Panel OKs Bill To Limit People’s Voice

The Senate State Affairs Committee has approved SB 1108, the bill to make it tougher to qualify initiatives or referendum measures for the Idaho ballot, on a divided voice vote; it came after a hearing in which testimony was overwhelmingly against the bill. Rep. John Gannon, D-Boise, moved to hold the bill in committee, “on the basis that it’s more cost, it’s more paperwork, it’s more difficulty for a problem that doesn’t appear to exist.” But his motion was defeated on a divided voice vote; a motion from Rep. Gayle Batt, R-Wilder, to approve the bill then passed on another divided voice vote, but no one requested a roll call. “I’m not sure that we have an issue to fix here,” said Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens/ AP via Eye on Boise . More here.

Question: Can it be that you and I agree wth Vito Barbieri on this one?