Car Dealers Want New Rules

The headline on the Idaho Reporter story said, “Idaho lawmakers mandate car dealership hours,” but that’s only one piece of the tale. The remainder is the portion few Idahoans see but accounts for a lot of the much-despised regulation of industry. This particular instance arrived February 3 before the House Transportation and Defense Committee, which was reviewing new Idaho Transportation Department rules. One of them required a certain number of hours per week car dealerships must keep their doors open to the public, and report their business hours to state regulators. By a thin margin, the committee approved the rule. Several committee members argued that this was governmental regulatory overreach – a government agency seeking more power than it ought to have. But the underlying story emerged when Representative Patrick McDonald, R-Boise, said that “We need to support this because people in the industry support it”/Randy Stapilus, Ridenbaugh Press. More here.

And now you know the rest of the story …