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SV Mayor: ‘I wouldn’t do anything like that’

Sun Valley Mayor Wayne Willich was among those involved in a tense dispute over a bill regarding city consolidation that boiled over at the Idaho Legislature on Friday. The bill was killed in committee; afterward, an angry Sun Valley resort manager had to be restrained by security after he menaced a reporter. (Official photo / City of Sun Valley)
By Betsy Z. Russell betsyr@spokesman.com(208) 336-2854
Sun Valley Mayor Wayne Willich was among those involved in a tense dispute over a bill regarding city consolidation that boiled over at the Idaho Legislature on Friday. The bill was killed in committee; afterward, an angry Sun Valley resort manager had to be restrained by security after he menaced a reporter. (Official photo / City of Sun Valley)
Sun Valley Mayor Wayne Willich was among those involved in a tense dispute over a bill regarding city consolidation that boiled over at the Idaho Legislature on Friday. The bill was killed in committee; afterward, an angry Sun Valley resort manager had to be restrained by security after he menaced a reporter. (Official photo / City of Sun Valley)

Sun Valley Mayor Wayne Willich disputed an earlier account on this blog that suggested he had grabbed a reporter’s arm during a tiff after a legislative committee hearing today, saying, “I didn’t touch anybody. That actually would be a very low-I.Q. thing to do, and I have a moderately high I.Q., so I wouldn’t be doing anything like that.” It’s all part of a bizarre incident that occurred when tensions between influential folks from Sun Valley boiled over at the Idaho Legislature today, eventually involving Capitol Annex security and killing a bill. You can read my full story here at spokesman.com.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Eye On Boise." Read all stories from this blog