In a HucksOnline comment, House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, responds to the attack on urban renewal by executive director Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation:

"I think urban renewal and tax increment financing are important to the communities of the State. But no surprise, I (Almost) always disagree with the positions Wayne and the IFF choose. My "Freedom Index" score is -66, with negative points for supporting transportation funding and the main street fairness act (streamline sales tax). I also support equal protection under law (H002), opposed bullying (H191), and proposed the Inspector General to provide investigation of malfeasance and protection for whistle-blowers, all of which was opposed by the "Freedom Foundation". Certainly Radical proposals, all of them. What "freedom" does the IFF propose that they are protecting?"

Thoughts?