spring in working unsuccessfully to unseat some incumbent senators.

Question: Speaking of dark days, I believe, Nonini ushered in some dark days last year when he helped push through the Luna Laws -- only to see them repealed by the voters. The legislators are dealing with those 'dark days' by undermining initiative/referendum law and bringing back Luna Laws piecemeal. I consider "dark days" to last from January to April, when our arrogant legislators are in session. What do you think?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.