Writing for Idaho Freedom Foundation, executive Wayne Hoffman comments: "Hooray for progress. For the first time that I can ever remember, candidates for statewide office are talking about Idaho's pension system. What a blessing it is to finally have an election conversation about PERSI, the costly system that provides for Idaho government employees in their retirement. Midvale Republican Lawerence Denney started the water boiling during a TV debate in which he said, “I think that it is a good idea to take all elected officials off the PERSI system.” Denney is a state representative running for secretary of state. Should Denney win, he'll be able to parlay his pension check from one with a benefit of several hundred dollars a month to one worth more than $3,000 a month. That's the nature of the PERSI system, which recognizes a government employee's time on the job and highest 42 months of salary in the pension calculation." More here.

Question: Do you think Denney would be willing to give up his $3000 per-month PERSI pension, should he win election as secretary of state?