Vandersloot: Props 1-3 Losing
Though he said he can’t discuss proprietary polling, (Melaleuca CEO Frank) VanderSloot said the Idaho measures are trailing 3 1/2 weeks before the election. “When somebody puts a million bucks to say ‘no,’ I think it’s pretty normal to fall behind.” VanderSloot said the proponents’ financial situation has worsened because of a dispute between Secretary of State Ben Ysursa and a nonprofit group that reported raising $200,000 for broadcast ads to back the reforms. Ysursa says contributors names must be reported under Idaho’s sunshine law. Education Voters of Idaho transfered $200,000 to an affiliate, Parents for Education Reform. John Foster, the nonprofit’s spokesman, says the group is exempt from the disclosure requirement because of its federal tax status. Until the dispute is resolved, Foster said, the group has suspended spending money/ Dan Popkey , Idaho Statesman. More here.
Question: Propositions 1-3 are losing — and yet the Kootenai County GOP legislators and candidates parroted their undying devotion to the Luna Laws at the Coeur Group forum last night. Are the leaders not following the wishes of their constituents?
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