The effort by House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, and Idaho Republican Chairman Norm Semanko to remove their appointees to the redistricting commission for an alleged lack of partisan fealty backfired, says Republican Commissioner Sheila Olsen. “The adversity that we had bound us together even more so,” Olsen told the City Club of Boise as the six redistricting commissioner received the Dottie and Ed Stimpson Award for Civic Engagement at a reception Wednesday night. Olsen and other commissioners offered a frank post-mortem during the award ceremony at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, which included a standing ovation honoring GOP Commissioners Dolores Crow and Randy Hansen, the targets of Denney and Semanko/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman. More here. (Idaho Press Tribune photo of Dolores Crow)

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