Robert C. Huntley (D)

Thu., Oct. 29, 1998

Education:

Law degree, University of Idaho, 1959

Master of laws degree, University of Virginia, 1988

Bachelor’s degree, public administration, University of Idaho, 1954

Employment history:

Attorney in private practice, with Givens Pursley & Huntley, Boise, 1989-1998

Justice, Idaho Supreme Court, 1982-1989

Attorney in private practice, with Racine, Huntley, Olson, Nye & Cooper, Pocatello, 1959-1982

U.S. Navy, 1954-1957, then 19 years in U.S. Naval Reserve, retired as captain

Other professional or community activities:

Member of the Idaho Legislature, 1965-1967

Pocatello City Council, 1962-1964

Idaho Energy Resource Policy Board, 1980-1982

Member, Pocatello Airport Board, 1965-1975, chairman 1970-1975

Scoutmaster and Boy Scouts leader or coordinator, 1976-present

Chairman, Boise Opera, 1986-1989; board member, 1985-1990

Member, Boise Master Chorale, 1985-present

Member, Pocatello Planning/Zoning Board, 1968-69

Board of Directors, Pocatello Chamber of Commerce Lions Club, 1959-1964. Also former member of VFW and Elks

Chairman, Idaho State Bar Professional Conduct Board, 1993-1994

Member, Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Tax Committee, 1978-1979

Member, Committee to Promote Funding for Education, 1980

Member, Governor’s Task Force for Education for the ‘80s, 1984-1985

Personal:

Age 65, married, three grown children. Boise resident since 1982; Pocatello resident for the previous 23 years.

By Bob Huntley I would like to tell you about my stand on important Idaho issues, and why I would make a decisive governor for Idaho. I served on the Pocatello City Council and was instrumental in construction of the Pocatello Air Terminal. From 1982 to 1989, I was an Idaho Supreme Court justice. There I gained a broad perspective of the issues that concern the people of Idaho. I served in the Legislature and on its Revenue and Taxation Committee in the 1965 session when the 3-cent sales tax was passed for Idaho schools. Now I’m running for governor as a proven, decisive leader. Too many politicians refuse to state firm and clear positions on the issues important to Idaho voters. Idahoans deserve to know where a politician stands on important issues. For this reason I made it clear that I will rebuild Idaho schools so our children and economy will have a strong future. I will reduce the sales tax to 4 cents and cut 40 percent of the exemptions to help rebuild Idaho schools and highways. I will not eliminate the agricultural and business production exemptions because they are legitimate exemptions to a retail sales tax as distinguished from a wholesale sales tax. On the issue of abortion, the issue is who makes the decision. Not government, but the mother, the family, the doctors, and the religious advisors. I will veto any bill that attempts to turn that decision over to a male-dominated Legislature.

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