Richert: Loo Fiasco To Haunt Dirk

The restroom fiasco may prove to be the most prominent moment in Kempthorne’s 20-month legacy as interior secretary. Let’s face it, an interior secretary doesn’t command the profile of, say, a treasury secretary. While Westerners are interested in Interior’s policies on endangered species, national parks and Indian tribes, that buzz doesn’t translate nationally. For some Americans, the first and only thing they will know about the former Boise mayor and Idaho governor is the $236,000 bathroom story – an unflattering tale, and one skeptical taxpayers can relate to easily. Maybe that isn’t fair, but that is the reality/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Statesman. More here .

Question: Is it fair that another Idaho politician on the national scene may be remembered for his misjudgment involving a bathroom?