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MPDN: Idaho D’s Go To Dark Side

Say it ain’t so! Idaho Democrats are going the way of their Republican brethren when it comes to government secrecy. The minority Democrats, with just 18 House seats and seven in the Senate, made the decision to caucus behind closed doors to maximize their effectiveness. That reason doesn’t fly with us. The party would be more effective if it continued to conduct its business in the open. Closed meetings between elected officials smack of shady deals and other shenanigans, once the norm when the public was nothing more than a money source/ Murf Raquet , Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here .

Question: Did legislative Dems in Idaho squander high moral ground when they decided recently to caucus behind closed doors like the supermajority Republicans?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog