Private Group Pays For Plane Trip

The Idaho Mining Association is paying for Idaho officials including Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke to use the airplane on a lobbying tour of phosphate mines last month. The Idaho Transportation Department doesn’t allow state planes to be chartered by private groups. But Jack Lyman, the industry group’s lobbyist who organized the trip, avoided the prohibition because Little arranged for the Sept. 11 flight with the department. Lyman is reimbursing Little’s office/ Idaho Statesman . More here . H/T: Treasured Valley

Question (from Treasured Valley): What do you think of Idaho officials using state resources paid for by private interests?