IdaBlue: Cigarettes & Whisky

With the high LDS population in Idaho, you’d think that an effort to outlaw smoking would be widely supported, but you’d be wrong. They reasons Mormons don’t support it is, I think, are fold. One, basic Idaho libertarianism. Leave the smokers alone, plus, if you don’t like smoky bars, don’t go to them. Two, good Mormons don’t spend much time in bars and don’t appreciate how nasty and smoky they can get. And three, if you choose to work in a bar, then you choose to suffer the consequence/ IdaBlue . More here .

• Daily political briefing , and: Wednesday morning news /Treasured Valley
• Minnick takes protection out of CFPA /MountainGoat Report
• Remembering Loma Prieta /Fort Boise
• Idaho “Lion King” nominated for wildlife prize /Rocky Barker
• Sometimes you have to take a minimum wage job /2C Etc.

Question: What do you think of IdaBlue’s three-prong theory re: why Mormons aren’t more involved in ridding Idaho taverns of cigarette smoke?