Quiet but not inactive
In his weekly column, Randy Stapilus of Ridenbaugh Press comments:
Six months ago, and six months from now, the Idaho Legislature was and will get getting into gear, reviewing budgets and rule and bill proposals.
And while that will look like the busy season, a lot of what they do actually has its origins in work being done now, in the quiet time, in the middle of summer. When our political attention is drawn mostly to the national party conventions. When it would seem, to judge from most headlines, that little governmental action is really ongoing.
In fact, a stroll around the Capitol Mall about now probably would give you the impression that the times in state government are fairly sleepy.
But not really. A good deal of legislative prep work is underway, for example, in legislative interim committees. More here.
