Balukoff: Lanza Ouster ‘Cronyism’

Mike Lanza’s ouster from the state’s education task force effort is a sign of a broken, closed political process, Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff said Tuesday. “That’s a sign of a broken, one-party system, of endemic cronyism—and it’s got to end,” Balukoff said in a campaign fundraising email. Lanza, pictured, a driving force behind the repeal of state superintendent Tom Luna’s 2011 education laws, was one of 31 members of Otter’s education task force. The group completed its work last summer, but new groups have been assembled to build on the task force’s recommendations. Lanza was pulled from one of these followup groups, weeks after joining Balukoff’s campaign as education adviser and spokesman/ Kevin Richert , IdahoED NEWS. More here.

Question: Do you think Idaho politics has a bad case of ‘endemic cronyism?