Tom Taggart is the second former Kootenai County clerk urging the Kootenai County commissioners to reject a proposal by County Clerk Cliff Hayes to reduce the number of voting precincts from 71 to 44. Taggart served as county clerk before Dan English, who also opposes successor Hayes' plan. In an email to HucksOnline, Taggart said the commissioners should avoid moving too quicklly during a year when redistricting already will add to voter confusion. He tells HBO: This "comes from people new to their positions who refuse to seek input or advice from those with expertise, but rather make decisions in a vacuum. If they don't back off there will be major problems in administering future elections. Voters will suffer under this proposal." You can read the letter that Tom sent to the commissioners re: this matter here. (Photo from Tom Taggart's Facebook page)