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Loertscher on Hart: ‘That bill will come due someday, then hammer will fall’

Loertscher on Hart: ‘That bill will come due someday, then hammer will fall’

Shawn: Holdout Loertscher Has Point

Shawn: Holdout Loertscher Has Point

Vestal: Hart ethics panel holdout Loertscher has a point

Tom Loertscher is the one guy on the Idaho House Ethics Committee who wants to leave Phil Hart alone. How about Hart’s unpaid half-million in taxes and lame, I’m-a-legislator excuses? Old news. Or his theft of logs from state lands back in 1996 – not to mention his bizarre attempt to make up for it by sending in a payment last month that was a “donation”?

Rammell, Loertscher, & Hart, Oh My

Rammell, Loertscher, & Hart, Oh My

Adam: Hart Ethics Hearing A Mockery

Adam: Hart Ethics Hearing A Mockery

DOTC: Hart Hid Behind Kelso

DOTC: Hart Hid Behind Kelso

Hart facing further investigation

BOISE – A special House Ethics Committee voted 6-1 on Monday to launch a full investigation into the latest ethics complaint against tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart. Hart said afterward that he thought the committee was “still empty-handed” in finding a “bona fide” ethics violation on his part.

Hart Denies ‘Being Watched’ Remark

Hart Denies ‘Being Watched’ Remark

Hart wants to ‘get on with legislation,’ including new ‘sound money’ bill

Hart wants to ‘get on with legislation,’ including new ‘sound money’ bill

Kelso: ‘Where politics and due process meet’

Kelso: ‘Where politics and due process meet’

Hart denies telling Anderson of being ‘watched’; ‘it was not confrontational’

Hart denies telling Anderson of being ‘watched’; ‘it was not confrontational’

Denney Warned Anderson Of Fallout

Denney Warned Anderson Of Fallout

Denney warned Anderson of ‘fallout’ if he filed ethics complaint against Hart

Denney warned Anderson of ‘fallout’ if he filed ethics complaint against Hart

Loertscher Still Lone Ally

Loertscher Still Lone Ally

Ethics panel backs full investigation into Hart ethics issues

Ethics panel backs full investigation into Hart ethics issues

Ethics committee backs full inquiry on Hart

A special House Ethics Committee voted 6-1 today to launch a full investigation into the latest ethics complaint against tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, and reconvene in January.

Motion passes, 6-1

Motion passes, 6-1

Motion: Investigate full complaint further, meet again

Motion: Investigate full complaint further, meet again

Sounds in the background…

Sounds in the background…

Ethics panel debates whether already settled legislative privilege question

Ethics panel debates whether already settled legislative privilege question